Overview

Aims and Scope

Modern computer networks and communication systems are increasing in size, scope, and heterogeneity. The promise of a single end-to-end technology has not been realized and likely never will occur. The decreasing cost of bandwidth is increasing the possible applications of computer networks and communication systems to entirely new domains. Problems in integrating heterogeneous wired and wireless technologies, ensuring security and quality of service, and reliably operating large-scale systems including the inclusion of cloud computing have all emerged as important topics. The one constant is the need for network management. Challenges in network management have never been greater than they are today. The International Journal of Network Management is the forum for researchers, developers, and practitioners in network management to present their work to an international audience. The journal is dedicated to the dissemination of information, which will enable improved management, operation, and maintenance of computer networks and communication systems. The journal is peer reviewed and publishes original papers (both theoretical and experimental) by leading researchers, practitioners, and consultants from universities, research laboratories, and companies around the world. Issues with thematic or guest-edited special topics typically occur several times per year. Topic areas for the journal are largely defined by the taxonomy for network and service management developed by IFIP WG6.6, together with IEEE-CNOM, the IRTF-NMRG and the Emanics Network of Excellence. The taxonomy is available here

 

Readership

The readership of this journal is broad. Readers include network and telecommunications managers, researchers, developers, designers, consultants, vendors, and students with an interest in existing and future directions in network management.

 

Keywords

  • IP networks
  • Wireless networks and cellular networks
  • Optical networks
  • Overlay networks
  • Virtual networks
  • Home networks
  • Access networks
  • Enterprise networks and campus networks
  • Data center networks
  • SCADA networks and distributed control systems
  • Wireless sensor networks
  • Internet of Things networks
  • Information-centric networks
  • Software-defined networks
 
  • Multimedia services
  • Content delivery services
  • Cloud computing services
  • Internet connectivity and Internet access services
  • Internet of Things services
  • Security services
  • Context-aware services
  • Information technology services
 
  • Economic aspects
  • Multi-stakeholder aspects
  • Service level agreements
  • Lifecycle aspects
  • Process and workflow aspects
  • Legal perspective
  • Regulatory perspective
  • Privacy aspects
  • Fault management
  • Configuration management
  • Accounting management
  • Performance management
  • Security management
  • Centralized management
  • Hierarchical management
  • Distributed management
  • Federated management
  • Autonomic and cognitive management
  • Policy-based management
  • Pro-active management
  • Energy-aware management
  • Quality of experience-centric management
  • Communication protocols
  • Middleware
  • Overlay networks
  • Cloud computing and cloud storage
  • Data models, information models semantic models
  • Information visualization
  • Software-defined networking
  • Network function virtualization
  • Orchestration
  • Operations support systems and business support systems
  • Mathematical logic and automated reasoning
  • Mathematical optimization
  • Control theory
  • Probability theory, stochastic processes, and queuing theory
  • Machine learning
  • Evolutionary algorithms
  • Economic theory and game theory
  • Network monitoring and measurements
  • Data mining and (big) data analysis
  • Computer simulation experiments
  • Prototype implementation and testbed experimentation
  • Field trials
Abstracting and Indexing Information

 

  • ACM Guide to Computing Literature (ACM)
  • Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database (ProQuest)
  • COMPENDEX (Elsevier)
  • Computer Science Index (EBSCO Publishing)
  • Current Contents: Engineering, Computing & Technology (Clarivate Analytics)
  • INSPEC (IET)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
  • Science Citation Index Expanded (Clarivate Analytics)
  • SciTech Premium Collection (ProQuest)
  • SCOPUS (Elsevier)
  • Technology Collection (ProQuest)
  • The DBLP Computer Science Bibliography (University of Trier)
  • Web of Knowledge (Clarivate Analytics)
  • Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics)