International Journal of Security and Networks

Aims & Scope

IJSN proposes and fosters discussion on and dissemination of network security related issues.

Topics covered include: -Cellular networks, wireless LANs, PANs, MANs, sensor/ad hoc networks- Mobile IP, IP and satellite networks, wireless internet/communications- Wired/wireless integrated networks- Internet/WWW, high-speed/P2P networks, VoIP, e-mail- Optical systems/networks, integrated/content-delivery networks- Domain name service, communications, distributed systems- Attacks, security mechanisms/services, authentication/authorisation, access control- Multicast security, data confidentiality/integrity, on-repudiation- Firewalls, privacy protection, security specification, encryption/decryption- Formal analyses, group communications, intrusion detection, anonymity- Key management, trust establishment, malicious parties' revocation, security policies- Fraudulent usage, prevention of traffic analysis, denial of service- PHY/MAC/routing protocols, dependability/reliability, secure location determination- Performance evaluation, performance/security tradeoff analysis- Network forensics, design/analysis of security protocols, security standards.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.171

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q4

h-index

Year	Value
2024	28

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	23058

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	54

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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

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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.

• Hacking smart machines with smarter ones: How to extract meaningful data from machine learning classifiers

  Citation: 254

  Authors: Giuseppe, Luigi V., Angelo, Antonio, Domenico, Giovanni

• Elliptic curve cryptography-based access control in sensor networks

  Citation: 115

  Authors: Haodong, Bo, Qun

• ESPAC: Enabling Security and Patient-centric Access Control for eHealth in cloud computing

  Citation: 113

  Authors: Mrinmoy, Xiaohui, Rongxing, Xuemin

• Towards modelling the impact of cyber attacks on a smart grid

  Citation: 97

  Authors: D., X., S., S., T., K.L. Butler

• Secure and privacy-preserving information aggregation for smart grids

  Citation: 79

  Authors: Fengjun, Bo, Peng

• Secure scalable group signature with dynamic joins and separable authorities

  Citation: 79

  Authors: Aggelos, Moti

• Visualisation of wormholes in underwater sensor networks: a distributed approach

  Citation: 60

  Authors: Weichao, Jiejun, Bharat, Mario

• Network forensics analysis using Wireshark

  Citation: 50

  Authors: Vivens, Zhifeng, Vasudeva Rao, Ke, Yang

• Seeing-Is-Believing: using camera phones for human-verifiable authentication

  Citation: 45

  Authors: Jonathan M., Adrian, Michael K.

• Pseudonym-based cryptography for anonymous communications in mobile ad hoc networks

  Citation: 42

  Authors: Dijiang

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