International Journal of Information Security

We are pleased to announce that International Journal of Information Security will become a fully open access (OA) on 1 January 2026. As a result, all submissions received from 5 August 2025 are subject to an article publication charge (APC) if accepted and published in the journal (unless a waiver is applied). Please see our FAQs which can be found at the bottom of this page for more information on APCs, funding options, waivers and the journal's transition to fully open access.  

The International Journal of Information Security is a comprehensive resource for critical advancements in the field of information security.

• Presents important technical work in information security, whether theoretical, applicable, or related to implementation
• Covers system security, network security, content protection, applications
• Contents include privacy, access control, authentication, identification, applied cryptography, and formal methods in information security

The median time indicated below is computed over all the submitted manuscripts, including the ones that are not put into the review pipeline at the onset of the review process. A typical review time for manuscripts that go through the review pipeline is 175 days.