Journal profile · Computer Science-Computer Science (miscellaneous)
Journal of Privacy and Confidentiality
ISSN 2575-8527 · Cornell University Press · United States
Journal of Privacy and Confidentiality: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 15 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Privacy and Confidentiality is published by Cornell University Press. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data, Privacy, Security, and Data Protection and Cloud Data Security Solutions, together about 61.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Artificial Intelligence. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
"When the founders of this Journal—Cynthia Dwork, Stephen Fienberg and Alan Karr—made its initial call for papers [in 2008], they and we identified many constituencies that participate in the scientific analysis of privacy and confidentiality. Statisticians, particularly those working within national statistical offices, have developed the field of statistical disclosure limitation. Computer scientists contribute work in privacy-preserving data-mining and cryptographic analyses of privacy. Lawyers and social scientists study the role of government and regulation in the creation and protection of individual and business privacy. Health researchers struggle with the trade-off between a patient’s privacy and the contribution to science that access to integrated medical records might allow. Survey designers in all fields of human endeavor wrestle with methods of enticing survey cooperation under a variety of ethical and privacy guarantees. Gargantuan online services gather petabytes of data on search queries, online purchases, e-mail exchanges, and other social network interactions while pushing their computer scientists to exploit the corporate asset these data represent without damaging the companies’ ability to do future business by breaching the confidence of their client/users. And many, many data users from all of the fields listed above perform analyses that are conditioned on the privacy and confidentiality protections imposed on their work without all the means to assess the consequences of those measures on the inferences they have made. We are certainly not the first journal to venture into this domain. But we are the first journal to solicit actively contributions from the entire community that are aimed at multiple constituencies within that community."
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Computer Science-Computer Science (miscellaneous)
Editor-in-chief Kunal TalwarPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 17, Germany 1, Canada 1 (19 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Privacy-Preserving Technologies in DataComputer Science32.4%
- Privacy, Security, and Data ProtectionSocial Sciences16.4%
- Cloud Data Security SolutionsComputer Science12.7%
- Cryptography and Data SecurityComputer Science6.8%
- Data Quality and ManagementDecision Sciences4.9%
- Statistical Methods and Bayesian InferenceMathematics3.9%
- Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-votingComputer Science3.7%
- Survey Sampling and Estimation TechniquesMathematics2.4%
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Statistics and Probability | Q2 | 120/303 | — |
| Computer Science Applications | Q3 | 564/1022 | — |
| Computer Science (miscellaneous) | Q3 | 102/179 | — |
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
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CLOCKSSPublisher website
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.33LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.12LetPub ·
- h-index
- 35OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 87OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.68OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 247 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 6 | 231 |
| 2025 | 15 | 15 | 505 |
| 2024 | 19 | 19 | 553 |
| 2023 | 13 | 13 | 504 |
| 2022 | 11 | 11 | 478 |
| 2021 | 17 | 17 | 529 |
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 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| Publisher website | USD 500 | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- USD 500
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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 300 words
- Reference style
- Author–date
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted2
- researchThe JPC seeks to publish a wide range of research and review papersLength not stated
- reviewThe JPC seeks to publish a wide range of research and review papersLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteCode availability, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright
- Code availability
Supplementary material such as data sets, programming code and log files should be available in an openly accessible repository. Model summary
The Journal strongly encourages transparency. Supplementary material, such as data sets, programming code and log files, should be available in an openly accessible repository. Authors should consult the Journal's Code and Data Availability Policy.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest
Each author (or corresponding author on behalf of all co-authors) must complete the JPC's financial and conflict-of-interest disclosure. Model summary
Each author (or the corresponding author acting on behalf of all co-authors) must complete the JPC's financial and conflict-of-interest disclosure.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Copyright retained by authors; articles licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 unless a more lenient license is chosen. Model summary
Copyright is retained by the authors. By submitting to this journal, the author(s) license the article under the Creative Commons License – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), unless choosing a more lenient license (for instance, public domain). If using a different, more lenient license, indicate the desired license in the actual article, and alert the edi…
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
- Cornell University Press
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2575-8527
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 16, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Privacy and Confidentiality
How long does peer review take at Journal of Privacy and Confidentiality?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Journal of Privacy and Confidentiality?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 300 words; Reference style: Author–date; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Cover letter: Required. 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 Journal of Privacy and Confidentiality based?
Of the 19 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (17), Germany (1) and Canada (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Privacy and Confidentiality?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Privacy and Confidentiality is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Privacy and Confidentiality open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Privacy and Confidentiality is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .