Intelligence and National Security

Aims & Scope

Intelligence has never played a more prominent role in international politics than it does now in the early years of the twenty-first century.

National intelligence services are larger than ever, and they are more transparent in their activities in the policy making of democratic nations.

Intelligence and National Security is widely regarded as the world's leading scholarly journal focused on the role of intelligence and secretive agencies in international relations.

It examines this aspect of national security from a variety of perspectives and academic disciplines, with insightful articles research and written by leading experts based around the globe.

Among the topics covered in the journal are: • the historical development of intelligence agencies • representations of intelligence in popular culture • public understandings and expectations related to intelligence • intelligence and ethics • intelligence collection and analysis • covert action and counterintelligence • privacy and intelligence accountability • the outsourcing of intelligence operations • the role of politics in intelligence activities • international intelligence cooperation and burden-sharing • the relationships among intelligence agencies, military organizations, and civilian policy departments.

Authors for Intelligence and National Security come from a range of disciplines, including international affairs, history, sociology, political science, law, anthropology, philosophy, medicine, statistics, psychology, bio-sciences, and mathematics.

These perspectives are regularly augmented by research submitted from current and former intelligence practitioners in several different nations.

Each issue features a rich menu of articles about the uses (and occasional misuses) of intelligence, supplemented from time to time with special forums on current intelligence issues and interviews with leading intelligence officials.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

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

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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.

• Introducing Social Media Intelligence (SOCMINT)

  Citation: 92

  Authors: David, Jamie, Carl

• What's wrong with the Intelligence Cycle

  Citation: 74

  Authors: Arthur S.

• Cybersecurity: A Pre-history

  Citation: 62

  Authors: Michael

• Restructuring structured analytic techniques in intelligence

  Citation: 53

  Authors: Welton, Elissabeth, David R., Philip E.

• Making Intelligence Analysis More Intelligent: Using Numeric Probabilities

  Citation: 46

  Authors: Alan

• Towards understanding cybersecurity capability in Australian healthcare organisations: a systematic review of recent trends, threats and mitigation

  Citation: 46

  Authors: K. L., E., K., C. R.

• A New Definition of Intelligence

  Citation: 45

  Authors: Alan

• Assessing Uncertainty in Intelligence

  Citation: 44

  Authors: Jeffrey A., Richard

• The Study of Intelligence in Theory and Practice

  Citation: 42

  Authors: Len, Peter

• Intelligence, International Relations and 'Under-theorisation'

  Citation: 39

  Authors: Christopher