Journal profile · COMPUTER SCIENCE, THEORY & METHODS-MATHEMATICS, APPLIED
Cryptography and Communications-Discrete-Structures Boolean Functions and Sequences
ISSN 1936-2447 · eISSN 1936-2455 · Springer US · UNITED STATES · 6 issues per year · Founded 2009
Cryptography and Communications-Discrete-Structures Boolean Functions and Sequences: CAS Zone 3 · Computer Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.22; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,190; median 232 days to acceptance (93 articles, last 24 months); 85 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Cryptography and Communications-Discrete-Structures Boolean Functions and Sequences is published by Springer US and is in Zone 3 of Computer Science in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Coding theory and cryptography, graph theory and CDMA systems and Cryptographic Implementations and Security, together about 61% of its articles. Its main subfields are Artificial Intelligence. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Cryptography and Communications: Discrete Structures, Boolean Functions and Sequences publishes scholarly research dedicated to improving the quality of the Discrete Structures, Boolean Functions and Sequences used in communication and symmetric cryptographic systems. This research aims to increase the speed and capacity of digital communication and strengthen security by improving the encryption necessary to combat cryptanalytic attacks. With improved encryption, communication will become more secure from the cryptanalytic attacks that threaten the confidentiality and integrity of personal data stored on and transmitted by mobile devices. Increasing the speed, reliability, and capacity of wireless communication is essential for growth, since the radio spectrum is a bounded resource. While sometimes treated as separate entities with distinct research goals, communication and symmetric cryptography often use similar models and techniques and work in tandem in digital networks. As a result, this journal’s distinctive combination encourages researchers to strive for advancements that will improve one or both areas, thus providing a publishing forum for these domains, covering all the fundamental and computational aspects of these research fields. The journal publishes high-quality papers providing original results on the mathematical study of discrete structures used in stream and block ciphers in symmetric cryptography (Boolean and vectorial functions) and in communications (error correcting codes, sequences) and their interactions, without excluding any other discrete structure used in symmetric cryptography and communications, such as finite fields and other algebraic structures. Both theoretical and applied papers will be considered. Note that we do not take review papers (we publish only those from authors we have invited). Submissions (to regular issues) on the following topics will not be considered as being within the scope, unless the mathematical results they include are useful for domains that are in the scope: public-key cryptography, ad hoc cryptanalysis, key generation, exchange and management, intrusion detection, image encryption, hardware architectures, zero-knowledge, protocols, neural networks, learning, wireless sensor networks, Internet of things, blockchain, ransomware detection, methods based on chaos. Papers only containing computer investigation results will not be considered either. But special issues (collections) may contain papers
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): COMPUTER SCIENCE, THEORY & METHODS-MATHEMATICS, APPLIED
Editor-in-chief Claude CarletPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 11%); most named Mainland China 2, France 2, Türkiye 2, Norway 2, Austria 2 (19 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Coding theory and cryptographyComputer Science30.6%
- graph theory and CDMA systemsEngineering19.3%
- Cryptographic Implementations and SecurityComputer Science11%
- Finite Group Theory ResearchMathematics4.8%
- Cellular Automata and ApplicationsComputer Science4.5%
- Chaos-based Image/Signal EncryptionComputer Science4.4%
- Cooperative Communication and Network CodingComputer Science3.3%
- Cryptography and Data SecurityComputer Science2.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Computer Science Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Theory & Methods | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Mathematics, Applied | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Computer Science Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Theory & Methods | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Mathematics, Applied | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Computer Science Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Mathematics, Applied | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Theory & Methods | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexINSPECzbMATHDBLPCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, ACM Digital Library, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- Impact factor
- 1.22LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.85LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.08LetPub ·
- h-index
- 13LetPub ·
- h-index
- 34OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 236OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.12OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 15.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 21.33%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 82LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 99,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 923 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 68 | 34 | 12 |
| 2025 | 85 | 32 | 68 |
| 2024 | 81 | 21 | 183 |
| 2023 | 68 | 24 | 257 |
| 2022 | 73 | 14 | 452 |
| 2021 | 84 | 29 | 651 |
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.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
232 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 180 days – 334 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 13 days (93 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 255 days
- Sample
- 93 articles with submission and acceptance dates (182 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Submission to first decision
- 4 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,190 / EUR 2,590 / GBP 2,290 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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)
Open calls for papers1, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
Article types accepted1
- editorialSingle-blind peer review This journal follows a single-blind reviewing procedure. This journal also publishes special/guest-edited issues. The peer review proce…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- AI use Generative AI Images
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Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship principles
These guidelines describe authorship principles and good authorship practices to which prospective authors should adhere to. Authorship clarified The Journal and Publisher assume all authors agreed with the content and that all gave explicit consent to submit and that they obtained consent from the responsible authorities at the institute/organization where the work has been carried out, before th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosures and declarations
All authors are requested to include information regarding sources of funding, financial or non-financial interests, study-specific approval by the appropriate ethics committee for research involving humans and/or animals, informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved animals (as appropriate). The decision whether such …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statements
All original research must include a data availability statement. This statement should explain how to access data supporting the results and analysis in the article, including links/citations to publicly archived datasets analysed or generated during the study. Please see our full policy here. If it is not possible to share research data publicly, for instance when individual privacy could be com…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Compliance with Ethical Standards
To ensure objectivity and transparency in research and to ensure that accepted principles of ethical and professional conduct have been followed, authors should include information regarding sources of funding, potential conflicts of interest (financial or non-financial), informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Open Choice articles do not require transfer of copyright as the copyright remains with the author. In opting for open access, the author(s) agree to publish the article under a Creative Commons license. Details of the OA licences offered to authors can be found on the individual journal website, in the journal's How to publish with us guide. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Cryptography and Communications, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Single-blind peer review
This journal follows a single-blind reviewing procedure. This journal also publishes special/guest-edited issues. The peer review process for these articles is the same as the peer review process of the journal in general. Additionally, if a guest editor authors an article in their issue/collection, they will not handle the peer review process.
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
- Springer US
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- 6 issues per year
- Founded
- 2009
- ISSN
- 1936-2447
- Electronic ISSN
- 1936-2455
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 18, Issue 4 (July 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Cryptography and Communications-Discrete-Structures Boolean Functions and Sequences
What CAS zone is Cryptography and Communications-Discrete-Structures Boolean Functions and Sequences in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Cryptography and Communications-Discrete-Structures Boolean Functions and Sequences is in Zone 3 of Computer Science, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Computer Science, Theory & Methods / Mathematics, Applied. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Computer Science. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Cryptography and Communications-Discrete-Structures Boolean Functions and Sequences?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.22; CiteScore 2.8, h-index 34.
How long does peer review take at Cryptography and Communications-Discrete-Structures Boolean Functions and Sequences?
Based on the dates recorded on 93 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 232 days (interquartile range 180–334 days). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Cryptography and Communications-Discrete-Structures Boolean Functions and Sequences?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Cryptography and Communications-Discrete-Structures Boolean Functions and Sequences based?
Of the 19 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 11%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (2), France (2) and Türkiye (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Cryptography and Communications-Discrete-Structures Boolean Functions and Sequences?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Cryptography and Communications-Discrete-Structures Boolean Functions and Sequences is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, INSPEC, zbMATH, DBLP and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Cryptography and Communications-Discrete-Structures Boolean Functions and Sequences open access, and what is the APC?
Cryptography and Communications-Discrete-Structures Boolean Functions and Sequences is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,190.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .