ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security

Aims & Scope

ACM Transactions on Transactions on Privacy and Security (TOPS) is devoted to the study, analysis, and application of information security and privacy.

The journal takes a wide view of this topic and its mission is to publish the best original research in this area.

Submitted papers should have practical relevance to the construction, evaluation, application, or operation of security or privacy-critical systems.

Theoretical papers must provide compelling examples and make convincing arguments for the practical significance of their results.

Tutorial or survey papers will not be considered for publication.

TOPS was previously titled the ACM Transactions on Information and System Security (TISSEC), which was founded in 1998.

The renaming took place in 2016 to emphasize the journal's enlarged scope and its additional emphasis on privacy.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.8
2024	3.00

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	7873

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	467

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.716

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Computer Science and Engineering, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• MaMaDroid

  Citation: 241

  Authors: Lucky, Enrico, Panagiotis, Emiliano De, Gordon, Gianluca

• Scalable Private Set Intersection Based on OT Extension

  Citation: 214

  Authors: Benny, Thomas, Michael

• A General Framework for Adversarial Examples with Objectives

  Citation: 128

  Authors: Mahmood, Sruti, Lujo, Michael K.

• Amandroid

  Citation: 120

  Authors: Fengguo, Sankardas, Xinming

• Adversarial EXEmples

  Citation: 99

  Authors: Luca, Scott E., Battista, Giovanni, Alessandro, Fabio

• Attribute Inference Attacks in Online Social Networks

  Citation: 92

  Authors: Neil Zhenqiang, Bin

• Tractor Beam

  Citation: 80

  Authors: Juhwan, Yujin, Yunmok, Hocheol, Dohyun, Jaeyeong, Yongdae

• Sancus 2.0

  Citation: 75

  Authors: Job, Jo Van, Jan Tobias, Frank, Pieter, Bart, Ingrid, Johannes, Tilo, Felix

• Fast Proxy Re-Encryption for Publish/Subscribe Systems

  Citation: 61

  Authors: Yuriy, Kurt, Gyana, Vinod

• Proactively Identifying Emerging Hacker Threats from the Dark Web

  Citation: 58

  Authors: Sagar, Hongyi, Hsinchun

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