Journal profile · Computer Science-Information Systems
Cybersecurity
ISSN 2096-4862 · eISSN 2523-3246 · Springer Nature · Singapore
Cybersecurity: CAS Zone 3 · Computer Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.1 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 1,485; median 125 days to acceptance (97 articles, last 24 months); 121 articles a year; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
This journal is aimed to systematically cover all essential aspects of cybersecurity, with a focus on reporting on cyberspace security issues, the latest research results, and real-world deployment of security technologies. The journal publishes research articles and reviews in the areas including, but not limited to: • Cryptography and its applications • Network and critical infrastructure security • Hardware security • Software and system security • Cybersecurity data analytics • Data-driven security and measurement studies • Adversarial reasoning • Malware analysis • Privacy-enhancing technologies and anonymity • IoT Security • AI Security
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Computer Science-Information Systems
Editor-in-chief Dan MengPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 57 in mainland China (about 58%); most named Mainland China 57, United States 17, Hong Kong, China 7, Singapore 7, Australia 3 (99 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
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, Information Systems | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Software Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Computer Science Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Information Systems | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Software Engineering | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Computer Science Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Information Systems | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Software Engineering | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexINSPECDBLPDOAJPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, 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 (publisher) 2025
- 4.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 5.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 8.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.06LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher)
- 8.6Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.92LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher)
- 1.06Publisher website ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.61%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 121LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 655,400Publisher website ·
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
125 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 86 days – 172 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 84 days (97 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 272 days
- Sample
- 97 articles with submission and acceptance dates (373 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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 9 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 15 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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
Fully open accessLetPub
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 1,060 / USD 1,485 / EUR 1,190 | — | — |
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)
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Not considered
- linking to data on a personal/departmental website; individual participant details included
Article types accepted3
- researchResearch Review SurveyLength not stated
- reviewResearch Review SurveyLength not stated
- surveyResearch Review SurveyLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- AI use Gamark: adaptive entropy-threshold watermarking via gaussian mixture modeling for large language models
Jing ZhaoHongwei YangWeizhe Zhang Research Open access 07 September 2026 Article: 211
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
The following format for the 'Availability of data and materials section of your manuscript should be used:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Licensing and copyright
CC BY licence Model summary
Creative Commons licences Open access articles in Springer Nature journals are published under Creative Commons licences. These provide an industry-standard framework to support easy re-use of open access material. Under Creative Commons licences, authors retain copyright of their articles. Cybersecurity articles are published open access under a CC BY licence (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Int…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Benefits of open access
Publishing open access (OA) offers a number of benefits, including greater reach and readership for your work: Cited more 1.6x more citations of OA articles than non-OA articles across all subjects Downloaded more 4x more downloads of OA articles than non-OA articles Greater impact 2.5x more Altmetric attention. OA articles attracted 1.9x more news mentions and 1.2x more policy mentions Open acces…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Peer review is the process used to evaluate the quality of a manuscript before publication. Independent researchers in the relevant field assess submitted manuscripts to check their validity and robustness. Their feedback guides editors in making publication decisions. Typically, two or more experts evaluate each manuscript based on three main criteria: scientific robustness: is the research metho…
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 Nature
- Country or region
- Singapore
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2096-4862
- Electronic ISSN
- 2523-3246
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Cybersecurity
What CAS zone is Cybersecurity in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Cybersecurity is in Zone 3 of Computer Science, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Computer Science, Information Systems / Computer Science, Software Engineering / Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Computer Science. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Cybersecurity?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 4.1 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 8.6.
How long does peer review take at Cybersecurity?
Based on the dates recorded on 97 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 125 days (interquartile range 86–172 days); authors report an average review time of about 9 weeks. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Cybersecurity based?
Of the 99 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 57 (about 58%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (57), United States (17) and Hong Kong, China (7). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Cybersecurity?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Cybersecurity is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, INSPEC, DBLP and DOAJ; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Cybersecurity open access, and what is the APC?
Cybersecurity is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,485.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .