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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

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

309

days submission → published

measured · last 13 articles · accept 262d

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR Scorei

0.466

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

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

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

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

Citations received

909

2019

524

2020

381

2021

429

2022

274

2023

179

2024

126

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.

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. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. 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.