Journal of Cryptology

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Cryptology is a forum for original results in all areas of modern information security.

Both cryptography and cryptanalysis are covered, including information theoretic and complexity theoretic perspectives as well as implementation, application, and standards issues.

Coverage includes such topics as public key and conventional algorithms and their implementations, cryptanalytic attacks, pseudo-random sequences, computational number theory, cryptographic protocols, untraceability, privacy, authentication, key management and quantum cryptography.

In addition to full-length technical, survey, and historical articles, the journal publishes short notes.

View Aims & Scope

---

Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.2
2024	2.30

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	6788

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	435

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.799

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	85

---

---

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

---

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Computer Science and Mathematics, 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.

• Efficient signature generation by smart cards

  Citation: 1889

  Authors: C. P.

• Differential cryptanalysis of DES-like cryptosystems

  Citation: 1636

  Authors: Eli, Adi

• Security Arguments for Digital Signatures and Blind Signatures

  Citation: 1577

  Authors: David, Jacques

• Experimental quantum cryptography

  Citation: 1503

  Authors: Charles H., François, Gilles, Louis, John

• Short Signatures from the Weil Pairing

  Citation: 999

  Authors: Dan, Ben, Hovav

• Security and Composition of Multiparty Cryptographic Protocols

  Citation: 913

  Authors: Ran

• The dining cryptographers problem: Unconditional sender and recipient untraceability

  Citation: 875

  Authors: David

• How to time-stamp a digital document

  Citation: 718

  Authors: Stuart, W. Scott

• Zero-knowledge proofs of identity

  Citation: 646

  Authors: Uriel, Amos, Adi

• TFHE: Fast Fully Homomorphic Encryption Over the Torus

  Citation: 637

  Authors: Ilaria, Nicolas, Mariya, Malika

---