Aims & Scope

Aims

Cryptography (ISSN 2410-387X) is an international, peer-reviewed open access journal which provides the state-of-the-art forum for original results in all areas of modern cryptography, including secret-key cryptography, public-key cryptography, hash functions, cryptanalysis, cryptographic protocols, and quantum safe cryptography as well as their practice, implementation, application, and related standards. Cryptography will publish high-quality reviews, regular research papers and short communications in all areas of theory and practice of modern cryptography.

Scope

Topics covered by Cryptography include the following (but are not limited to):

Cryptographic Tools

• Secret-key cryptography
• Lightweight cryptography
• Public-key cryptography
• Lattice-based cryptography
• Hash functions
• Authentication
• Anonymity and untraceability
• Digital signatures
• Secret sharing
• Randomness and pseudorandomness
• Cryptanalysis
• Quantum safe cryptography

Cryptographic Protocols

• Secure multiparty computation
• Key management
• Zero-knowledge proofs
• Blockchains
• Digital rights management
• Digital money
• Voting/auction systems

Cryptographic Engineering

• Cryptographic standards
• Side-channel/fault attacks
• Tamper-proof hardware
• Secure smart systems/devices
• Security evaluation

Foundations of Cryptology

• Mathematics of cryptology
• Statistical models in cryptography
• Formal verification of cryptographic primitives
• Theory of cryptographic computations
• Quantum Physics cryptography

Social Impact of Cryptography

• Ethical implications of cryptography
• Human-oriented cryptography
• Cryptography-supported democracy
• e-Goverment cryptography

MDPI Publication Ethics Statement

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Book Reviews

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Copyright / Open Access

Articles published in Cryptography will be Open-Access articles distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The copyright is retained by the author(s). MDPI will insert the following note at the end of the published text:

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