About the Journal
"Security Spectrum: Journal of Advanced Security Research" is a non-profit academic journal that publishes well-documented and analyzed studies on the full range of contemporary security issues, especially internal security and law enforcement related topics. Since 2023 the journal was known as "Proceedings of Estonian Academy of Security Sciences".
The journal is a peer-reviewed academic journal, that since the year 2024 appears twice a year. So far the journal has been published once a year.
Security Spectrum does not charge a publication fee.
The language of the contributions is English. Before publication, each submitted paper is subject to a double-blind peer review by two independent experts. The Editorial Board accepts articles throughout the year; however the journal is published in June and December.
Security Spectrum is referenced by Central & Eastern European Academic Source (EBSCO). According to the classificators of the Estonian Research Information System (ETIS), the Security Spectrum is classified as 1.2.
The 23rd issue of the journal is focusing to crime and crime control, their classic problems and new challenges in the context of the different crises (including pandemic years and the war in Ukraine). The subtitle of special edition is "Challenges for criminology in turbulent times".
The manuscripts shall be submitted electronically to: teadusinfo [at] sisekaitse.ee . Guidelines for submission can be found below.
The call for manuscripts of journal's 23rd issue is open until December 1st 2023.
Submission guidelines and related deadlines:
Submission deadline for articles: 1st December 2023
Articles not exceeding 25 pages (1800 characters per page) and abstracts (no more than 500 characters) should be sent to: teadusinfo [at] sisekaitse.ee
Please note that each article will be subject to a double-blind peer review process and positive reviews will be a condition for the publication.
Open access statement:
Security Spectrum 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.
The journal has an open access, all its content is freely available without charge to users. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author as long as they cite the source.
Security Spectrum operates under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence CC-BY. This allows others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon the work, even commercially, as long as they credit the authors for the original creation. All authors publishing in Security Spectrum accept these as the terms of publication.
The journal adheres to Estonian Code of Conduct for Research Integrity and European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity.
ISSN 2806-3600 (print)
ISSN 2806-3619 (online)
Archive:
Proceedings Estonian Academy of Security Sciences: Changing global security architecture (2022)
Proceedings Estonian Academy of Security Sciences: Security: from corner to corner (2019)
Proceedings Estonian Academy of Security Sciences: Versatile Security (2018)
Proceedings Estonian Academy of Security Sciences: From Research to Security Union (2017)
Proceedings Estonian Academy of Security Sciences: Perspective Security (2016)
Proceedings Estonian Academy of Security Sciences: Sustained Security (2015)
Proceedings Estonian Academy of Security Sciences: Networked Security (2014)
Proceedings Estonian Academy of Security Sciences: Connecting Security (2013)