Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

The International Journal of Forensic Computer Science (IJoFCS) is devoted to publishing original papers, comments and reviews in the various branches of Forensic Computer Science, serving as a new medium for the international scientific community, research centers, law enforcement agencies and technical/scientific departments of agencies in charge of cyber prosecution procedures.

Criminalists, Forensic Scientists, Police Officers, Attorneys, Researchers, Students and other Information Security professionals that are actively engaged in cyber crime investigations can now publish and exhibit their research and results, share their discoveries and experiences and keep the community apprised of the latest techniques and discoveries in Forensic Computer Science.

Journal's scope includes:

  • Computer Crimes
  • Computer Forensics
  • Computer Forensics in Education
  • Computer Law
  • Digital Investigation
  • Intrusion Prevention and Detection
  • Biometrics
  • Criminology
  • Cyber terror
  • Digital Forensic Tools, Techniques & Procedures
  • Information Security
  • International Police Cooperation
  • Network Security
  • Secure Software Development
  • Semantic Web
  • Simulation
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Artificial Neural Network
  • Computer Vision
  • Image Analysis
  • Image Processing
  • Machine Learning
  • Management and Policy Issues
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Signal Processing
  • Software Forensics & Engineering

 

Section Policies

Foreword

Editors
  • Paulo Quintiliano, Brazilian Federal Police
  • Paulo Quintiliano, Brazilian Federal Police
Unchecked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Unchecked Peer Reviewed

Editorial

Editors
  • Paulo Quintiliano, Brazilian Federal Police
  • Paulo Quintiliano, Brazilian Federal Police
Unchecked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Unchecked Peer Reviewed

Articles

All papers are judged according to originality, novelty, quality of scientific content and contribution to existing knowledge. A paper may describe original work, discuss a new technique or application, or present a survey of recent work in a given field. Concepts and underlying principles should be emphasized, with enough background information to orient the reader who is not a specialist in the subject. Each paper should contain one key point, which the author should be able to state in one sentence. The desired focus should be on technology or science, rather than product details. It is important to describe the value of specific work within its broader framework.

Replications of previously published research must contribute sufficient incremental knowledge to warrant publication. Authors should strive to be original, insightful, and theoretically bold; demonstration of a significant “value-added” advance to the field’s understanding of an issue or topic is crucial to acceptance for publication. An Original Paper may describe instrumental developments, innovative applications and/or strategies for problem solving with a multidisciplinary approach. Multiple-study papers that feature diverse methodological approaches may be more likely to make such contributions. References to the established technique must be given in the manuscript.

There is no strict page limit, but we advise a maximum length of up to 6000 words including 20-30 references, plus 4-6 figures and 1-3 tables. Most importantly, paper length and content must be appropriate. Extensive tables, procedures, computer programs or animated graphics should be presented in form of Electronic Supplementary Material.

Editors
  • Paulo Quintiliano, Brazilian Federal Police
  • Paulo Quintiliano, Brazilian Federal Police
Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed

Short Communications

Short Communications are urgent communications of important preliminary results that are very original, of high interest and likely to have a significant impact on the analytical community. A Short Communication need only demonstrate ‘proof of principle’. Authors are encouraged to submit an Original Paper to the IJoFCS following the Short Communication. Although the IJoFCS welcomes the submission of this type of article, fragmentation of a substantial body of work into a number of short publications is strongly discouraged. Unnecessary fragmentation is a valid reason for rejection of a Short Communication. There is no strict page limit. For a Short Communication we advise a length of up to 2000 words, plus 2 figures and/or tables, and 15 key references.

Editors
  • Paulo Quintiliano, Brazilian Federal Police
  • Paulo Quintiliano, Brazilian Federal Police
Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed
 

Peer Review Process

The Journal of Forensic Computer Science seeks to publish significant and useful articles dealing with the broad interests of the field of Forensic Computer Science and software systems and services related to Computer Crimes, Computer Forensics, Computer Law, Computer Vision, Criminology, Cryptology, Digital Investigation, Artificial Neural Networks, Biometrics, Image Analysis, Image Processing, International Police Cooperation, Intrusion Prevention and Detection, Machine Learning, Network Security, Pattern Recognition, and Signal Processing. Matters of digital/cyber forensic interest in the social sciences or relating to law enforcement and jurisprudence may also be published.

Our goal is to achieve an editorial balance among technique, theory, practice and commentary, providing a forum for free discussion of Forensic Computer Science problems, solutions, applications and opinions. Contributions are encouraged and may be in the form of articles or letters to the editor.

The Journal neither approves nor disapproves, nor does it guarantee the validity or accuracy of any data, claim, opinion, or conclusion presented in either editorial content, articles, letters to the editor or advertisements.

A paper may describe original work, discuss a new technique or application, or present a survey of recent work in a given field. Concepts and underlying principles should be emphasized, with enough background information to orient the reader who is not a specialist in the subject. Each paper should contain one key point, which the author should be able to state in one sentence. The desired focus should be on technology or science, rather than product details. It is important to describe the value of specific work within its broader framework.

Replications of previously published research must contribute sufficient incremental knowledge to warrant publication. Authors should strive to be original, insightful, and theoretically bold; demonstration of a significant “value-added” advance to the field’s understanding of an issue or topic is crucial to acceptance for publication. Multiple-study papers that feature diverse methodological approaches may be more likely to make such contributions.

We attach no priorities to subjects for study, nor do we attach greater significance to one methodological style than another. For these reasons, we view all our papers as high-quality contributions to the literature and present them as equals to our readers.

 

Publication Frequency

This Journal is published twice a year.

 

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Free print subscription copies of the journal may be provided to your library. Please contact the IJoFCS editor at editor@ijofcs.orgN0SP4M.com (please discard the NOSPAM.C0M) with the following information about your institution:

  1. name of the institution,
  2. link to main webpage (if available in the Internet),
  3. complete contact information (name of the librarian, address, international phone number and e-mail),
  4. number of full time librarians,
  5. aprox. number of books/volumes (please include serial backfiles and other paper materials as per the ANSI/NISO Z39.7-1995 definition for volume),
  6. aprox. number of circulation transactions per week (number of items lent from the general collection. Include both initial transactions and renewals. A typical week is one that is neither unusually busy nor unusually slow),
  7. number of weekly public service hours (If a library is open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, it should report 40 hours per week. Exclude 24-hour unstaffed reserve or similar reading rooms. The maximum total is 168, i.e., a staffed reading room open 7 days per week, 24 hours per day),
  8. a brief summary on why this journal is relevant to your library's public
  9. collection name in your library for this journal

 

Editorial Goals

The editorial goals of the IJoFCS are:

1. the advancement of the science and practice of Forensic Computer Science and related areas

2. to serve as a bridge between the scholarly and the practical, each of which has a vital stake in what's happening on the other side.

 

Primary Reader Targets

Thoughtful Computer Forensics scientist, investigators, practitioners, educators and academicians concerned with its related theory and practice. The word "thoughtful" implies that the reader, whether academician or practitioner, is knowledgeable about the state of the art of the topic areas covered in Forensic Computer Science.



The IJoFCS - Print ISSN 1809-9807 - Online ISSN 1980-7333