Cryptography

Cryptography is an international, scientific, peer-reviewed, open access journal on cryptography published quarterly online by MDPI.
  • Open Access— free for readers, with article processing charges (APC) paid by authors or their institutions.
  • High Visibility: indexed within Scopus, ESCI (Web of Science), dblp, and other databases.
  • Journal Rank: JCR - Q2 (Computer Science, Theory and Methods) / CiteScore - Q1 (Applied Mathematics)
  • Rapid Publication: manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a first decision is provided to authors approximately 23.1 days after submission; acceptance to publication is undertaken in 3.8 days (median values for papers published in this journal in the first half of 2025).
  • Recognition of Reviewers: reviewers who provide timely, thorough peer-review reports receive vouchers entitling them to a discount on the APC of their next publication in any MDPI journal, in appreciation of the work done.
Impact Factor: 2.1 (2024); 5-Year Impact Factor: 2.2 (2024)
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Topic in Electronics, JCP, Mathematics, Sustainability, Remote Sensing, IJGI, Cryptography, Blockchains
Recent Advances in Security, Privacy, and Trust Topic Editors: Jun Feng, Changqing Luo
Deadline: 31 December 2025
Topic in Applied Sciences, Cryptography, Mathematics, Symmetry, AI
Challenges and Solutions in Large Language Models Topic Editors: Debiao He, Hu Xiong
Deadline: 30 June 2026
Topic in Applied Sciences, Cryptography, Electronics, Mathematics, Information, Sci, Entropy, JCP
Recent Developments and Applications of Image Watermarking Topic Editors: Frederic Ros, Pedro M. B. Torres
Deadline: 31 July 2026
Topic in AI, Future Internet, Micromachines, Symmetry, Cryptography
Cybersecurity Symmetry: Encryption, AI, and Attack Patterns Topic Editors: Mobyen Uddin Ahmed, Azidine Guezzaz
Deadline: 31 March 2027
Special Issue in Cryptography
Advances in Symmetric Cryptography and Data Integrity Guest Editors: Omar Rojas, Guillermo Sosa, Luis Javier García Villalba
Deadline: 30 July 2025
Special Issue in Cryptography
Cryptography and Network Security—CANS 2024 Guest Editors: Markulf Kohlweiss, Roberto Di Pietro
Deadline: 30 July 2025
Special Issue in Cryptography
AI Meets Encryption—Enhancing Cyber Security and Privacy in the AI Age Guest Editors: Shancang Li, Qindong Sun
Deadline: 31 October 2025
Special Issue in Cryptography
Information Security and Privacy—ACISP 2025 Guest Editors: Yudi Zhang, Zhen Zhao, Fuchun Guo, Josef Pieprzyk
Deadline: 20 November 2025
Topical Collection in Cryptography
Survey of Cryptographic Topics Collection Editor: Josef Pieprzyk
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