Journal profile
Defense and Security Studies
ISSN 2744-1741 · Research and Development Academy · Bosnia and Herzegovina
Defense and Security Studies: fully open access; no APC; review about 15 weeks (community reports); 10 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Defense and Security Studies is published by Research and Development Academy. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Military Technology and Strategies, Information and Cyber Security and High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior, together about 30.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Aerospace Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Defense and Security Insights Across the Five Domains (Air, Land, Sea, Space, Cyberspace) with Multidisciplinary Approaches (Economic, Political, Legal, Social, Environmental, Engineering, Technological, etc.) Homeland Security Insights Across Key Areas (Border Security, Cybersecurity, Disaster Preparedness, Infrastructure Protection, Immigration Control, Public Health Security, Emergency Response, etc.) The journal's scope encompasses relevant defense and security topics from all five domains, including air, land, sea, space, and cyberspace, from an economic, political, legal, social, natural, environmental, engineering, and technological standpoint. Modeling, simulation, methodology, management, and theory are all part of an engineering and technological perspective. All layers of cyberspace are welcome, including geographic components, physical network components, logical network components, cyber persona components, and persona components. Homeland Security topics from all areas are welcome. We welcome articles from any relevant disciplinary approach, but the following fields are highly regarded: threat detection and modeling, migration and climate change, information security management, network security, ballistics forensics, military logistics, defense economics, networks and cybersecurity, software engineering, artificial intelligence, drones, nanotechnology, modern materials, defense and safety standards, civil and military optics, astronomical optical systems, IEDs, ballistic protection, high-velocity impact dynamics, CFD and hydrocodes in ballistics, C4I systems, military biomechanics and ergonomics, human trauma, military textile engineering, defense, mechatronics, military equipment maintenance, hardware, and software engineering application in military, ballistics (internal, external, terminal), aerodynamics, explosives, weapon design, ammunition design and manufacturing, ballistic testing, transport and maintenance of military items, warhead mechanics, rocket motors, fuses, ammunition integration, computer modeling in ballistics, guided missiles, blast effect, matematical modeling in balllistics, thermodynamics and fluid mechanics applications in ballistics, CAD design in military applications. With the aim of providing high-quality work, all papers are subject to initial appraisal by the Editors, and if suitable for further consideration, will be sent for single-blind peer review. Target Readership The journal is intended for an internation
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Military Technology and StrategiesEngineering16.1%
- Information and Cyber SecurityComputer Science7.1%
- High-Velocity Impact and Material BehaviorMaterials Science7.1%
- Military Defense Systems AnalysisEngineering5.4%
- Antenna Design and AnalysisEngineering4.5%
- Digital Transformation in IndustryEngineering4.5%
- Advanced Antenna and Metasurface TechnologiesEngineering4.5%
- Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare StudiesSocial Sciences4.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
Indexed in: no record yet.
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
- h-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.69OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 77 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 15 | 26 |
| 2025 | 10 | 10 | 31 |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | 47 |
| 2023 | 14 | 14 | 15 |
| 2022 | 15 | 15 | 1 |
| 2021 | 10 | 10 | 2 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 15 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- 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 accessOpenAlex
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 | No APC | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted6
- book reviewsThis includes original full-length research papers, short communications, technical reports, case studies, reviews, and book reviews.Length not stated
- case studiesThis includes original full-length research papers, short communications, technical reports, case studies, reviews, and book reviews.Length not stated
- original full-length research papersThis includes original full-length research papers, short communications, technical reports, case studies, reviews, and book reviews.Length not stated
- reviewsThis includes original full-length research papers, short communications, technical reports, case studies, reviews, and book reviews.Length not stated
- short communicationsThis includes original full-length research papers, short communications, technical reports, case studies, reviews, and book reviews.Length not stated
- technical reportsThis includes original full-length research papers, short communications, technical reports, case studies, reviews, and book reviews.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Self-archiving
- AI use Declaration of use of AI in the writing process
If AI tools are used in the manuscript writing, the authors must declare it in the Materials and Methods or write a declaration at the end of the paper before References. The declaration must state which AI tool was used and the reason. Therefore, the following format of the statement is suggested: “The author(s) used [NAME AI TOOL USED] during preparation of this work to [REASON]. The author(s) r…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship and Contributorship
An individual to be listed as an author on the byline of the published paper must meet the following criteria: Substantial contribution to the conceptualization, design, data acquisition, analysis, and results interpretation. Drafting or reviewing the article for intellectual content Approval of final version for publication Agreement to be accountable to investigate and resolve any question relat…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Declaration of competing interest
If any of the authors has any financial and non-financial competing interest, they must be declared in this section. In case of no competing interests, the following statement you may use: "The authors declare that they have no known financial or non-financial competing interests in any material discussed in this paper."
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical approval statement
This declaration is optional. Research involving human or animal subjects may be declared in this section. The statement may include the name of the ethics committee and the reference number (if appropriate), in all manuscripts involving human/animal subjects. That includes data obtained from surveys, observation, medical records, or participation in research. Example of statement “Research ethics…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Copyright retained by authors; journal granted right of first publication; CC Attribution license. Model summary
Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.This journal permits and encourages authors to post items/PDFs submitted to the journal on personal websites or insti…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Statement
This journal provides immediate open access to its content, making the research freely available to the public and supports a greater global exchange of knowledge (all content of the journal is immediately available upon publication to the public).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Defense and Security Studies (DSS), ISSN 2744-1741 (UDC 355), applies single-blind peer-review for each paper type. If the paper reaches minimum quality criteria, follows the scope, and aims of the Journal, fulfills the Editorial policies, it is sent to at least two external reviewers for evaluation. Reviewer selection is up to the editor-in-chief, based on previous experience, competence, and pre…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Originality and Plagiarism Policy
Authors by submitting their manuscript to DSS declare that their work is original and authored by them, their work submitted to DSS has not been previously published, original ideas, data, findings, and materials taken from other sources (including their own published writing) are properly documented and cited. Their work does not violate any rights of others, including privacy rights and intellec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Self-archiving
This journal permits and encourages authors to post items/PDFs submitted to the journal on personal websites or institutional repositories after publication, while providing bibliographic details that credit its publication in this journal. Model summary
This journal permits and encourages authors to archive Pre-print and Post-print items submitted to the journal in personal websites or institutional repositories per author's choice, while providing bibliographic details that credit its submission/publication in this journal. This includes archiving of submitted version, accepted version, or published version without any embargo.
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
- Research and Development Academy
- Country or region
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2744-1741
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 7, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Defense and Security Studies
How long does peer review take at Defense and Security Studies?
Authors report an average review time of about 15 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.
Is Defense and Security Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Defense and Security Studies is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .