طبقه بندی ژورنالهای رمز

• The good
  • Journal of Computer Virology and Hacking Techniques (formerly Journal of Computer Virology)
    • Abbreviation: JICV
    • Imprint: Springer
    • Comment: This is the only journal that I know of that is focused primarily on malware. Articles are generally of a fairly high quality with a good mix of theory and application. But, much of my recent research has been malware related, so I'm biased.
    
    
  • Information Management & Computer Security
    • Abbreviation: IMCS
    • Imprint: Emerald
    • Comment: This journal looks to be strong within its domain. As the name implies, this one tilts toward "information management", but articles still generally have some technical depth.
    
    
  • International Journal of Network Security
    • Abbreviation: IJNS
    • Imprint: none
    • Comment: Looks interesting—some rigor without going overboard on the theory, and lots of relevant topics.
    
    
  • Cryptologia
    • Abbreviation: none
    • Imprint: Taylor & Francis
    • Comment: The emphasis is on historical ciphers. Generally, great fun to read and articles almost invariably provide a nice introduction to cryptography and/or a historical topic.
    
    
  • Journal of Cryptology
    • Abbreviation: JOC
    • Imprint: Springer
    • Comment: The ultimate modern cryptography journal, but definitely not for the faint of heart.
    
    
  • Journal of Cryptographic Engineering
    • Abbreviation: JCEN
    • Imprint: Springer
    • Comment: A fairly new journal that looks to have some very interesting articles.
    
    
  • IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing
    • Abbreviation: TDSC
    • Imprint: IEEE
    • Comment: Contains a wide variety of articles, and most appear to be interesting and highly relevant. I definitely need to read this one more often.
    
    
  • IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security
    • Abbreviation: TIFS
    • Imprint: IEEE
    • Comment: In spite of the name, this journal has articles in many areas of security, with only a slight emphasis on forensics. I'm not convinced the articles are consistently that impressive, but hey, it's an IEEE transaction, so it's got to be prestigious, right?
    
    
  • ACM Transactions on Information and System Security
    • Abbreviation: TISSEC
    • Imprint: ACM
    • Comment: Covers a lot of different topics, usually from a rather theoretical point of view.
    
    
  
  
• The OK
  • Information Security Journal: A Global Perspective
    • Abbreviation: ISJ
    • Imprint: Taylor & Francis
    • Comment: Articles here seem to be of consistent good quality, and they cover a wide range of interesting and relevant topics. I've also been impressed by their review process.
    
    
  •  Computers & Security
    • Abbreviation: COSE
    • Imprint: Elsevier
    • Comment: I've reviewed many articles for this journal and even published in it. This one has to have the most annoying review process—both from the perspective of reviewer and reviewee—of any journal I've ever dealt with. Specifically, I've seen many cases where their reviewers obviously didn't bother to read the articles they're supposedly reviewing.
    
    
  • IET Information Security
    • Abbreviation: IETIS
    • Imprint: IET
    • Comment: The editorial board is focused on cryptography. Not surprisingly, recent articles tend to be heavy on cryptography, or similar.
    
    
  • International Journal of Information Security
    • Abbreviation: IJIS
    • Imprint: Springer
    • Comment: Top-heavy with theory.
    
    
  • Journal of Information Assurance and Security
    • Abbreviation: JIAS
    • Imprint: Dynamic Publishers, Inc.
    • Comment: Looks like an interesting mix of articles. However, in general, I'd suggest a lot of skepticism when it comes to cryptography articles published in general security journals, and this journal has several recent cryptography-related articles. So, reader beware.
    
    
  • Journal of Computer Security
    • Abbreviation: JCS
    • Imprint: IOS Press
    • Comment: From my perspective, this looks to be way too theoretical. But that's the way some people like their security.
    
    
  • International Journal of Security and Networks
    • Abbreviation: IJSN
    • Imprint: Inderscience Publishers
    • Comment: Seems to be a pretty solid journal, especially for one without a big-name publisher behind it.
    
    
  • International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics
    • Abbreviation: IJESDF
    • Imprint: Inderscience Publishers
    • Comment: Another respectable journal from Inderscience.
    
    
  • International Journal of Information Privacy, Security and Integrity
    • Abbreviation: IJIPSI
    • Imprint: Inderscience Publishers
    • Comment: Fairly new and looks to be reasonably good.
    
    
  
  
• The bad
  • International Journal of Computer Network and Information Security
    • Abbreviation: IJCNIS
    • Imprint: MECS Publisher
    • Comment: There's no publication charge, which is the only good thing I can say about it. There is not much of a review process, and it shows in many of the articles. Also, they require Microsoft Word documents for submission—how Mickey Mouse is that?
    
    
  • International Journal of Information Security and Privacy
    • Abbreviation: IJISP
    • Imprint: IGI Global
    • Comment: This one seems to have an excess of fluff articles.
    
    
  
  
• The not sure
  • Journal of Network and Information Security
    • Abbreviation: JNIS
    • Imprint: Publishing India
    • Comment: The first issue has not yet been published (as of mid-August 2013), but it does not look promising since they only accept submissions in "OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format". Also, based on the website, grammar is not their strong suit. On the upside, at least they do not charge a publication fee.
    
    
  • Journal of Information System Security
    • Abbreviation: JISSec
    • Imprint: None
    • Comment: A quick look at recent articles reveals a lot of policy-related and similar puff pieces.
    
    
  • International Journal on Network Security
    • Abbreviation: IJNS (yes, there are at least 2 journals with IJNS as their abbreviation)
    • Imprint: ACEEE
    • Comment: I'm not familiar with this journal and, apparently, they like it that way. Although it's said to be open access, I can't seem to access any of their articles. Does this journal really exist?
    
    
  • International Journal of Digital Evidence
    • Abbreviation: IJDE
    • Imprint: Utica College
    • Comment: As the name suggests, this one is very specialized. As far as I can tell, it contain only "white papers", not your usual technical journal papers.
    
    
  • Information Security Technical Report
    • Abbreviation: ISTR
    • Imprint: Elsevier
    • Comment: Looks like it might be interesting, but every issue appears to be a "special issue", i.e., focused on a single topic, which could make it tricky to get published here.
    
    
  • International Journal of Multimedia Intelligence and Security
    • Abbreviation: IJMIS
    • Imprint: Inderscience Publishers
    • Comment: Seems to have stopped publishing—the most recent issue I can find appeared in 2011.
    
    
  • International Journal of Information and Computer Security
    • Abbreviation: IJICS
    • Imprint: Inderscience Publishers
    • Comment: The last issue available seems to be from mid-2012, so this one might be deceased too.
    
    
  • Designs, Codes and Cryptography
    • Abbreviation: DCC
    • Imprint: Springer
    • Comment: A strong journal, but, really, this is a math journal. Often, the link (if any) to cryptography is tenuous, at best.
    
    
  
  
• The ugly
  • International Journal of Information Sciences and Computer Engineering
    • Abbreviation: IJISCE
    • Imprint: None
    • Comment: This "open access" journal charges authors a publication fee of 285 euros. It also seems to publish lots of very dubious papers.
    
    
  • International Journal of Network Security & Its Applications
    • Abbreviation: IJNSA
    • Imprint: AIRCC
    • Comment: Charges $120. I guess that might be considered a bargain in this genre. But, come to think of it, you usually get what you pay for.
    
    
  • International Journal of Computer Science and Network Security
    • Abbreviation: IJCSNS
    • Imprint:
    • Comment: This journal has a $400 "publication fee". This one looks to be even more totally bogus than the other totally bogus journals listed here. That's an accomplishment, of sorts.
    
    
  • International Journal of Information and Network Security
    • Abbreviation: IJINS
    • Imprint: IAES
    • Comment: Charges an $80 publication fee and, get this, a $40 "fast-track review" fee, which guarantees a review within two weeks. What a joke.
    
    
  • Journal of Information Security
    • Abbreviation: JIS
    • Imprint: SCIRP
    • Comment: Charges $500 per article. Once upon a time, I actually published an article in this one, but back then they were not charging a fee. If I'd realized they were planning to charge authors for publication, I would have avoided it like the plague.
    
    
  • Security Informatics
    • Abbreviation: none
    • Imprint: Springer
    • Comment: Open access (charges $1015 per article) with a heavy emphasis on policy (that's 4 strikes). Do people actually pay this outrageous fee? And what's up with Springer getting into this scam? I hate to admit it, but this one might actually have a few respectable articles.
    
    
  • EURASIP Journal on Information Security
    • Abbreviation: unknown
    • Imprint: Springer
    • Comment: Another Springer open access journal—this one charges $635 per article. Apparently, this journal was recently transferred from some minor league publisher to Springer, and it shows.
    
    
  • International Journal on Cryptography and Information Security
    • Abbreviation: IJCIS
    • Imprint: AIRCC Publishing Corporation
    • Comment: This open access journal charges $120 and requires use of their MS Word template. Need I say more? No, but I will. As the name implies, the focus is on cryptography, and a lot of cryptography means a lot of math typesetting… in MS Word. The results are not pretty with, for example, blurry screen snapshots of formulas (originally typeset in TeX) pasted into published documents. I wouldn't accept that in an undergraduate student report.