Network Science Journals

• American Journal of Networks and Communications
• IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering: The IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering is committed to timely publishing of peer-reviewed technical articles that deal with the theory and applications of network science and the interconnections among the elements in a system that form a network. In particular, the IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering publishes articles on understanding, prediction, and control of structures and behaviors of networks at the fundamental level. The types of networks covered include physical or engineered networks, information networks, biological networks, semantic networks, economic networks, social networks, and ecological networks. Aimed at discovering common principles that govern network structures, network functionalities and behaviors of networks, the journal seeks articles on understanding, prediction, and control of structures and behaviors of networks. Another trans-disciplinary focus of the IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering is the interactions between and co-evolution of different genres of networks. The core topics covered include: Network Sampling and Measurement; Learning of Network Topology; Modeling and Estimation of Network Dynamics; Network Inference; Models of Complex Networks; Modeling of Network Evolution; Network Design; Consensus, Synchronization and Control of Complex Networks; Interactions between and Co-evolution of Different Genres of Networks; Community Formation and Detection; Complex Network Robustness and Vulnerability; Network Interdependency and Cascading Failures; Searching in Complex Networks; Information Diffusion and Propagation; Percolation and Diffusion on Networks; Epidemiology in Complex Systems
• International Journal of Networks and Communications: International Journal of Networks and Communications is a peer-reviewed, international, open access journal that publishes original research and review articles in all areas of computer networks and communications. It is an international, archival journal providing a publication vehicle for complete coverage of all topics of interest to those involved in the computer communications networking area.
• International Journal of Network Science: IJNS publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed research contributions on the emerging science of networks and its ever-increasing applications. IJNS examines both theoretical and applied aspects of network science, covering (but not limited to) biological, ecological, neural, communication, social and economic, cognitive and semantic, technological, and computer networks, as well as various research approaches/paradigms of network science. IJNS welcomes submissions dealing with important practical problems such as the interpretation and prediction of reliability, security, survivability, stability and phase transitions of complex networks. Topics include: Graph-theoretic foundations of networks Network approaches to big data science Network data, abstraction, representation and visualisation Network reliability, security, survivability, stability and phase transitions Statistical theory of networks Temporal, dynamic, spatial and spatiotemporal networks
• Journal on Chain and Network Science: The Journal on Chain and Network Science is a peer-reviewed scientific research journal, which aims to promote theory and practice in the field of innovation in business chains and networks. The journal takes a multidisciplinary approach, covering engineering, science and management disciplines. Articles are based on empirical research, well-considered observation of inter-organizational management experience, and conceptual and theoretical developments in the field of innovative chain and network science. The journal covers not only collaborative engineering and virtual organization, but the entire spectrum of managerial concerns in business networks. This includes issues relating to inter-organizational governance forms, innovation management, logistics, quality management, marketing, and strategic planning. The journal is intended to serve the needs of academics and management scientists, practicing managers, students, research personnel and consultants. Contributions may be made in any of the following categories:
   Theory. This category is for papers in specialized fields, which report research results and new theoretical developments.
   Applications. Papers in this category describe interesting applications of management techniques in the field of innovative chain and network science. Contributions in the fields of theory and applications should pay thorough attention to research methodology and theoretical implications of the research.
• Journal of Complex Networks - Oxford University Press: The Journal of Complex Networks publishes original articles and reviews with a significant contribution to the analysis and understanding of complex networks and its applications in diverse fields. Complex networks are loosely defined as networks with nontrivial topology and dynamics, which appear as the skeletons of complex systems in the real-world. The journal covers everything from the basic mathematical, physical and computational principles needed for studying complex networks to their applications leading to predictive models in molecular, biological, ecological, informational, engineering, social, technological and other systems.
• Network Science — Cambridge University Press (since 2013): Network Science is a new journal for a new discipline - one using the network paradigm, focusing on actors and relational linkages, to inform research, methodology, and applications from many fields across the natural, social, engineering and informational sciences. Given growing understanding of the interconnectedness and globalization of the world, network methods are an increasingly recognized way to research aspects of modern society along with the individuals, organizations, and other actors within it. The discipline is ready for a comprehensive journal, open to papers from all relevant areas. Network Science is a defining work, shaping this new discipline. The journal welcomes contributions from researchers in all areas working on network theory, methods, and data.
• Networking Science—SpringerLink: Networking Science is an international journal that publishes original, high quality, peer-reviewed research papers and review articles examining network architecture, protocols, theory, systems and applications for promoting networking science. It also pays particular attention to serving the region by reporting the progress in networking science in China and the Asia Pacific region. Coverage is broad within the networking discipline, and extends to network modeling and analysis; design and architecture of computer networks; communications protocol design, analysis and implementations; wireless, sensor and optical networks; communications and information security; network management, applications and services; internet technologies; networking centered interdisciplinary research; and industrial trends and technologies
• SIAM Review: The SIAM Review consists of five sections, all containing articles of broad interest. Survey and Review features papers with a deliberately integrative and up-to-date perspective on a major topic in applied or computational mathematics or scientific computing. Research Spotlights publishes research or software papers in applied and computational mathematics that will appeal to SIAM Review's diverse audience. An article could take a non-traditional form such as a mini-survey or timely communication. SIGEST highlights a recent paper from one of SIAM's specialized research journals, chosen on the basis of exceptional interest to the entire SIAM community and revised and condensed as needed for greater accessibility. Education consists primarily of individual modules that are self-contained presentations of specific topics in applied mathematics, scientific computation, or their applications; each module provides the primary material needed to teach a given topic as well as supplementary material. The Book Reviews section contains a featured review that provides an overview of several books in a subject area. Shorter reviews of individual books are also included.

Applied

• Applied Network Science -  SpringerOpen: Applied Network Science focuses on novel applications of network science and on techniques that may be used in complex network methodologies. Contributions from all fields of science, technology, medicine and humanities will be considered, with an emphasis on articles that have direct applications to real-world problems.
• Journal of Network and Computer Applications—Elsevier

Social Networks Journals

• Computational Social Networks—SpringerOpen (since 2013): Computational Social Networks showcases refereed papers dealing with all mathematical, computational and applied aspects of social computing. The objective of this journal is to advance and promote the theoretical foundation, mathematical aspects, and applications of social computing. Submissions are welcome which focus on common principles, algorithms and tools that govern network structures/topologies, network functionalities, security and privacy, network behaviors, information diffusions and influence, social recommendation systems which are applicable to all types of social networks and social media.
• Connections - INSNA: CONNECTIONS publishes original empirical, theoretical, and methodological articles, as well as critical reviews dealing with applications of social network analysis. The research spans many disciplines and domains including Anthropology, Sociology, Psychology, Communication, Economics, Organizational Behavior, Knowledge Management, Marketing, Social Psychology, Mathematics, Public Health, Medicine, Computer Science, and Policy. As the official journal of the International Network for Social Network Analysis, the emphasis of the publication is to reflect the ever-growing and continually expanding community of scholars using network analytic techniques. CONNECTIONS also provides an outlet for sharing news about social network concepts and techniques and new tools for research.
• Social Networks—Elsevier: Social Networks is an interdisciplinary and international quarterly. It provides a common forum for representatives of anthropology, sociology, history, social psychology, political science, human geography, biology, economics, communications science and other disciplines who share an interest in the study of the empirical structure of social relations and associations that may be expressed in network form. It publishes both theoretical and substantive papers. Critical reviews of major theoretical or methodological approaches using the notion of networks in the analysis of social behavior are also included, as are reviews of recent books dealing with social networks and social structure. The editorial criteria for acceptance will be based on the degree to which a paper makes a broad theoretical or methodological, and empirically relevant, contribution to the study of social networks. Acceptable papers may range from abstract, formal mathematical derivations to concrete, descriptive case studies of particular social networks. The editors are therefore particularly interested in papers that attempt to uncover the processes by which social networks emerge, evolve and have consequences for other aspects of behavior. However, for reports of empirical research results, manuscripts must contain the following: a discussion of sampling, representation, and generalizability; a substantive foundation based on the social network literature; a consideration of social network processes; and feature meaningful data.

Multidisciplinary Journals with Network Science flavor

• PLOS ONE: The world’s first multidisciplinary Open Access journal, PLOS ONE accepts scientifically rigorous research, regardless of novelty. PLOS ONE’s broad scope provides a platform to publish primary research including interdisciplinary and replication studies as well as negative results. The journal’s publication criteria are based on high ethical standards and the rigor of the methodology and conclusions reported
• Cogent OA: Cogent Mathematics is a fully peer-reviewed, open access journal with a mission to help researchers communicate with a global audience and interact with experts across the mathematics community and beyond. Cogent Mathematics considers original research and review articles in any of the following branches of mathematical and statistical research: Applied and Interdisciplinary Mathematics Computational Science Pure Mathematics Statistics