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Information Security Journal

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2008

ISSN1939-3555eISSN1939-3547

SJR Q2✓ 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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.456

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.091

Total Worksi

588

Total Citationsi

7,061

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.69

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Information Security Journal: A Global Perspective covers subjects and concepts related to Information Security, including research and development, new technologies, tools, practices, and future challenges.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2008

Annual Volume~ 39 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications588

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

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?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1939-3555 / 1939-3547

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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

188

2019

933

2020

668

2021

194

2022

121

2023

192

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 Systems and ManagementQ2

Computer Science ApplicationsQ3

SoftwareQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Information Systems

Scopus Categories

Information Systems and ManagementComputer Science ApplicationsSoftware

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Network Security and Intrusion DetectionAdvanced Malware Detection TechniquesInformation and Cyber SecurityChaos-based Image/Signal EncryptionCryptography and Data SecurityAdvanced Steganography and Watermarking TechniquesUser Authentication and Security SystemsCybercrime and Law Enforcement StudiesInternet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-votingCloud Data Security Solutions

Frequently asked questions about Information Security Journal

Is Information Security Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Information Security Journal: 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 Information Security Journal?

Information Security Journal 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 1.69.

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

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