Cryptologia is the only scholarly journal in the world dealing with the history, the technology, and the effect of the most important form of intelligence in the world today – communications intelligence. It fosters the study of all aspects of cryptology -- technical as well as historical, pedagogical, and cultural.
Historical papers may cover topics from the ancient past to today and illuminate the role of cryptology anywhere in the world. They may be in depth papers with scores of references of short "From the Archives" pieces, which reproduce documents that have not previously been published. The latter should be placed in context by scholarly introductions and/or afterward.
Papers reporting on innovative approaches to teaching cryptology and ways of bringing the subject to a wider audience will receive consideration, and papers cryptanalyzing important systems are encouraged. We also welcome proposals for new cryptosystems by experienced researchers.
We also consider reviews of new books on crypology and associated fields. Although it isn't always possible with more technical topics, it is preferred that the papers provide enough background to allow them to be read by advanced undergraduates.
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts. Proposals for book and conference reviews should be directed to the review editor.
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Journal metrics
Usage
118K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
0.3 (2023) Impact Factor
0.6 (2023) 5 year IF
Speed/acceptance
18 days avg. from submission to first
decision
74 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
48 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
23% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors
who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication.
However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s
quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it
should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to
support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside
other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its
readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In
addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and
never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year
and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of
the following metrics
(find out why).
Usage:
the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users
of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the
nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles published in the
journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
Chris Christensen Northern Kentucky University Department of Mathematics Highland Heights, KY
Founding Editors:
Brian J. Winkel - United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, USA Cipher A. Deavours -Union, NJ, USA David Kahn -New York, NY, USA (In Memoriam)
Founding Editors - In Memoriam Louis Kruh Greg Mellen
Editorial Assistant:
Josh Gross - York College of Pennsylvania, PA, USA
Editorial Board:
Jeanne Anderson - Quantico, USA Kent D. Boklan -New York, USA Stephen Budiansky -Leesburg,USA Augusto Buonafalce -San Terenzo,Italy Colin Burke -Columbia,USA Jan Bury -Warsaw, Poland Nicolas T. Courtois - University College London, UK James E. David -National Air and Space Museum, USA Cipher A. Deavours- Kean University of New Jersey, USA Whitfield Diffie- Stanford University, USA Ralph Erskine -Belfast, Northern Ireland,UK Wes Freeman -Mt. View,USA James J. Gillogly -Los Angeles,USA Lee A. Gladwin - SW Leesburg, USA Bob Hanyok- Laurel, USA David Hatch -Center for Cryptologic History, USA Joshua Brandon Holden -Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology,USA David Joyner -United States Naval Academy, USA David Kahn- New York, USA Robert Edward Lewand - Goucher College, USA Philip Marks -Bedminster,USA D. Naccache - ENS DI, Department d'informatique, Paris, France Raphael Chung -Wei Phan -Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, Malaysia
Klaus Schmeh- Gelsenkirchen, Germany Alan T. Sherman -University of Maryland,Baltimore County, USA
Betsy Rohaly Smoot -Monrovia, MD, USA
William Stallings - USA Frode Weierud -Oslo, Norway Brian Winkel- United States Military Academy, USA
Abstracting and indexing
Abstracted/indexed in: Association of Computing Machinery - Guide to Computing Literature; CSA - Technology Research Database; and ISI - Science Citation Index Expanded.
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Rigorous peer review for every open access article
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