Journal rankings · indicator year 2020
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Subfield ranking · 2020
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition journal rankings 2020
131 ranked journals · Subfield in Computer Science
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition has 131 ranked journals in 2020. The median journal has an OJR of 0.72, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.02 on 2019; Q1 starts at OJR 1.34. The top three are IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, International Journal of Computer Vision, and IEEE Transactions on Image Processing.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2020. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2017–2019, the window the 2020 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Computer Science (11)
- Artificial Intelligence459
- Information Systems210
- Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition131
- Computer Networks and Communications130
- Computational Theory and Mathematics112
- Human-Computer Interaction24
- Computer Science Applications23
- Hardware and Architecture17
- Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design11
- Signal Processing8
- Software2
131 ranked journals
Filters
Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2019. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2017–2019, the window the 2020 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2017–2019 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2011 to 2020. | Compare |
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1IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine IntelligenceIEEE Computer Society · United States | 7.36Q1 | 16.51 0.83 up from 2019 | 953 | 48% | $2,645 | ||
2International Journal of Computer VisionSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 4.75Q1 | 11.54 0.03 up from 2019 | 270 | 53% | $4,090 | ||
3IEEE Transactions on Image ProcessingInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 3.59Q1 | 9.58 0.39 down from 2019 | 1,697 | 35% | $2,645 | ||
4Pattern RecognitionElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.96Q1 | 7.11 0.38 down from 2019 | 1,288 | 23% | $2,590 | ||
5CAAI Transactions on Intelligence TechnologyOAInstitution of Engineering and Technology · United States | 2.56Q1 | 7.10 2.61 up from 2019 | 86 | 100% | $2,760 | ||
| 2.43Q1 | 4.96 0.15 up from 2019 | 369 | 100% | — | |||
7IEEE Transactions on MultimediaInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 2.41Q1 | 7.06 0.48 up from 2019 | 991 | 27% | $2,645 | ||
8IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer GraphicsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 2.19Q1 | 5.82 0.54 up from 2019 | 1,005 | 47% | $2,645 | ||
9Visual InformaticsOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.10Q1 | 4.49 0.54 up from 2019 | 56 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
10Signal ProcessingElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.05Q1 | 4.56 0.35 down from 2019 | 1,052 | 20% | $3,190 | ||
11IPSJ Transactions on Computer Vision and ApplicationsSpringer Science+Business Media · Japan | 2.02Q1 | 4.69 0.45 up from 2019 | 51 | 100% | $1,029 | ||
12Computer Vision and Image UnderstandingElsevier BV · United States | 1.95Q1 | 4.21 0.41 down from 2019 | 345 | 35% | $2,090 | ||
13IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video TechnologyInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 1.94Q1 | 6.03 0.08 up from 2019 | 844 | 23% | $2,645 | ||
14Autonomous RobotsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.92Q1 | 3.96 0.21 down from 2019 | 264 | 52% | $3,990 | ||
15Pattern Recognition LettersElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.85Q1 | 4.80 0.20 up from 2019 | 1,024 | 29% | $2,500 | ||
16Robotics and Autonomous SystemsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.75Q1 | 4.31 0.08 down from 2019 | 553 | 31% | $3,140 | ||
17IEEE Transactions on Biometrics Behavior and Identity ScienceInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 1.74Q1 | 3.79 3.79 up from 2019 | 39 | 56% | $2,645 | ||
18IEEE Signal Processing LettersInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 1.67Q1 | 3.90 0.18 down from 2019 | 1,236 | 28% | $2,645 | ||
19Paladyn Journal of Behavioral RoboticsOADe Gruyter Open · Poland | 1.67Q1 | 3.29 1.39 up from 2019 | 64 | 100% | $1,187 | ||
20ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing Communications and ApplicationsAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 1.66Q1 | 4.26 1.01 down from 2019 | 248 | 13% | — | ||
21Image and Vision ComputingElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.65Q1 | 4.00 0.28 down from 2019 | 255 | 21% | $2,100 | ||
22Journal on Computing and Cultural HeritageAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 1.60Q1 | 3.53 0.16 down from 2019 | 77 | 27% | — | ||
23Virtual Reality & Intelligent HardwareOAElsevier BV · China | 1.58Q1 | 2.98no 2019 value | 41 | 100% | — | — | |
242018 International Workshop on Advanced Image Technology (IWAIT)Publisher not listed | 1.53Q1 | 1.18 0.34 up from 2019 | 191 | — | — | ||
25Frontiers in NeuroroboticsOAFrontiers Media · Switzerland | 1.53Q1 | 4.28 0.23 down from 2019 | 254 | 100% | $3,801 | ||
26Optics and Lasers in EngineeringElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.50Q1 | 4.69 0.07 up from 2019 | 803 | 18% | $4,020 | ||
27Computational Visual MediaOASpringer Nature · China | 1.46Q1 | 4.10 2.03 up from 2019 | 88 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
28Computer Graphics ForumWiley · Netherlands | 1.46Q1 | 3.10 0.23 down from 2019 | 769 | 40% | $3,710 | ||
29Machine Intelligence ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 1.43Q1 | 4.58 1.51 up from 2019 | 176 | 20% | $3,190 | ||
30International Journal of Multimedia Information RetrievalSpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 1.37Q1 | 3.00 1.20 down from 2019 | 67 | 40% | $3,090 | ||
31IEEE MultimediaIEEE Computer Society · United States | 1.35Q1 | 3.24 0.31 up from 2019 | 191 | 48% | $2,995 | ||
32Healthcare Technology LettersOAInstitution of Engineering and Technology · United States | 1.35Q1 | 3.00 0.26 down from 2019 | 138 | 100% | $2,500 | ||
33Signal Processing Image CommunicationElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.34Q1 | 3.79 0.25 down from 2019 | 526 | 16% | $2,470 | ||
34Schedae InformaticaeOAWydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego · Poland | 1.32Q2 | 0.00 2.12 down from 2019 | 34 | — | — | ||
35Digital Signal ProcessingElsevier BV · United States | 1.31Q2 | 2.86 0.44 down from 2019 | 614 | 15% | $2,580 | ||
36IEEE Transactions on Computational ImagingInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | 1.30Q2 | 3.39 0.06 up from 2019 | 215 | 44% | $2,645 | ||
37Journal of ImagingOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.29Q2 | 3.81 0.82 up from 2019 | 300 | 100% | $2,172 | ||
38IEEE Transactions on BroadcastingInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 1.24Q2 | 4.10 0.76 up from 2019 | 282 | 31% | $2,645 | ||
39SIAM Journal on Imaging SciencesSociety for Industrial and Applied Mathematics · United States | 1.23Q2 | 2.83 0.28 down from 2019 | 234 | 57% | — | ||
40Journal of Visual Communication and Image RepresentationElsevier BV · United States | 1.20Q2 | 3.19 0.28 down from 2019 | 790 | 7% | $2,450 | ||
41EURASIP Journal on Image and Video ProcessingOASpringer Nature · Germany | 1.14Q2 | 3.00 0.65 up from 2019 | 318 | 100% | $1,790 | ||
42Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart EnvironmentsIOS Press · Netherlands | 1.13Q2 | 2.38 0.60 up from 2019 | 129 | 40% | $4,150 | ||
43Annals of Emerging Technologies in ComputingOAInternational Association for Educators and Researchers (IAER) · United Kingdom | 1.08Q2 | 2.53 0.03 up from 2019 | 51 | 100% | — | ||
44International Journal on Document Analysis and Recognition (IJDAR)Springer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.07Q2 | 3.42 0.84 up from 2019 | 71 | 33% | $3,090 | ||
45Computers & GraphicsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.04Q2 | 2.11 0.13 down from 2019 | 386 | 36% | $2,770 | ||
46Traitement du signalInternational Information and Engineering Technology Association · Canada | 1.01Q2 | 3.09 1.04 up from 2019 | 110 | 93% | — | ||
47DisplaysElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.00Q2 | 2.91 0.66 up from 2019 | 126 | 23% | $2,450 | ||
48Machine Vision and ApplicationsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 0.99Q2 | 2.78 0.36 up from 2019 | 224 | 29% | $3,490 | ||
49Intelligent Service RoboticsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 0.98Q2 | 2.03 0.83 down from 2019 | 97 | 28% | $3,190 | ||
50Multimedia Tools and ApplicationsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 0.98Q2 | 2.91 0.35 up from 2019 | 3,872 | 11% | $3,190 |
Subfields of Computer Science, with Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition highlighted.
- Artificial Intelligence459
- Information Systems210
- Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition131
- Computer Networks and Communications130
- Computational Theory and Mathematics112
- Human-Computer Interaction24
- Computer Science Applications23
- Hardware and Architecture17
- Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design11
- Signal Processing8
- Software2
Journals
Citations made in 2020. Corpus-wide, 86.1% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
53 additional Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2017–2019, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2020. Publication window: 2017–2019. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 131
- Window papers (baseline)
- 76,922 +7.4% from indicator year 2017
- Median OJR
- 0.72 -2.4% from indicator year 2017
- Rising journals (2025)
- 12
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2017–2019 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Ranked journals | 51 | 54 | 58 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 69 | 77 | 90 | 94 | 97 | 93 | 111 | 116 | 119 | 116 | 120 | 120 | 123 | 131 | 131 | 134 | 129 | 123 | 123 | 120 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 18,704 | 19,730 | 20,541 | 22,521 | 25,597 | 28,246 | 31,945 | 35,370 | 40,623 | 44,201 | 47,518 | 51,027 | 56,118 | 61,010 | 65,923 | 70,037 | 72,265 | 71,593 | 70,424 | 71,721 | 76,922 | 84,299 | 92,271 | 98,347 | 105,326 | 115,071 | |
| Median OJR | 0.88 | 1.06 | 1.13 | 1.143 | 1.141 | 1.15 | 1.27 | 1.19 | 1.20 | 1.28 | 1.385 | 1.375 | 0.980 | 1.003 | 0.979 | 0.91 | 0.74 | 0.73 | 0.64 | 0.698 | 0.72 | 0.75 | 0.69 | 0.77 | 0.76 | 0.696 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.