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IET Information Security

John Wiley and Sons Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2007

ISSN1751-8709eISSN1751-8717

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q2+18

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total58

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.449

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.73

Total Works

928

Total Citations

12,146

2yr Mean Citedness

1.96

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Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering: Electronics: Computer engineering. Computer hardware; Mathematics: Instruments and machines: Electronic computers. Computer science. Topics: cryptography, software security, database security, information security, network security

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Slow · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2007

Annual Volume~ 48 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications928

Publisher OrgInstitution of Engineering and Technology

OA Since2020

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~41 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1751-8709 / 1751-8717

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Computer Networks and CommunicationsQ2

Information SystemsQ2

SoftwareQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Information SystemsComputer Science, Theory & Methods

Scopus Categories

Information SystemsComputer Networks and CommunicationsSoftware

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cryptography and Data SecurityCryptographic Implementations and SecurityChaos-based Image/Signal EncryptionCoding theory and cryptographyNetwork Security and Intrusion DetectionAdvanced Malware Detection TechniquesPrivacy-Preserving Technologies in DataInternet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-votingAdvanced Authentication Protocols SecurityCryptography and Residue Arithmetic