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International Journal of Information Security and Privacy

IGI Global Publishing · United States · Est. 2007

ISSN1930-1650eISSN1930-1669

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.276

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.443

Total Worksi

544

Total Citationsi

3,186

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.06

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Computer Science, Software Engineering; Information Systems.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2007

Annual Volume~ 18 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications544

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

IGI Global Publishing

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1930-1650 / 1930-1669

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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

183

2019

216

2020

313

2021

226

2022

140

2023

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.

Information SystemsQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Software Engineering

Scopus Categories

Information Systems

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Network Security and Intrusion DetectionAdvanced Malware Detection TechniquesCryptography and Data SecurityPrivacy-Preserving Technologies in DataPrivacy, Security, and Data ProtectionInformation and Cyber SecurityInternet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-votingChaos-based Image/Signal EncryptionAdvanced Steganography and Watermarking TechniquesCloud Data Security Solutions

Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Information Security and Privacy

Is International Journal of Information Security and Privacy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Journal of Information Security and Privacy: 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 International Journal of Information Security and Privacy?

International Journal of Information Security and Privacy 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 2.06.

Is International Journal of Information Security and Privacy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Journal of Information Security and Privacy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of International Journal of Information Security and Privacy?