Academic Journal
Q2Cryptography
About Cryptography
Cryptography is a scholarly journal published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). SCImago 2025 lists it in Q2, with an SJR of 0.595 and H-index of 29.
Coverage: 2017-2025. Research categories: Applied Mathematics (Q2); Computational Theory and Mathematics (Q2); Computer Networks and Communications (Q2); Computer Science Applications (Q2); Software (Q2).
Verified field sources
- Journal Impact Factor: 2.4 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal Impact Factor and reporting year from the publisher imprint.
- Impact Factor year: 2025 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal Impact Factor and reporting year from the publisher imprint.
- Editor(s): Prof. Dr. Josef Pieprzyk (Editor-in-Chief) — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Editor-in-Chief listed on the journal homepage.
- Contact email: cryptography@mdpi.com — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal editorial office email published by MDPI; manuscript files use the submission system.
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Topics in published research
Cryptography and Data Security; Cryptographic Implementations and Security; Chaos-based Image/Signal Encryption; Coding theory and cryptography; Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) and Hardware Security; Cryptography and Residue Arithmetic.
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Aims & Scope
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Recent Research Articles
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A Finite-State Audit of Chaotic Maps for Image Encryption: Image Fraction, Cyclic Fraction and Seed Diversity
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2026-09-29 · DOI: 10.3390/cryptography10050072Structural Limits of Orientation Scheduling in Byte-Local GF(2) Diffusion Layers
Porter E. Coggins
2026-09-23 · DOI: 10.3390/cryptography10050071Backward-Compatible Hybrid Post-Quantum Qualified Electronic Signatures: Embedding ML-DSA-65 in PAdES for eIDAS
Rumen Doynov, Maria Nenova, Georgi Todovichin, Alexander Shestakov et al.
2026-09-18 · DOI: 10.3390/cryptography10050070Multicore Modular Multiplication of Progressive Multiplier Reduction Algorithm
Fayez Gebali, Atef Ibrahim
2026-09-12 · DOI: 10.3390/cryptography10050069Leakage Assessment and Correlation Power Analysis of the MAYO Secret Linear Map on a Cortex-M4: A Reproducible Case Study and a Validated First-Order Countermeasure
Virginia Lampropoulou, Achilleas Economopoulos, Michail-Alexandros Kourtis, George Xilouris et al.
2026-09-11 · DOI: 10.3390/cryptography10050068A Batch Identity-Based Encryption Scheme for Object-Level Authorization of Smart Tourism Data
Lixia Sun, Dengshuo Zhu, Changgen Peng, Chenran Xiong et al.
2026-09-10 · DOI: 10.3390/cryptography10050067Privacy-Preserving Health Insurance Eligibility Verification on Blockchain Using zk-SNARKs
Warit Werapun, Warodom Werapun
2026-09-09 · DOI: 10.3390/cryptography10050066A Type-3 Pairing-Based Attribute-Based Encryption Scheme with Expressive Keyword Search and Trapdoor Delegation
Koon-Ming Chan, Swee-Huay Heng, Syh-Yuan Tan, Wei-Chuen Yau et al.
2026-09-07 · DOI: 10.3390/cryptography10050065BB84 with ML-KEM Decapsulation-Failure-Based Security Parameters
Sara Nikula, Mari Muurman
2026-09-04 · DOI: 10.3390/cryptography10050064A Hierarchical Benchmarking Framework for Homomorphic Encryption-Based Aggregation and Validation Using Real Smart Meter Data
Aiman Ahmad Shivani, Marzia Zaman, Pirathayini Srikantha, Darshana Upadhyay et al.
2026-09-01 · DOI: 10.3390/cryptography10050063Regev’s Attack on Hyperelliptic Cryptosystems
Razvan Barbulescu, Gaetan Bisson
2026-08-28 · DOI: 10.3390/cryptography10050062On the Resilience of Secure Remote-Access VPN Solutions: A System-Level Evaluation of WireGuard, OpenVPN and IPsec (strongSwan)
Rene Forsung, Rustam Pirmagomedov, Anzhelika Mezina, Jari Nurmi et al.
2026-08-22 · DOI: 10.3390/cryptography10050061A Cryptanalytic Test of the Phaistos Disc as a Protein Sequence
Federico M. Giorgi, Fabrizio Baldacci
2026-08-19 · DOI: 10.3390/cryptography10040060Verifiable and Accountable Multi-Authority CP-ABE with Consent Binding and Revocation for Cloud EHR
Noshaba Naeem, Mohsen Toorani
2026-08-18 · DOI: 10.3390/cryptography10040059EFKG: An Efficient and Fine-Grained Access Control Encrypted Knowledge Graph
Guangqiang Yao, Jincheng Guo, Hao Zhang, Bo Tian et al.
2026-08-17 · DOI: 10.3390/cryptography10040058Dynamic Scaling Pollard’s P-1 Algorithm
Wenwen Xia, Geng Wang, Dawu Gu
2026-08-13 · DOI: 10.3390/cryptography10040057A Closed-Form Hamming-Weight Variance Formula for Cyclic LCD Codes in Orthogonal Direct Sum Masking
Guillermo Sosa-Gómez
2026-08-06 · DOI: 10.3390/cryptography10040056Energy Consumption of Post-Quantum Cryptography on Constrained and General-Purpose Architectures
Olivier Gillot, William J. Buchanan, Madjid G. Tehrani
2026-08-03 · DOI: 10.3390/cryptography10040055Amortized Σ-Protocol for MLWE Problem
Qi Li, Shaojun Yang
2026-08-02 · DOI: 10.3390/cryptography10040054Reviews
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