International Journal of Information Security

International Journal of Information Security is a peer-reviewed journal published by Springer covering theoretical, applied and implementation aspects of information security, established in 2001, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 5.0.《国际信息安全杂志》（International Journal of Information Security）由（Springer）出版，2001 年创刊，涵盖信息安全的理论、应用与实现层面，2025 年期刊影响因子为 5.0。

Scope

• The journal presents important technical work in information security, whether theoretical, applicable, or related to implementation.刊物发表信息安全领域的重要技术工作，涵盖理论、应用与实现层面。
• Coverage includes system security, network security, content protection and security applications.覆盖范围包括系统安全、网络安全、内容保护与安全应用。
• Contents extend to privacy, access control, authentication and identification.内容延伸至隐私、访问控制、身份认证与身份识别。
• Applied cryptography and formal methods in information security are explicitly in scope.应用密码学与信息安全中的形式化方法明确属于其范围。
• Information security is treated as a discipline that builds on computer security and cryptography while reaching into the wider information sciences.刊物把信息安全视为在计算机安全与密码学基础上向更广泛信息科学延伸的学科。
• Research articles, reviews and short communications are all considered.研究论文、综述与短通讯均在考虑之列。

History

• The journal was established in 2001 and published by Springer under the imprint of Springer Berlin Heidelberg.刊物创刊于 2001 年，由（Springer）以施普林格柏林海德堡的名义出版。
• It is an English-language international journal on research in information security.刊物是以英文出版的信息安全研究国际期刊。
• Its founding editorial leadership came from the European security research community, with editors including Dieter Gollmann, Javier Lopez and Masahiro Mambo in the early years.刊物的创刊编辑领导层来自欧洲安全研究界，早期编辑包括（Dieter Gollmann）、（Javier Lopez）与（Masahiro Mambo）。
• The journal moved to a fully open access publishing model, with submissions handled through the publisher's online system.刊物转为完全开放获取出版模式，稿件经出版方在线系统处理。
• Its 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 5.0, after 3.2 in 2024, 2.427 in 2022 and 1.988 in 2021.2025 年期刊影响因子为 5.0，此前 2024 年为 3.2，2022 年为 2.427，2021 年为 1.988。
• The journal reports a median of about nine days from submission to first decision and recorded more than 750,000 downloads in 2025.刊物公布从投稿到首次决定的中位时长约九天，2025 年下载量超过 75 万次。

Editors

• The Editor-in-Chief is Sokratis Katsikas of the Department of Information Security and Communication Technology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Gjovik.主编为（Sokratis Katsikas），任职于挪威科技大学约维克校区的信息安全与通信技术系。
• The board includes Massimiliano Albanese of George Mason University and Cristina Alcaraz of the University of Malaga.编委会成员包括乔治梅森大学的（Massimiliano Albanese）与马拉加大学的（Cristina Alcaraz）。
• Further board members come from Chalmers University of Technology, Rutgers University and the University of Wollongong.其他编委来自查尔姆斯理工大学、罗格斯大学与伍伦贡大学。
• Members also serve from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and from Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology.编委还来自香港中文大学与比得哥什科技大学。
• Guest editors from the security community regularly assemble special issues, including collections on cyber security of critical infrastructures.安全共同体的客座编辑定期组织专刊，包括关键基础设施网络安全专刊。
• Manuscripts are peer reviewed by the editorial board and external referees before a decision is taken.稿件在作出决定前由编委会与外部审稿人进行同行评审。