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Preparing your manuscript

Applied Network Science publishes the following article types:

Click the relevant link to find style and formatting information for the article you are going to submit.

Manuscripts should conform to the following reporting guidelines:

  • Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: PRISMA
  • Randomized Clinical Trials: CONSORT
  • Observational studies: STROBE
  • Studies of diagnostic accuracy: STARD
  • Animal pre-clinical studies: ARRIVE
  • Other types of health-related research: Consult the EQUATOR web site for appropriate reporting guidelines.


Annual journal metrics

  • 2022 Citation Impact
    2.2 - 2-year Impact Factor
    1.117 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
    0.603 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

    2023 Speed
    12 days submission to first editorial decision for all manuscripts (Median)
    119 days submission to accept (Median)

    2023 Usage 
    581,134 downloads
    776 Altmetric mentions

Abstract and indexing coverage
CNKI
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DOAJ
EBSCO Academic Search
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EBSCO STM Source
EBSCO TOC Premier 
ESCI
Google Scholar
Inspec
OCLC
ProQuest - Summon
Scopus

Institutional membership

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Funding your APC

​​​​​​​Open access funding and policy support by SpringerOpen​​

​​​​We offer a free open access support service to make it easier for you to discover and apply for article-processing charge (APC) funding. Learn more here