Top Crypto and Security Conferences Ranking 2013 by Jianying Zhou

Conference	CIF [2013]	AR	PR	CR [2013]
1.      IEEE S&P	4.26	11.4%  (29.4 / 257.3)   [2004-2013]	9.1%    (29.4 / 322.8)  [2004-2013]	3%
2.      Usenix Sec	3.95	15.5%  (31.3 / 201.9)   [2006-2013]	6.9%    (31.3 / 452.1)  [2006-2013]	2.9%
3.      Eurocrypt	3.23	19.2%  (34.5 / 179.6)   [2006-2013]	8.9%    (34.5 / 387.3)  [2006-2013]	2.9%
4.      Crypto	3.02	19.4%  (40.9 / 211)     [2006-2013]	10.4%  (40.9 / 393.8)  [2006-2013]	3.3%
5.      ACM CCS	2.77	17.9%  (66.3 / 371.3)  [2007-2013]	13.2%  (66.3 / 500.9)  [2007-2013]	5%
6.      Asiacrypt	2.58	15.2%  (38.6 / 253.3)  [2006-2013]	16.7%  (38.6 / 231.1)  [2006-2013]	6.8%
7.      NDSS	2.51	16.7%  (29.1 / 173.9)  [2007-2013]	20.8%  (29.1 / 140.1)  [2007-2013]	2.3%
8.      CHES	2.45	25.3%  (31.1 / 122.8)  [2004-2013]	10.3%  (31.1 / 302.9)  [2004-2013]	5.3%
9.      RAID	2.19	22.2%  (19.4 / 87.5)    [2006-2013]	17.5%  (19.4 / 110.9)  [2006-2013]	6%
10.    PETS	2.15	24.2%  (15.9 / 65.8)    [2006-2013]	14.4%  (15.9 / 110.1)  [2006-2013]	8%
11.    ACSAC	2.08	21%     (39.7 / 189.5)  [2004-2013]	17.8%  (39.7 / 223.5)  [2004-2013]	9.4%
12.    FSE	1.87	29.1%  (26 / 89.3)       [2006-2013]	16.4%  (26 / 158.9)     [2006-2013]	8.1%
13.    IEEE CSF	1.81	24.2%  (22.6 / 93.4)    [2006-2013]	24.7%  (22.6 / 91.4)    [2006-2013]	6.3%
14.    DSN	1.79	22.5%  (63.1 / 281)     [2004-2013]	23.3%  (63.1 / 270.9)  [2004-2013]	10%
15.    DIMVA	1.689	30.3%  (13.1 / 43.3)    [2004-2013]	16.6%  (13.1 / 78.9)    [2004-2013]	12.3%
16.    CT-RSA	1.686	28.7%  (25.5 / 88.9)    [2006-2013]	22.8%  (25.5 / 112.1)  [2006-2013]	7.8%
17.    PKC	1.59	25.8%  (30.7 / 118.9)   [2004-2013]	30.1%  (30.7 / 102)     [2004-2013]	6.9%
18.    ACNS	1.56	17.2%  (32.8 / 190.6)   [2004-2013]	33.8%  (32.8 / 97)       [2004-2013]	13%
19.    TCC	1.54	32.1%  (33.5 / 104.5)   [2006-2013]	26%    (33.5 / 129.1)   [2006-2013]	6.8%
20.    ESORICS	1.50	20.6%  (40.1 / 194.8)   [2006-2013]	35.1% (40.1 / 114.4)   [2006-2013]	11.1%
21.    ACM WiSec	1.40	25.7%  (22.8 / 88.7)    [2008-2013]	31.1%  (22.8 / 73.3)    [2008-2013]	14.6%
22.    FC	1.399	28.5%  (26.1 / 91.6)    [2006-2013]	31.3%  (26.1 / 83.5)    [2006-2013]	11.7%
23.    SAC	1.28	27.7%  (25.5 / 92)       [2008-2013]	37.3%  (25.5 / 68.3)    [2008-2013]	12.9%
24.    ISC	1.25	24.7%  (32.1 / 129.8)  [2005-2013]	41%     (32.1 / 78.3)    [2005-2013]	14.1%
25.    ACISP	1.03	31.4%  (30.5 / 97.3)    [2008-2013]	46.2%  (30.5 / 66)       [2008-2013]	14.5%
•            ACM AsiaCCS		27%     (48.9 / 181)     [2007-2013]	56.3%  (48.9 / 86.9)    [2007-2013]	?

Other unranked regular crypto and security conferences (112):  ACM-CODASPY, ACM-SACMAT, ACM-SAC/Sec, ACSA, Africacrypt, AISC, AReS, ATC, Bulcrypt, CANS, CBC, CECC, CIS, CISIS, COSADE, CRiSIS, CRITIS,CSS, DFRWS, EC2ND, ECC, ECCWS, ESCAR, ESSoS, EuroPKI, EuroSec, FAST*, FDTC, FPS, GameSec, HAISA, IAS, ICDF2C, ICICS, ICIMP, ICISC, ICISS, ICITS, ICITST, IEEE-CNS, IEEE-HOST, IEEE-HST, IEEE-ISI, IEEE-Malware, IEEE-PASSAT, IEEE-SERE, IEEE-SESOC, IEEE-TrustCom, IFIP-CIP, IFIP-CMS, IFIP-DBSec, IFIP-DF, IFIP-IDMAN, IFIP-NTMS, IFIP-Sec, IFIP-TM, IH, IMACC, Indocrypt, Inscrypt, ISA, ISARCS, ISCISC, ISCTurkey,ISPEC, IWDW, IWSEC, Latincrypt, LightSec, Malware, MIST, NordSec, NPSec, NSPW, NSS, Pairing, POST, PQCrypto, PRISMS, ProvSec, PSD, PST, QCrypt, RFIDsec, SAFECOMP, SAM, SCIS, SCN, SECRYPT, SecTechSecureComm, SecurIT, SecurWare, SIN, SNDS, SOUPS, SPACE, SPW, SRDS, SSS, STM, SVI, TRUST, TrustBus, VizSec, WCC, WDFIA, WESS, WIFS, WISA, WISTP, YACC, ....

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1. What you need to know before writing thesis - http://www.monash.edu.au/lls/hdr/write/
2. Writing your thesis - http://www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk/introductions.htm
3. Getting your discussion and findings right - http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/assets/hlst/documents/research_gateway/research_gateway_section7_discussion_of_findings.pdf

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