Conference Information
SOUPS 2026: International Symposium On Usable Privacy and Security
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Submission Date: |
2026-02-12 |
Notification Date: |
2026-05-19 |
Conference Date: |
2026-08-23 |
Location: |
Hannover, Germany |
Years: |
22 |
CCF: c CORE: b QUALIS: b1 Viewed: 36654 Tracked: 50 Attend: 2
Call For Papers
We invite authors to submit previously unpublished papers describing research or experience in all areas of usable privacy and security. We welcome a variety of research methods, including both qualitative and quantitative approaches. Papers will be judged on their scientific quality, overall quality, and contribution to the field. Topics include, but are not limited to:
Innovative security or privacy functionality and design,
Field studies of security or privacy technology,
Usability evaluations of new or existing security or privacy features,
Security testing of new or existing usability features,
Longitudinal studies of deployed security or privacy features,
Studies of administrators or developers and support for security and privacy,
Organizational policy or procurement decisions and their impact on security and privacy,
Lessons learned from the deployment and use of usable privacy and security features,
Foundational principles of usable security or privacy,
Ethical, psychological, sociological, or anthropological aspects of usable security and privacy,
Usable security and privacy implications/solutions for specific domains (e.g., IoT, medical, at-risk populations)
Replicating or extending important previously published studies and experiments,
Systematization of knowledge papers that integrate and systematize existing knowledge to provide new insight into a previously studied area
Last updated by Dou Sun in 2026-03-01
Acceptance Ratio
| Year | Submitted | Accepted | Accepted(%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 132 | 28 | 21.2% |
| 2017 | 98 | 26 | 26.5% |
| 2016 | 79 | 22 | 27.8% |
| 2015 | 93 | 22 | 23.7% |
| 2014 | 80 | 21 | 26.3% |
| 2013 | 51 | 15 | 29.4% |
| 2012 | 67 | 14 | 20.9% |
| 2011 | 45 | 15 | 33.3% |
| 2010 | 65 | 16 | 24.6% |
| 2009 | 49 | 15 | 30.6% |
| 2008 | 43 | 13 | 30.2% |
| 2007 | 41 | 12 | 29.3% |
| 2006 | 39 | 14 | 35.9% |
| 2005 | 39 | 10 | 25.6% |
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| CCF | CORE | QUALIS | Short | Full Name | Submission | Notification | Conference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c | b2 | PST | International Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust | 2026-04-10 | 2026-06-01 | 2026-08-26 | |
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Related Journals
| CCF | Full Name | Impact Factor | Publisher | ISSN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sustainable Cities and Society | 12.0 | Elsevier | 2210-6707 | |
| a | IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security | 8.0 | IEEE | 1556-6013 |
| b | Computers & Security | 5.4 | Elsevier | 0167-4048 |
| International Journal of Information Security | 3.2 | Springer | 1615-5262 | |
| c | Journal of Cybersecurity | 3.2 | Oxford University Press | 2057-2093 |
| IEEE Security & Privacy | 3.0 | IEEE | 1540-7993 | |
| ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security | 2.8 | ACM | 2471-2566 | |
| c | EURASIP Journal on Information Security | 2.1 | Springer | 1687-417X |
| Security and Privacy | 1.500 | John Wiley & Sons Ltd | 2475-6725 | |
| c | IET Information Security | 1.300 | IET | 1751-8709 |