Journal profile · COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Digital Threats: Research and Practice
ISSN 2692-1626 · eISSN 2576-5337 · Association for Computing Machinery
Digital Threats: Research and Practice: CAS Zone 3 · Computer Science (2026 Xinrui edition); fully open access; median 160 days to acceptance (48 articles, last 24 months); 35 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Digital Threats: Research and Practice is published by Association for Computing Machinery and is classed under Computer Science in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Advanced Malware Detection Techniques, Network Security and Intrusion Detection and Information and Cyber Security, together about 44.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Information Systems and Artificial Intelligence. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Digital Threats: Research and Practice (DTRAP) is a peer-reviewed Open Access journal that targets the prevention, identification, mitigation, and elimination of digital threats. DTRAP aims to bridge the gap between academic research and industry practice. Accordingly, the journal welcomes manuscripts that address extant digital threats, rather than laboratory models of potential threats, and presents reproducible
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Editor-in-chief Jeffrey ToddPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 6%); most named Hong Kong, China 2, United Kingdom 2, Japan 2, Mainland China 1, United States 1 (18 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advanced Malware Detection TechniquesComputer Science20.2%
- Network Security and Intrusion DetectionComputer Science14.7%
- Information and Cyber SecurityComputer Science9.9%
- Digital and Cyber ForensicsComputer Science5.7%
- Spam and Phishing DetectionComputer Science5.1%
- Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-votingComputer Science4.8%
- Security and Verification in ComputingComputer Science4.6%
- Cybercrime and Law Enforcement StudiesComputer Science4.4%
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)Computer Science Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Information Systems | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- 6.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.62LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.02LetPub ·
- h-index
- 26OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 83OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.74OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 31LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 264 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22 | 22 | 15 |
| 2025 | 35 | 35 | 91 |
| 2024 | 30 | 30 | 219 |
| 2023 | 49 | 49 | 399 |
| 2022 | 30 | 30 | 603 |
| 2021 | 72 | 72 | 1,172 |
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
160 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 83 days – 275 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 87 days (48 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 250 days
- Sample
- 48 articles with submission and acceptance dates (48 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".
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).
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Association for Computing Machinery
- ISSN
- 2692-1626
- Electronic ISSN
- 2576-5337
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 7, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Digital Threats: Research and Practice
What CAS zone is Digital Threats: Research and Practice in?
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.
How long does peer review take at Digital Threats: Research and Practice?
Based on the dates recorded on 48 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 160 days (interquartile range 83–275 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Digital Threats: Research and Practice based?
Of the 18 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 6%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Hong Kong, China (2), United Kingdom (2) and Japan (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Digital Threats: Research and Practice?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Digital Threats: Research and Practice is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Digital Threats: Research and Practice open access, and what is the APC?
Digital Threats: Research and Practice is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .