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Journal of Cryptology

Springer New York · United States · Est. 1988

ISSN1432-1378

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.483

H-Indexi

122

SNIPi

2.568

Total Worksi

935

Total Citationsi

66,175

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.32

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Journal of Cryptology is a comprehensive source for original results in modern information security. Provides a forum for original results in all areas of cryptology Covers both cryptography and cryptanalysis, including information theoretic and complexity theoretic perspectives Also discusses implementation, application, and standards issues In addition to full-length technical, survey, and historical articles, the journal publishes short notes

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1988

Annual Volume~ 41 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications935

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer New York

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1432-1378

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

1.3k

2019

359

2020

979

2021

276

2022

489

2023

233

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Applied MathematicsQ2

Computer Science ApplicationsQ2

SoftwareQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Theory & MethodsEngineering, Electrical & ElectronicMathematics, Applied

Scopus Categories

Applied MathematicsComputer Science ApplicationsSoftware

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cryptography and Data SecurityCryptographic Implementations and SecurityCoding theory and cryptographyChaos-based Image/Signal EncryptionComplexity and Algorithms in GraphsCryptography and Residue ArithmeticPrivacy-Preserving Technologies in DataAdvanced Authentication Protocols Securitygraph theory and CDMA systemsInternet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Cryptology

Is Journal of Cryptology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Cryptology: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Cryptology?

Journal of Cryptology is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 2.32.

Is Journal of Cryptology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Cryptology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.