International Journal of Network Security & Its Applications (IJNSA)

Call for papers

The International Journal of Network Security & Its Applications (IJNSA) is a bi monthly open access peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles which contribute new results in all areas of the computer Network Security & its applications. The journal focuses on all technical and practical aspects of security and its applications for wired and wireless networks. The goal of this journal is to bring together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to focus on understanding Modern security threats and countermeasures, and establishing new collaborations in these areas.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Artificial intelligence, Machine Learning for Security
  • Blockchain Technology, Cryptocurrencies and Cyber Security
  • Cloud, Fog, Edge & Cognitive Security
  • Cryptographic Protocols
  • Cyber Physical System (CPS) Security (autonomous vehicles, industrial control systems)
  • Data Center Network Control, Security and Optimization
  • Database and System Security
  • E-mail security, Spam, Phishing, E-mail fraud
  • Hardware-Based Attacks
  • Internet of Things (IoT) Security
  • Internet Security & Applications (Social networking, crowd sourcing and Web based applications, services security)
  • Intrusion Detection and Prevention
  • Mobile, Ad Hoc and Sensor Network Security
  • Peer-to-Peer Network Security
  • Performance Evaluations of Protocols & Security Application
  • Security & Network Management
  • Security for emerging networks (SDN, Home Networks, Body-area Networks, VANETs)
  • Security of Virtual Machines
  • Security threats & countermeasures (DDoS, MiM, Session Hijacking, Replay attack etc,)
  • Security, Trust and Privacy Challenges
  • Smart City, Grid, Electronic Voting Security
  • Network and Wireless Network Security
  • Ubiquitous Computing Security
  • Virus, worms, Trojan Protection
  • Web 2.0 Security

Important Dates


  • Submission Deadline : March 23, 2024
  • Notification                   : April 23, 2024
  • Final Manuscript Due : April 30, 2024
  • Publication Date          : Determined by the Editor-in-Chief

Note: AIRCC's International Journal of Network Security & Its Applications (IJNSA) is dedicated to strengthen the field of Security & Its Applications and publishes only good quality papers. IJNSA is highly selective and maintains less than 20% acceptance rate. All accepted papers will be tested for plagiarism manually as well as by Docoloc . Papers published in IJNSA has received enormous citations and has been regarded as one of the best Journal in the Security research field.


Policy Update

  • All accepted papers will be proof read and this process takes additional 2 weeks.
  • Publication charges will be increased from August 2017 to 150 USD.
  • An author cannot publish more than 1 paper per issue.

ERA Indexed

  • IJNSA is listed in ERA 2023 as per the Australian Research Council (ARC) Journal Ranking.New
  • IJNSA is listed in ERA 2018 as per the Australian Research Council (ARC) Journal Ranking.
  • IJNSA is listed in ERA 2015 as per the Australian Research Council (ARC) Journal Ranking.
  • IJNSA is listed in ERA 2012 as per the Australian Research Council (ARC) Journal Ranking.
  • IJNSA is classified as an ERA Level C Journal (2010)
  • IJNSA is Indexed in World Journal Clout Index (WJCI) from 2019. World Journal Clout Index (WJCI) Impact Factor : 0.279 (2020); 0.139 (2019)

Call for Paper


IJNSA Published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license. The journal allows readers to freely read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of its articles and to use them for any other lawful purpose