ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security

ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security is a quarterly peer-reviewed journal published by the Association for Computing Machinery that covers information and system security and privacy for security researchers in university and industrial laboratories, founded in 1998, and its 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 4.0《ACM 隐私与安全汇刊》（ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security）是由美国计算机协会出版的季刊同行评审期刊，涵盖信息与系统安全及隐私，面向高校与工业实验室的安全研究者，1998 年创刊，2025 年期刊影响因子为 4.0。

Scope

• It publishes high-quality research in information and system security and privacy该刊发表信息与系统安全及隐私领域的高质量研究。
• Topics include cryptography, security protocols and applied cryptography主题包括密码学、安全协议与应用密码学。
• Systems security, network security and software security are covered涵盖系统安全、网络安全与软件安全。
• Formal methods and verification for security are included包括面向安全的形式化方法与验证。
• Privacy technologies, policy and data protection are addressed涉及隐私技术、政策与数据保护。
• It welcomes technical, systems and application contributions as well as work on policy该刊欢迎技术、系统与应用贡献，以及政策研究。
• It serves researchers and practitioners in security and privacy该刊服务于安全与隐私领域的研究者与从业者。

History

• ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security was founded in 1998 as ACM Transactions on Information and System Security《ACM 隐私与安全汇刊》于 1998 年以《ACM 信息与系统安全汇刊》之名创办。
• It was renamed in 2016 to reflect its enlarged scope and additional emphasis on privacy该刊于 2016 年更名，以反映其扩大的范围以及对隐私的额外重视。
• It is published by the Association for Computing Machinery该刊由美国计算机协会（ACM）出版。
• It appears quarterly, with four issues a year该刊为季刊，每年四期。
• It follows a subscription model with an open access option for authors该刊采用订阅模式，并为作者提供开放获取选项。
• Its Journal Impact Factor was 1.909 in 2021, 2.717 in 2022, 2.8 in 2024 and 4.0 in 2025其期刊影响因子为 2021 年的 1.909、2022 年的 2.717、2024 年的 2.8，2025 年为 4.0。
• It is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Scopus该刊被科学引文索引扩展版与 Scopus 收录。
• Its print ISSN is 2471-2566 and its electronic ISSN is 2471-2574其印刷刊号为 2471-2566，电子刊号为 2471-2574。
• Its scope covers information and system security and privacy, ranging from technologies to systems and applications to the crafting of policies其范围涵盖信息与系统安全及隐私，从技术、系统与应用延伸到政策制定。
• It publishes high-quality research results across these areas该刊发表这些领域的高质量研究成果。

Editors

• The Editor-in-Chief is Michael Waidner, a professor at TU Darmstadt and Fraunhofer SIT in Germany现任主编为（Michael Waidner），他是德国达姆施塔特工业大学与弗劳恩霍夫安全信息技术研究所的教授。
• He is the founding director of ATHENE, the National Research Center for Applied Cybersecurity他是国家应用网络安全研究中心（ATHENE）的创始主任。
• His term as editor in chief runs from February 2024 to January 2027其主编任期自 2024 年 2 月至 2027 年 1 月。
• An international editorial board handles submissions across security and privacy国际编委会处理安全与隐私领域的稿件。
• Manuscripts undergo peer review before acceptance稿件在接受前须经过同行评审。
• Reviewers assess technical novelty, the soundness of the security analysis or system design, and the practical significance of the results审稿人评估技术新颖性、安全分析或系统设计的可靠性，以及结果的实践意义。
• The journal publishes technical, systems and application research as well as policy-oriented studies该刊发表技术、系统与应用研究，以及面向政策的研究。
• It serves security and privacy researchers in universities, industrial laboratories and government agencies该刊服务于高校、工业实验室与政府机构的安全与隐私研究者。
• As an ACM publication, it follows the association's peer review and publication policies作为（ACM）出版物，该刊遵循协会的同行评审与出版政策。