Journal History
| 2017 | The inaugural issue was released. Cryptography was published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2020 | Cryptography was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) - Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 2 (Issue 1). Cryptography was indexed in Scopus - Elsevier, starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). |
| 2021 | Cryptography received its first CiteScore (2021) of 3.1. |
| 2022 | The CiteScore increased to 3.9. |
| 2023 | Cryptography received its first Impact Factor (1.6). |
| 2024 | The Impact Factor increased to 1.8. |
| 2025 | The Impact Factor increased to 2.1, ranked Q2 in "Computer Science, Theory and Methods". The CiteScore increased to 5.0, ranked Q1 in "Applied Mathematics". |
| 2026 | Cryptography adopted a bimonthly publication schedule. The Impact Factor increased to 2.4, ranked Q2 "Computer Science, Theory and Methods". The CiteScore increased to 6.4, ranked Q1 "Applied Mathematics". |
Editor-in-Chief
| 2017–2021 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Kwangjo Kim |
| 2021–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Josef Pieprzyk |
Section Editor-in-Chief
| 2018–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jim Plusquellic for the section on Hardware Security |
| 2021–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Joseph K. Liu for the section on Blockchain Security |
| 2024–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Licheng Wang for the section on Cryptography Reviews |
