The Optical Society (OSA) publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed articles in its portfolio of journals, which serve the full breadth of the optics and photonics community.
Journal of Optical Communications and Networking (JOCN) is a joint publishing effort of OSA and IEEE.
Scope
The scope of the Journal includes advances in the state-of-the-art of optical networking science, technology, and engineering. Both theoretical contributions (including new techniques, concepts, analyses, and economic studies) and practical contributions (including optical networking experiments, prototypes, and new applications) are encouraged. Subareas of interest include the architecture and design of optical networks, optical network survivability and security, software-defined optical networking, elastic optical networks, data and control plane advances, network management related innovation, and optical access networks. Enabling technologies and their applications are suitable topics only if the results are shown to directly impact optical networking beyond simple point-to-point networks.
Key Journal Metrics
Impact Factor: 2.261*
Google Scholar h5-index: 40 (ranked 19th out of 20 top journals)†
Median Time to Publication: 169 days
*According to Optics category rankings in the 2016 Journal Citation Reports® (Clarivate Analytics, 2017)
†June 2017 Google Scholar Optics & Photonics Top Publications.
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Jane Simmons, Monarch Network Architects LLC, USAAssociate Editors
Anjali Agarwal, Vencore Labs, USALiam Barry, Dublin City University, Ireland
Konstantinos Christodoulopoulos, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Milorad Cvijetic, University of Arizona, USA
Robert Doverspike, Network Evolution Strategies, LLC, USA
Frank Effenberger, Huawei Technologies, USA
Jörg Peter Elbers, ADVA Optical Networking AG, Germany
Antonio García-Zambrana, Universidad de Málaga, Spain
Roberto Gaudino, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Stephen Grubb, Facebook Inc., USA
Steve Hranilovic, McMaster University, Canada
Masahiko Jinno, Kagawa University, Japan
Andrew Lord, BT Exact, UK
Annalisa Morea, Nokia Bell Labs, USA
Mario Pickavet, Ghent University—IMEC, Belgium
Yvan Pointurier, Nokia Bell Labs, France
Gangxiang Shen, Soochow University, China
Nina Skorin-Kapov, San Javier Air Force Base, Spain
Suresh Subramaniam, George Washington University, USA
Anna Tzanakaki, University of Bristol, UK
Luis Velasco, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Spain
Vinod Vokkarane, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA
Staff
| Peer Review | Phone | |
| Keith Jackson, Journal Coordinator | kjacks@osa.org | 202-416-1414 |
| General peer review questions | jocn@osa.org | |
| JOCN Fax Number | 202-416-6129 | |
| Feature proposals | dmcdonold@osa.org |
| Editorial Production | Phone | |
| Marshal Staggs, Managing Editor | mstaggs@osa.org | 202-416-1495 |
| Tim Fincham, Director, Production & Technology | tfinch@osa.org | 202-416-1931 |
| Copyright Permission Requests | copyright@osa.org |
| Online Journal Technical Support | E-mail: elec@osa.org | |
| General Information | ||
| Elizabeth Nolan, Chief Publishing Officer | ||
| Kelly Cohen, Sr. Publisher | ||
| M. Scott Dineen, Senior Director, Publishing, Production & Technology | ||
| Jennifer Mayfield, Deputy Senior Director, Electronic Publications | ||
| Dan McDonald, Editorial Director | ||
| Daphne Greenwood, Senior Director of Marketing & Sales, Publishing |
About JON
The Journal of Optical Networking (JON) was published monthly by the Optical Society of America from January 2002 to May 2009 (eISSN: 1536-5379). JON Archives are available online.
