Journal profile · COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS-TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Security and Communication Networks
ISSN 1939-0114 · eISSN 1939-0122 · John Wiley & Sons, Inc. · USA · Bimonthly · Founded 2008
Security and Communication Networks: impact factor 1.09; fully open access; APC about USD 2,670; review about 6 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: 53%; 16 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus; flagged on an early-warning list or for an indexing change: check before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Security and Communication Networks is published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cryptography and Data Security, Network Security and Intrusion Detection and Advanced Malware Detection Techniques, together about 27.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Artificial Intelligence. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Security and Communication Networks is an open access journal that provides a prestigious forum for the R&D community in academia and industry working at the interdisciplinary nexus of next generation communications technologies for security implementations in all network layers.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS-TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cryptography and Data SecurityComputer Science10.8%
- Network Security and Intrusion DetectionComputer Science10.4%
- Advanced Malware Detection TechniquesComputer Science6.6%
- Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-votingComputer Science6.2%
- Privacy-Preserving Technologies in DataComputer Science5.8%
- Chaos-based Image/Signal EncryptionComputer Science4.8%
- Advanced Authentication Protocols SecurityComputer Science4.7%
- User Authentication and Security SystemsComputer Science4.1%
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
ScopusLetPub
Early warning / risk: Removed from SCIE on 20 March 2023. CAS Early Warning Journal List: not listed in any of 6 editions.LetPub
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
- 1.09LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.49LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.79LetPub ·
- h-index
- 30LetPub ·
- h-index
- 89OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,800OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.71OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.61%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 718LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,991 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 16 | 15 | 13 |
| 2024 | 134 | 133 | 95 |
| 2023 | 858 | 858 | 849 |
| 2022 | 1,399 | 1,399 | 10,029 |
| 2021 | 877 | 874 | 11,727 |
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
Not usableThis publisher's "received" date is mostly when the revised manuscript arrived (29% of articles were "accepted" within 3 days), so it cannot measure review time
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 6 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 53%LetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 15%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 36 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Blind 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,670 / EUR 2,320 / GBP 1,960 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,300 | Yes | — |
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 accepted2
- research articleResearch ArticleLength not stated
- review articleReview ArticleLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access
Open access journal Model summary
Security and Communication Networks is an open access journal
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
- John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- Country or region
- USA
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 2008
- ISSN
- 1939-0114
- Electronic ISSN
- 1939-0122
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Security and Communication Networks
What is the impact factor of Security and Communication Networks?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.09; CiteScore 2.6, h-index 89.
How long does peer review take at Security and Communication Networks?
Authors report an average review time of about 6 months; the community-reported acceptance is “53%”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 15%. 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.
Which databases index Security and Communication Networks?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Security and Communication Networks is indexed in Scopus.
Is Security and Communication Networks open access, and what is the APC?
Security and Communication Networks is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,670.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .