Computers & Security
Last updated ISSN 0167-4048
Computers & Security is published by Elsevier BV in computer science. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,100.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Computers & Security concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Network Security and Intrusion Detection
- Advanced Malware Detection Techniques
- Information and Cyber Security
- Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting
- Security and Verification in Computing
- User Authentication and Security Systems
- Cryptography and Data Security
- Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications
Key facts
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0167-4048, 1872-6208 |
| Subject area | Computer Science |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,100 |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 9,902 |
| Publishing since | 1982 |
| Journal website | www.journals.elsevier.com/computers-and-security |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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