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The International Journal of Information Security is a comprehensive resource for critical advancements in the field of information security.

  • Presents important technical work in information security, whether theoretical, applicable, or related to implementation
  • Covers system security, network security, content protection, applications
  • Contents include privacy, access control, authentication, identification, applied cryptography, and formal methods in information security

The median time indicated below is computed over all the submitted manuscripts, including the ones that are not put into the review pipeline at the onset of the review process. A typical review time for manuscripts that go through the review pipeline is 175 days.

Editor-in-Chief
  • Sokratis Katsikas

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Journal Impact Factor
5.0 (2025)
5-year Journal Impact Factor
4.6 (2025)
Submission to first decision (median)
9 days
Downloads
750.6k (2025)

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Electronic ISSN
1615-5270
Print ISSN
1615-5262
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