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IET Information Security

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

ISSN1751-8709eISSN1751-8717
SJR Q2WOS SCIEScopus / SJRDOAJOpen Access
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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.
Q2
SJR · Scopus
Top 50% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.466
H-Indexi
49
SNIPi
0.73
Total Worksi
928
Total Citationsi
12,146
2yr Mean Citednessi
1.96
Open Impact Factor alternative

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2007
FrequencyQuarterly
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications928
Publisher OrgInstitution of Engineering and Technology
OA Since2020
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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind
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

10/11 · 91%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1751-8709 / 1751-8717
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus, DOAJ
Peer review process documented?
Single-blind
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
Portico, CLOCKSS
Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
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
78
923
2019
65
536
2020
51
400
2021
53
452
2022
40
293
2023
50
214
2024
53
173
2025
30
8
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.

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

Frequently asked questions about IET Information Security

Is IET Information Security a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for IET Information Security: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 IET Information Security?

IET Information Security 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 1.96.

Is IET Information Security indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

IET Information Security is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of IET Information Security?

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

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref