Top 30 Crypto and Security Conferences Ranking



Here we first define the Conference Impact Factor (CIF) as follows:

        CIF = 1 / (AR+PR+CR), where

AR = No. accepted papers / No. of submissions

PR = No. accepted papers / No. of registered participants

CR = No. accepted papers / No. of citations


Below is a CIF-based ranking of crypto and security conferences, for informal reference only. The CR data is from Microsoft Academic Search. As the dynamic CR data might be inaccurate and the PR data is quite limited, the ranking will be adjusted once a year when more accurate and complete statistics are available.

 

There is no intention to rank all crypto and security conferences. However, if a conference that could be ranked above the last one in the list is missing, please let me know (with the supporting data).

 

 

Conference

CIF [2009]

AR

PR

CR [2009]

1.         Usenix Sec

4.22

13.8%  (24.5 / 178)     [2006-2009]

5.8%    (24.5 / 421.5)  [2006-2009]

4.1%

2.         IEEE S&P

4.05

11.3%  (24.3 / 215.6)  [2003-2009]

10.3%  (24.3 / 236.6)  [2003-2009]

3.1%

3.         Crypto

3.22

17.1%  (34.3 / 200.8)  [2006-2009]

9.2%    (34.3 / 374.5)  [2006-2009]

4.8%

4.         Eurocrypt

3.06

19.1%  (32.5 / 170.5)  [2006-2009]

7.8%    (32.5 / 416.5)  [2006-2009]

5.8%

5.         ACM CCS

2.82

17.5%  (50.5 / 288.3)  [2006-2009]

12.4%  (54.7 / 440)     [2007-2009]

5.6%

6.         Asiacrypt

2.53

13.3%  (34.3 / 258.5)  [2006-2009]

15.5%  (34.3 / 221.8)  [2006-2009]

10.7%

7.         NDSS

2.51

14%     (19 / 135.3)     [2006-2009]

21.8%  (19.7 / 90.3)    [2007-2009]

4%

8.         RAID

2.16

21.4%  (17.8 / 83)      [2006-2009]

16%    (17.8 / 111)      [2006-2009]

9%

9.         CHES

1.96

27.9%  (31.8 / 113.9)  [2002-2009]

13.3%  (31.8 / 239.6)  [2002-2009]

9.9%

10.     IEEE CSF

1.83

22.7%  (23.3 / 102.8)  [2006-2009]

25.9%  (23.3 / 89.8)    [2006-2009]

6%

11.     PET

1.83

25%    (16.8 / 66.8)    [2006-2009]

17.1%  (16.8 / 98.5)    [2006-2009]

12.6%

12.     FSE

1.77

29.9%  (26.3 / 88)      [2006-2009]

14.6%  (26.3 / 180.5)  [2006-2009]

12%

13.     ACSAC

1.64

26.5%  (39.6 / 149.2)  [2000-2009]

19.4%  (39.6 / 203.9)  [2000-2009]

14.9%

14.     DSN

1.63

22.8%  (69.5 / 304.5)  [2004-2009]

23.4%  (69.5 / 296.8)  [2004-2009]

15.2%

15.     CT-RSA

1.58

31.2%  (26 / 83.3)       [2006-2009]

20.9%  (26 / 124.5)     [2006-2009]

11.1%

16.     TCC

1.44

32.1%  (32 / 99.8)       [2006-2009]

23.6%  (32 / 135.5)     [2006-2009]

13.6%

17.     IH

1.44

32%    (23.5 / 73.5)     [2006-2009]

27.9%  (23.5 / 84.3)    [2006-2009]

9.6%

18.     ESORICS

1.43

21.1%  (37.5 / 178)     [2006-2009]

35.5%  (37.5 / 105.5)  [2006-2009]

13.3%

19.     ACNS

1.42

16.3%  (32.7 / 200.7)   [2003-2009]

33.2%  (32.7 / 98.6)    [2003-2009] 

20.9%

20.     PKC

1.35

27.6%  (30.2 / 109.5)  [2004-2009]

34%     (30.2 / 88.7)   [2004-2009]

12.3%

21.     FC

1.34

27%    (24.6 / 91.2)    [2006-2010]

34.7%  (24.6 / 70.8)   [2006-2010]

12.9%

22.     DIMVA

1.29

28.9%  (13.3 / 46)      [2004-2009]

16.3%  (13.3 / 81.8)   [2004-2009]

32.4%

23.     ISC

1.16

21.5%  (35 / 162.8)     [2005-2009]

36.2%  (35 / 96.8)      [2005-2009]

28.8%

24.     ICISC

1.16

22.5%  (26.5 / 117.8)  [2006-2009]

21.3%  (26 / 122)       [2008-2009]

42.7%

25.     Indocrypt

1.14

25.4%  (30.8 / 121.3)  [2006-2009]

20.3%  (30.5 / 150)    [2008-2009]

42%

26.     ACISP

1.00

27%     (32.5 / 120.5)  [2006-2009]

41.1%  (31 / 75.5)      [2008-2009]

31.6%

27.     SAC

1.00

30.6%  (26.3 / 86)       [2006-2009]

37.9%  (27.5 / 72.5)   [2008-2009]

31.4%

28.     ICICS

0.92

20.8%  (37.6 / 180.6)  [2002-2009]

53.7%  (37.6 / 70)      [2002-2009]

34.7%

       ACM WiSec

 

26.6%  (27 / 101.5)     [2008-2009]

32.1%  (27 / 84)        [2008-2009]

 

       ACM AsiaCCS

 

24.1%  (41.8 / 173.8)  [2006-2009]

48.6%  (44.7 / 92)     [2007-2009]

 

 

 

Other unranked crypto and security conferences (61):  ACM-CODASPY, ACM-DRM, ACM-SACMAT, ACM-SAC-Sec, ACSA, Africacrypt, AISC, AReS, ATC, CANS, CRITIS, DFRWS, EC2ND, ESSoS, EuroPKI, FAST, GameSec, ICIMP, ICISS, ICITS, IEEE-HST, IEEE-Malware, IEEE-PASSAT, IFIP-CIP, IFIP-CMS, IFIP-DBSec, IFIP-DF, IFIP-Sec, Inscrypt, ISA, ISPEC, IWDW, IWSEC, Latincrypt, NordSec, NPSec, NSPW, NSS, Pairing, PQCrypto, ProvSec, PSD, PST, RFIDsec, SAFECOMP, SAM, SCN, SecIoT, SECRYPT, SecureComm, SOUPS, SSS, STM, TrustBus, TrustCom, Usenix-HotSec, VizSec, WESS, WISA, WISTP, YACC, ....

 

 

Statistics:  Year [No. of submissions -- No. of all accepted papers in proceedings -- No. of registered participants]

 

Conference

Statistics

1.         Usenix Sec

2006 [179-22-415]   2007 [187-23-427]   2008 [170-27-428]   2009 [176-26-416]

2.        IEEE S&P

2003 [131-19-195]   2004 [186-19-201]   2005 [192-17-196]   2006 [251-32-252]   2007 [246-29-248]

2008 [249-28-292]   2009 [254-26-272]   2010 [267-31-350]

3.         Crypto

2006 [220-34-404]   2007 [186-33-378]   2008 [184-32-350]   2009 [213-38-366]

4.         Eurocrypt

2006 [198-33-412]   2007 [173-33-394]   2008 [163-31-413]   2009 [148-33-447]   2010 [191-33-389]

5.         ACM CCS

2006 [256-38-???]   2007 [302-55-400]   2008 [280-51-400]   2009 [315-58-520]   2010 [320-55-???]

6.         Asiacrypt

2006 [303-30-180]   2007 [223-33-214]   2008 [208-33-190]   2009 [300-41-303]

7.         NDSS

2006 [127-17-??]     2007 [125-18-65]    2008 [118-21-108]    2009 [171-20-98]    2010 [156-24-135]

8.         RAID

2006 [93-16-90]       2007 [100-18-74]    2008 [80-20-160]     2009 [59-17-120]

9.         CHES

2002 [101-39-179]   2003 [111-32-233]   2004 [125-32-189]   2005 [108-32-234]   2006 [112-32-250]

2007 [99-31-268]     2008 [107-27-252]   2009 [148-29-312]

10.     IEEE CSF

2006 [102-25-89]     2007 [101-25-82]     2008 [115-21-97]     2009 [93-22-91]     2010 [81-23-105]

11.     PET

2006 [91-24-86]       2007 [84-16-114]     2008 [48-13-107]     2009 [44-14-87]     2010 [57-16-110]

12.     FSE

2006 [100-27-162]   2007 [104-28-160]   2008 [72-26-200]     2009 [76-24-200]    2010 [67-26-108]

13.     ACSAC

2000 [100-42-228]   2001 [119-38-183]   2002 [102-33-215]   2003 [119-36-202]   2004 [135-35-186]

2005 [197-45-218]   2006 [132-40-217]   2007 [191-41-209]   2008 [173-42-163]   2009 [224-44-218]

14.     DSN

2004 [377-88-357]   2005 [361-82-350]   2006 [287-57-285]   2007 [307-75-290]   2008 [236-58-230]

2009 [259-57-269]   2010 [273-65-260]

15.     CT-RSA

2006 [72-22-170]     2007 [73-25-150]     2008 [95-26-91]      2009 [93-31-87]       2010 [94-25-??]

(No. of participants refers to those present in the first session.)

16.     TCC

2006 [91-31-145]     2007 [118-31-154]   2008 [81-33-133]     2009 [109-33-110]   2010 [100-33-117]

17.     IH

2006 [70-25-117]     2007 [105-25-95]     2008 [64-25-65]      2009 [55-19-60]       2010 [39-18-43]

18.     ESORICS

2006 [160-32-70]     2007 [164-39-95]     2008 [168-37-110]   2009 [220-42-147]  

19.     ACNS

2003 [191-32-100]   2004 [297-36-150]   2005 [158-35-100]   2006 [218-33-100]   2007 [260-31-60]

2008 [131-30-80]     2009 [150-32-100]   2010 [178-32-90]

20.     PKC

2004 [106-32-67]     2005 [126-28-91]     2006 [124-34-108]   2007 [118-29-77]    2008 [71-30-110]

2009 [112-28-79]     2010 [145-29-162]

21.     FC

2006 [64-25-75]       2007 [85-17-65]      2008 [86-26-61]       2009 [91-21-46]      2010 [130-34-107]

22.     DIMVA

2004 [41-14-101]     2005 [51-14-82]      2006 [41-11-82]       2007 [57-14-111]     2008 [42-14-73]

2009 [44-13-42]       2010 [34-12-88]

23.     ISC

2005 [271-38-143]   2006 [188-38-88]     2007 [116-28-57]     2008 [134-33-131]   2009 [105-38-65]

24.     ICISC

2006 [129-26-???]   2007 [123-28-???]   2008 [131-26-116]   2009 [88-26-128]

25.     Indocrypt

2006 [166-29-??]     2007 [104-33-??]     2008 [111-33-150]   2009 [104-28-150]

26.     ACISP

2006 [133-35-??]     2007 [132-33-??]     2008 [111-33-68]     2009 [106-29-83]    2010 [97-24-62]

27.     SAC

2006 [86-25-??]       2007 [73-25-??]      2008 [99-27-71]       2009 [86-28-74]

28.     ICICS

2002 [161-41-95]     2003 [176-37-60]     2004 [245-42-80]     2005 [235-40-90]    2006 [119-39-70]

2007 [222-38-70]     2008 [125-27-50]     2009 [162-37-45]

        ACM WiSec

2008 [96-26-83]       2009 [107-28-85]     2010 [99-21-70]

       ACM AsiaCCS

2006 [186-33-???]   2007 [180-53-144]    2008 [182-41-87]    2009 [147-40-45]   2010 [166-38-60]

       IFIP Sec

2006 [141-35-???]   2007 [107-36-???]   2008 [143-53-???]   2009 [176-39-104]

       ISPEC

2005 [120-35-78]     2006 [307-35-85]     2007 [135-24-36]     2008 [95-29-48]    2009 [160-35-47]

2010 [91-28-85]

       SecureComm

2006 [126-32-123]   2007 [119-31-129]    2008 [124-36-83]    2009 [76-26-65]     2010 [112-28-??]

 

 

Acknowledgments to the following people for their information and comments: Michel Abdalla, Carlisle Adams, Basel Alomair, Joonsang Baek, Saurabh Bagchi, Feng Bao, David Basin, Lynn Batten, Colin Boyd, Ee-Chien Chang, Yan Chen, Kevin Craemer, Frederic Cuppens, Anupam Datta, Robert Deng, Claudia Diaz, Sven Dietrich, Yevgeniy Dodis, Dulce Domingos, Hannes Federrath, Ulrich Flegel, Riccardo Focardi, Barbara Geiser, Philippe Golle, Dieter Gollmann, Guofei Gu, Yong Guan, Shai Halevi, Elizabeth Hansford, Rafael Hirschfeld, Martin Hirt, Seokhie Hong, Jessica Horst, Michael Jacobson, Angelos Keromytis, Jongsung Kim, Seungjoo Kim, Stephan Krenn, Jin Kwak, Xuejia Lai, Susan Langford, Hui Li, Ulf Lindqvist, Peng Liu, Javier Lopez, Subhamoy Maitra, Tal Malkin, Masahiro Mambo, Fabio Martinelli, Alexander May, Ludovic Me, Atsuko Miyaji, Gergely Nagy, Peng Ning, Eiji Okamoto, Carles Padro, Philippos Peleties, Andreas Pfitzmann, Raphael Phan, Josef Pieprzyk, Joachim Posegga, Matt.Robshaw, Steven Rome, Rei Safavi-Naini, Radu Sion, Graham Steel, Scott Stoller, Willy Susilo, Dan Thomsen, Sandra Toms-LaPedis, Gene Tsudik, Giovanni Vigna, David Wagner, Guilin Wang, Susanne Wetzel, Duncan Wong, Moti Yung, Rui Zhang.

 

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