International Journal of Business Data Communications and Networking (IJBDCN)

Submit a Paper to the International Journal of Business Data Communications and Networking (IJBDCN)

Published Continuous Volume. Est. 2005.

The International Journal of Business Data Communications and Networking (IJBDCN) examines the impact of data communications and networking technologies, policies, and management on business organizations, capturing their effect on IT-enabled management practices. This journal includes analytical and empirical research articles, business case studies, and surveys that provide solutions and insight into challenges facing telecommunication service providers, equipment manufacturers, enterprise users, and policy makers. IJBDCN covers the principles of both wired and wireless communications of voice, data, images, and video and the impact of their business values on the organizations in which they are used. This journal includes theoretical and practical works, relevant case studies, topical surveys, and research articles that address problems faced by telecommunication service providers, equipment manufacturers, enterprises, and policy makers in the areas of data communications and networking.

ISSN: 1548-0631|EISSN: 1548-064X|DOI: 10.4018/IJBDCN
The Editors-in-Chief of the International Journal of Business Data Communications and Networking (IJBDCN) would like to invite you to consider submitting a manuscript for inclusion in this scholarly journal. The following describes the mission, the coverage and the guidelines for submission to IJBDCN.

Mission

The mission of the International Journal of Business Data Communications and Networking (IJBDCN) is to disseminate practical and theoretical information, which will enable readers to understand, manage, use, and maintain business data communication networks more effectively. IJDBCN addresses key technology, management, and policy issues for utilizing data communications and networking in business and the current best practices for aligning this important technology with the strategic goals of the organization.


Coverage

IJBDCN covers the principles of both wired and wireless communications of voice, data, images, and video and the impact of their business values on the organizations in which they are used. This journal includes theoretical and practical works, relevant case studies, topical surveys, and research articles that address problems faced by telecommunication service providers, equipment manufacturers, enterprises, and policy makers in the areas of data communications and networking.

Topics should be drawn from, but not limited to, the following areas:

  • Adoption and diffusion of networking technologies
  • AI/ML and big data analytics for network science
  • Business applications of telecommunications
  • Business implications of public WWANs and WLANs deployment
  • Business re-engineering issues associated with networking
  • Cross-border network-based information systems
  • Designing, deploying, and using networked systems in specialized sectors (i.e. health, education, and manufacturing)
  • Effects of legislation and regulation on telecommunications
  • Emerging networking trends
  • Frameworks for wireless security
  • Impact of the open source movement on business data communications
  • Management of business data communications projects
  • Management of telecommunications in organizations
  • Mobility and m-commerce issues
  • Network management contingency issues
  • Organizational impact of e-commerce connectivity
  • Policy-based network management systems
  • Policy-based security systems
  • Quality of service issues associated with networked systems
  • Security of interconnected systems (procedures, implementation, mechanisms, protocols, and compatibility)
  • Misinformation containment in online social networks
  • Energy efficient communication protocols, algorithms, and networks for IoT, edge, fog computing


Submission

Prospective authors should note that only original and previously unpublished article manuscripts will be considered. Interested authors must consult the Journal Guidelines for Manuscript Submission at https://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/journal-guidelines-for-submission/?titleid=1160 PRIOR to submission. Any further questions may be answered at https://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-write/. All article manuscript submissions will be forwarded to at least three members of the editorial review board of the journal for a double-blind peer review. The final decision regarding acceptance/revision/rejection will be based on the reviews received from the reviewers.

Starting January 1st, 2023, this journal will be converting from Hybrid Open Access to full Gold Open Access, meaning from January 1st, 2023 onward all of its published contents will be 100% open access and the copyright of the published work will stay with the author(s) ((Note: IGI Global open access journal article manuscript publishing offers authors the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licensing arrangement. The copyright for the work remains solely with the author(s) of the article manuscript), and the publisher will provide the published contents free of charge globally (there will no longer be subscription fees or payment of any kind required for individuals and libraries to access and utilize the published contents).

Once the journal is converted to Gold Open Access in 2023 and will no longer have subscription revenue backing it, the journal will be heavily reliant on Open Access Article Processing Charges (APCs) payment provided by either the author(s) or his/her/their respective institution or another funding agency, AFTER the article manuscript submission has been through a full double-blind peer review and the Editor-in-Chief at his/her full discretion has decided to accept the manuscript based on the results of the double-blind peer review process. The APC will offset the costs of all of the activities associated with the publication of the article manuscript, including the digital tools used to support the manuscript management and review process, the typesetting, formatting and layout, online hosting, the submission of the journal’s content to numerous abstracts, directories, and indexes, third party software (plagiarism checks), editorial support which includes manuscript tracking, communications, submission guideline checks, communications with authors and reviewers, as well as all promotional support and activities which includes metadata distribution, press releases, promotional communications, web content, ads, fliers, brochures, postcards, etc. for the journal and its published contents; and the fact that all published articles will be freely accessible and able to be posted and disseminated widely by the authors.

The Article Processing Charge (APC) for this journal is currently set at $2,050 USD and authors will not be asked to provide payment of the APC fee (directly to the publisher) until AFTER their manuscript has gone through the full double-blind peer review process and the Editor-in-Chief at his/her full discretion has decided to accept the manuscript based on the results of the double-blind peer review process. Please note that there is absolutely NO correlation between the APC (Article Processing Charge) being paid by the author and the results of review process outcomes.

For more information on APCs and Open Access Publishing please visit IGI Global’s open access publishing page here, and also it is recommended to read the following article published by Web of Science, “A researcher’s complete guide to open access papers”.



All inquiries should be directed to the attention of:

All inquiries regarding IJBDCN should be directed to the attention of:
Dr. Subhankar Dhar
Editor-in-Chief
International Journal Of Business Data Communications And Networking (IJBDCN)
E-mail: subhankar.dhar@sjsu.edu