Journal profile · Social Sciences-Law
Computer Fraud and Security
ISSN 1361-3723 · Elsevier
Computer Fraud and Security: subscription journal; 165 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Computer Fraud and Security is published by Elsevier. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Information and Cyber Security, Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies and Privacy, Security, and Data Protection, together about 48.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Information Systems. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Law
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Information and Cyber SecurityComputer Science25.3%
- Cybercrime and Law Enforcement StudiesComputer Science13.8%
- Privacy, Security, and Data ProtectionSocial Sciences9%
- Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare StudiesSocial Sciences6.4%
- Network Security and Intrusion DetectionComputer Science4.8%
- Web Application Security VulnerabilitiesComputer Science4.5%
- Digitalization, Law, and RegulationSocial Sciences4.3%
- User Authentication and Security SystemsComputer Science3.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law | Q1 | 138/885 | 84th |
| General Computer Science | Q2 | 111/233 | 52nd |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.27LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.71LetPub ·
- h-index
- 52OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 339OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.26OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,933 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 232 | 225 | 504 |
| 2025 | 165 | 162 | 928 |
| 2024 | 200 | 174 | 1,213 |
| 2023 | 62 | 8 | 1,338 |
| 2022 | 75 | 6 | 1,368 |
| 2021 | 135 | 26 | 1,424 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteSelf-archiving
- Self-archiving
Journal transferred to Mark Allen Group as of 2022 Model summary
Transferred to Mark Allen Group as of 2022
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- ISSN
- 1361-3723
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Computer Fraud and Security
Which databases index Computer Fraud and Security?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Computer Fraud and Security is indexed in Scopus.
Is Computer Fraud and Security open access, and what is the APC?
Computer Fraud and Security is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-28). Last updated: .