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International Journal of Information Security is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 8.8), formerly ABDC B, WoS SCIE. Published by Springer Verlag.
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ISSN 1615-5262Verify ISSN ↗1615-5270Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer Verlag
Cost to publish: About US$3,690 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality | 23 / 282 | 92nd | Q1 |
| Computer Networks and Communications | 92 / 568 | 83rd | Q1 |
| Software | 86 / 503 | 83rd | Q1 |
| Information Systems | 95 / 519 | 81st | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2005–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 8.8.
International Journal of Information Security is Q1 in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality (rank 23 of 282), Q1 in Computer Networks and Communications (rank 92 of 568) and Q1 in Software (rank 86 of 503), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
International Journal of Information Security is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, 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 8.8, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 92nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.019, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 60.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,690 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
International Journal of Information Security is published by Springer Verlag. Its print ISSN is 1615-5262 and its online ISSN is 1615-5270.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
It was rated B in the 2022 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 Security has an h-index of 71 and a 2-year mean of 6.09 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 8.8, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #17 of 199 Scopus journals in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality.
International Journal of Information Security published 219 papers in 2025. 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 95 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (8.8%), United Kingdom (7.5%) and Greece (6.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (1.4 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 2 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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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