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International Journal of Information and Computer Security is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.7), formerly ABDC C, WoS ESCI. Published by Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
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ISSN 1744-1765Verify ISSN ↗1744-1773Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Inderscience Enterprises Ltd
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality | 147 / 282 | 48th | Q3 |
| Computer Networks and Communications | 350 / 568 | 38th | Q3 |
| Hardware and Architecture | 177 / 245 | 27th | Q3 |
| Software | 373 / 503 | 25th | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2007–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.7.
International Journal of Information and Computer Security is Q3 in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality (rank 147 of 282), Q3 in Computer Networks and Communications (rank 350 of 568) and Q3 in Hardware and Architecture (rank 177 of 245), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
International Journal of Information and Computer Security is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 1.7, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 48th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.207, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 22.
International Journal of Information and Computer Security is published by Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1744-1765 and its online ISSN is 1744-1773.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
It was rated C in the 2010 ABDC list but is not in the current 2025 Journal Quality List.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Information and Computer Security has an h-index of 22 and a 2-year mean of 0.34 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.7, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #161 of 199 Scopus journals in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality.
International Journal of Information and Computer Security published 111 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 164. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 38 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from China (32.9%), India (27.6%) and United States (7.5%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags 8 of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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