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| ACM Transactions on Networking | |
|---|---|
| Title | ACM Transactions on Networking |
| Discipline | Computer networking, Internet, Telecommunications, Network science |
| Abbreviation | ACM Trans. Netw. |
| Editor | (see Editorial Board) |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
| Country | United States |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| History | 1993–present |
ACM Transactions on Networking is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal published by the Association for Computing Machinery focused on research in computer networking and telecommunications. It serves as a venue for theoretical and experimental work addressing problems in the design, analysis, and implementation of networks, and attracts submissions from researchers affiliated with institutions such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon University, and Princeton University. The journal interfaces with communities represented by conferences like ACM SIGCOMM, IEEE INFOCOM, USENIX, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, and International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks.
The journal was established in the early 1990s amid rapid developments in Internet architecture and packet switching research, following parallel advances documented at venues such as SIGCOMM 1993, USENIX NSDI, and IEEE Infocom 1994. Founding editors and advisory contributors included researchers from Bell Labs, AT&T Research, Lucent Technologies, Xerox PARC, and universities like University of California, Los Angeles and Columbia University. Its launch paralleled milestones including the commercialization of the World Wide Web, the growth of ARPA-funded networking projects, and standards work at IETF, ITU-T, and IEEE 802. Over successive decades the journal adapted to shifts driven by topics explored in forums such as ACM CoNEXT, ACM/IEEE Symposium on Architectures for Networking and Communications Systems, and initiatives at DARPA.
The journal publishes research on topics ranging from routing protocols and congestion control to wireless networks, data center networks, multicast, network security, and network measurement. Contributions often cite or build on work originating from laboratories and programs at Bell Labs Research, Microsoft Research, Google Research, Facebook AI Research, Amazon Web Services, and IBM Research. The scope includes rigorous analysis, algorithm design, simulation studies, and experimental testbed results involving platforms such as PlanetLab, Emulab, Grid5000, and projects influenced by standards bodies like IETF RFCs and IEEE 802.11. The journal also encompasses cross-cutting themes tied to developments in cryptography and information theory as explored at International Cryptology Conference and IEEE ISIT.
The editorial board comprises senior scholars and practitioners affiliated with institutions including University of Cambridge, ETH Zurich, University of Oxford, National University of Singapore, Tsinghua University, and KAIST. Editors-in-chief historically collaborated with program committees from SIGCOMM, INFOCOM, PODC, and SOSP to align journal standards with leading conference practices. Manuscripts undergo double-blind or single-blind peer review by domain experts from organizations such as Cisco Systems, Juniper Networks, Nokia Bell Labs, Ericsson Research, and academic groups at Yale University and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The review process emphasizes methodological rigor comparable to procedures at Nature Communications and Proceedings of the IEEE.
Published by the Association for Computing Machinery on a quarterly schedule, the journal follows ACM's publication workflows and digital preservation partnerships with organizations like CLOCKSS and Portico. Access options have evolved alongside initiatives from ResearchGate and institutional repositories at universities including Harvard University, MIT Libraries, and University of Toronto. The journal participates in ACM's author-pays and membership arrangements reflecting debates seen at Plan S and in policies advocated by funding agencies such as the National Science Foundation and the European Research Council.
The journal is indexed in major databases and services including Scopus, Web of Science, DBLP, Google Scholar, ACM Digital Library, and citation indices used by institutions such as Times Higher Education and ShanghaiRanking Consultancy. Its metadata and abstracts are harvested by aggregators and library systems at organizations like OCLC and services affiliated with Crossref and ORCID.
Work published in the journal has influenced protocols and systems developed by industry actors including Cisco, Juniper, Google, and Microsoft, and has been cited in standards discussions at IETF working groups and in academic curricula at MIT Sloan School of Management and UC Berkeley School of Information. Citation metrics place it among notable venues in networking research alongside IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking and ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review, with recognition in award programs such as the ACM SIGCOMM Test of Time Award and citations tracked by Google Scholar Metrics and Clarivate Analytics.
The journal has published influential papers that advanced topics like congestion control algorithms building on concepts from TCP/IP research, scalable multicast routing relating to earlier work by teams at Bell Labs and Xerox PARC, and empirical studies leveraging testbeds such as PlanetLab and Emulab. Contributions have intersected with seminal results presented at SIGCOMM, NSDI, and INFOCOM, and have been authored by researchers affiliated with UC Berkeley, Stanford University, Princeton University, ETH Zurich, University of Washington, and industrial labs at AT&T Research and IBM Research.
Category:Computer networking journals Category:Association for Computing Machinery journals