Security Informatics - a SpringerOpen journal

Editor-in-Chief

Hsinchun Chen, University of Arizona

Associate Editors-in-Chief

Chris Yang, Drexel University
Daniel Zeng, University of Arizona

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Research

CrimeFighter Investigator: Integrating synthesis and sense-making for criminal network investigation

Petersen RR and Wiil UK Security Informatics 2013, 2:10 (1 May 2013)
Case study

A psychological perspective on virtual communities supporting terrorist & extremist ideologies as a tool for recruitment

Bowman-Grieve L Security Informatics 2013, 2:9 (23 March 2013)
Research

Forecasting the locational dynamics of transnational terrorism: a network analytic approach

Desmarais BA and Cranmer SJ Security Informatics 2013, 2:8 (15 March 2013)
Research

Police patrol districting method and simulation evaluation using agent-based model & GIS

Zhang Y and Brown DE Security Informatics 2013, 2:7 (2 March 2013)
Research

Developing an explanatory model for the process of online radicalisation and terrorism

Torok R Security Informatics 2013, 2:6 (12 February 2013)
Research

Algorithmic criminology

Berk R Security Informatics 2013, 2:5 (23 January 2013)
Research

Predicting sentencing outcomes with centrality measures

Morselli C, Masias VH, Crespo F and Laengle S Security Informatics 2013, 2:4 (22 January 2013)
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Validating distance decay through agent based modeling

Verma A, Ramyaa R and Marru S Security Informatics 2013, 2:3 (19 January 2013)
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"Security Informatics aspires to quickly attain top-tier status, and aims to fulfill a unique role: that of providing a bridge between security researchers and practitioners. The contributions and unique perspectives of academic researchers, policy makers, and government and industry IT managers will ensure that the best in research and practice is widely shared in the intelligence and security informatics community."

Editor-in-Chief,
Security Informatics
Hsinchun Chen, University of Arizona

About SpringerOpen

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Aims & scope

Intelligence and Security Informatics (ISI) is defined as the development of advanced information technologies, systems, algorithms, and databases for international, national and homeland security related applications, through an integrated technological, organizational, and policy-based approach (Chen 2006). Security Informatics will publish peer-reviewed articles in areas relevant to ISI research, from the perspectives of Information Technology/ Informatics and related policy considerations. Paper selection will focus on articles that present innovative research ideas and results, report significant application case studies, provide tutorial surveys, and raise awareness of pressing research and application challenges.

In addition to publishing the highest-quality original security informatics research, Security Informatics is also intended to serve as a bridge between security researchers and practitioners, including both related government agencies and the growing IT-related security industry. The journal provides an excellent opportunity to reach out to an international audience of security-related academic researchers, industry practitioners, and government IT managers and policy makers.

Open special issues

Text Processing for Crime Analysis and Predictive Policing

Criminal incident data (e.g., locations and times of assaults in a region) play a key role in security informatics; however, a substantial amount of information concerning such incidents exists in the form of unstructured text (e.g., an officer's written narrative, news reports, etc.). This special issue will target work that combines these two crucial information sources, leading to a better understanding of criminal incident patterns.

Deadline for submissions: July 31 2013

Forthcoming article collections

Formal Concept Analysis in Intelligence and Security Informatics

Formal Concept Analysis (FCA) emerged in the 1980's from attempts to restructure lattice theory in order to promote better communication between lattice theorists and potential users of lattice theory. Since its early years, Formal Concept Analysis has developed into a research field in its own right with a thriving theoretical community and a rapidly expanding range of applications in information and knowledge processing including visualization, data analysis (mining) and knowledge management.

Submissions closed

Special issue on Biologically inspired analysis of social systems: A Security Informatics Perspective.

This special issue has been motivated by a series of workshops recently hosted by the Department of Homeland Security which recognized the potential of biologically inspired methods for security. We are currently inviting submissions from a variety of topics.

Submissions closed

Special Issue on Criminal Network Investigation

Criminal networks pose a serious threat to national and international security. This special issue is dedicated to presenting high-quality, state-of-the-art research and practice on models, soft ware tools, techniques, algorithms, case studies, etc in criminal network investigation. We are currently inviting submissions from a variety of topics.

Submissions closed

Special Issue on Computational Criminology

This special issue will focus on Computational Criminology, an emerging interdisciplinary field using computational methods and mathematical models in advanced studies of crime and other forms of illegal and harmful activities up to the extremes of terrorism. We are currently inviting submissions from a variety of topics.

Submissions closed