Journal of Cybersecurity and Privacy - MDPI | Cite Score: 9.1 | Q1

About this Journal:
International, peer-reviewed open access journal covering all aspects of computer, systems and information security.The Journal of Cybersecurity and Privacy (ISSN 2624-800X) is an open access journal of scientific research on all technical areas of cybersecurity. Our aim is to provide an advanced forum for displaying information, computer and network security, cryptography, cyber–physical system security, digital forensics, etc. The Journal of Cybersecurity and Privacy publishes articles, reviews, systematic reviews, communications, and viewpoints as well as Special Issues on particular subjects.
Published quarterly online by MDPI; free for readers with article processing charges paid by authors or their institutions.The aim of the Journal of Cybersecurity and Privacy is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical results in as much detail as possible. Therefore, the journal has no restrictions regarding the length of papers. Full experimental details should be provided so that the results can be reproduced. In addition, electronic files or software regarding the full details of the calculation and experimental procedure as well as the source codes can be submitted as supplementary material.
Indexed in ESCI (Web of Science), Scopus, EBSCO and other major databases.
Rapid review process: median time to first decision ≈ 24.4 days, and acceptance-to-publication ≈ 4.6 days (first half of 2025).

Scope of the Journal:
Cybersecurity technologies and privacy-preserving systems including cryptography, network security, cyber-physical system security, and digital forensics.
Interdisciplinary research bridging technical disciplines (e.g., ML/AI for security), socio-economics, and legal/ethical/policy aspects of security & privacy.
Emerging topics such as AI-enabled attacks, blockchain for security, privacy by design, resilient infrastructure, and human-centric cybersecurity solutions.