Feb 27 2009
The Optical Society (OSA), IEEE Photonics Society (formerly IEEE LEOS) and IEEE Communications Society (IEEE ComSoc) today announced they are partnering to combine two existing publications into one, called the Journal of Optical Communications and Networking (JOCN). The combined journal will cover theoretical and practical advances in the architecture and systems aspects of state-of-the-art optical communications networks. It will launch in June 2009 and be promoted at this year's Optical Fiber Communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC) in San Diego. Keren Bergman of Columbia University and Vincent W.S. Chan of MIT will serve as co-editors-in-chief.
"OSA and IEEE are excited to partner on this new endeavor," said Bergman. "JOCN will provide professionals in the optical communications field with one comprehensive journal highlighting the latest advances in telecommunications networking, from network security to next generation Ethernet and beyond."
JOCN will combine OSA's monthly Journal of Optical Networking and the Optical Communications and Networking Series published three times per year as a supplement to the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. OSA and IEEE will share journal operations, with OSA managing peer review and IEEE overseeing production. JOCN will be published online monthly and will be available in a quarterly printed compilation. OSA's Optics InfoBase, IEEE's Xplore and ComSoc's Digital Library will carry the final published version of all JOCN papers. More information on paper submission topics and submission guidelines are available on the JOCN Web site at http://www.opticsinfobase.org/jon/journal/jon/about.cfm.
"I am a firm believer that architecture development and experimental work need to be closely coupled and the communities working on each segment should communicate often and fluently," said Chan. "JOCN will serve as the bridge and we expect it will help accelerate optical communication and network research in years to come. This journal is indispensible for researchers at the forefront of optical networking and communications."