Journal of Communications and Networks (JCN) is fully open access journal. As of June 1, 2019, the journal only publishes open content and legacy subscription content has been made freely accessible alongside the open access articles published in journal of communications and networks prior to May 31, 2019.

User Right

The articles in Journal of Communications and Networks are published as open access under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC) license. This allows unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

● License details: CC BY-NC 4.0

Note: If you need to comply with your funding body policy, you can apply for the CC BY license after your manuscript is accepted for publication.

Author Right

For open access publishing, our journal uses an exclusive licensing agreement. Authors will transfer copyright to The Korean Institute of Communications Information Sciences (KICS). However, authors retain the right to share, distribute, and reuse their articles in accordance with the applicable Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC) license, allowing non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. This policy ensures compliance with open access principles while maintaining scholarly usage rights.

Article Processing Charges payment

The article processing charge (APC) is $1,300 per article (plus applicable local taxes) without page limits. (The new rule for APC and page limit takes effect for papers submitted after October 9, 2020)

For the papers submitted before October 8, 2020, the author will be requested to pay a mandatory page charge of $90 per printed page to cover part of the cost of publication. For papers in excess of six printed pages, a mandatory page charge of $150 per printed page will be requested for the printed pages beyond six pages.
Detailed instructions will accompany the payment request.

APC Discounts:

Authors from low-income/lower-middle-income countries are eligible for waivers and discounts on open access article processing charges in JCN.
• Corresponding authors from low-income/lower-middle-income countries (as classified by the World Bank) are eligible for a 30% waiver on open access article processing charges.
(World Bank: https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/906519-world-bank-country-and-lending-groups)

* The new rule for APC Discounts takes effect for papers accepted after February 1, 2021