Journal profile · ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC

Advances in Multimedia

ISSN 1687-5680 · eISSN 1687-5699 · John Wiley & Sons, Inc. · USA

Advances in Multimedia: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.9 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 1,100; review about 17 weeks (community reports); acceptance rate 6% (journal website); 8 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.

Impact factor0.9From the journal's website, latest value
CAS zoneZone 4 · Engineering2025 upgraded edition, major category · 2026 Xinrui edition Zone 4 · Engineering
Review timeabout 17 weeksCommunity average; too few article dates (5)
APCUSD 1,100Fully open access
Acceptance6%From the journal's website
Articles per year82025 · OpenAlex count

Scope

Aims, scope and focus

Advances in Multimedia is published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and is in Zone 4 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Educational Technology and Pedagogy, E-commerce and Technology Innovations and Digital Media and Visual Art, together about 24.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Advances in Multimedia is an open access journal publishing research on the technologies associated with multimedia systems, including computer-media integration for digital information processing, storage, transmission, and representation.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC

Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate

  1. Educational Technology and PedagogyComputer Science9%
  2. E-commerce and Technology InnovationsBusiness, Management and Accounting8%
  3. Digital Media and Visual ArtComputer Science7.2%
  4. AI and Big Data ApplicationsComputer Science6.8%
  5. Applied Advanced TechnologiesEngineering6.5%
  6. Advanced Technologies in Various FieldsComputer Science6.3%
  7. Advanced Image and Video Retrieval TechniquesComputer Science4.6%
  8. Image and Video Quality AssessmentComputer Science4.4%

Rankings & indexing

CAS ranking and database indexing

CAS Journal Ranking

CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 4
LevelCategoryZone
MajorEngineeringZone 4
MinorEngineering, Electrical & ElectronicZone 4

Top journal: noReview journal: no

CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 4
LevelCategoryZone
MajorEngineeringZone 4
MinorEngineering, Electrical & ElectronicZone 4

Top journal: noReview journal: not marked

CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered

Not covered by this edition.

Database indexing

ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.

Metrics

Impact metrics and publication volume

Impact

Impact factor (publisher)
0.9Publisher website ·
CiteScore 2026-06
0.4LetPub ·
SJR 2026-06
0.16LetPub ·
SNIP 2026-06
0.32LetPub ·
h-index
29OpenAlex ·
i10-index
139OpenAlex ·
2-year mean citedness
0.62OpenAlex ·
Self-citation rate
0%LetPub ·
Share of gold OA articles
100%LetPub ·

Volume

Articles per year
2LetPub ·

Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,013 in total · the current year is incomplete

YearArticlesOpen accessCitations
2026440
2025882
20249911
2023209209143
20223923921,632
20217878353

Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.

Review & acceptance

Review time and acceptance

Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref

Not usableThis publisher's "received" date is mostly when the revised manuscript arrived (50% of articles were "accepted" within 3 days), so it cannot measure review time

Other sources

Average review time (community reports)
about 17 weeksLetPub ·
Acceptance rate (publisher)
6%Publisher website ·
Submission to first decision
85 daysPublisher website ·
Submission to publication (journal-reported)
about 17 weeksDOAJ ·
Peer review
Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ

Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.

Fees & open access

APC and open-access policy

Fully open accessDOAJ

Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).

SourceAPCFee waiverLicenseObserved
DOAJUSD 1,100 / GBP 740 / EUR 960YesCC BY
OpenAlexUSD 1,000 / EUR 870 / GBP 740——
LetPubUSD 925Yes—

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

Submission

Article types and submission policies (journal website)

What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
Abstract
≤ 300 words
Reference style
Chicago
First submission
Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Publisher website · model-extracted, each line checked against the text
Article types accepted7
  1. original researchThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manus…Length not stated
  2. research articleThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manus…Length not stated
  3. research articlesResearch articles should present the results of an original research study. These manuscripts should describe how the research project was conducted and provide…Length not stated
  4. reviewThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manus…Length not stated
  5. review articleThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manus…Length not stated
  6. reviewsA review article provides an overview of the published literature in a particular subject area.Length not stated
  7. systematic reviewThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manus…Length not stated
Publisher website
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
Authorship Title and authorship information

The following information should be included: Manuscript title Full author names Full institutional mailing addresses Email addresses Affiliations. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in institutional affiliations. Responsibility for affiliations ultimately rests with the author, although the publisher may request changes be made to countries listed in affiliations t…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Conflicts of interest Conflicts of interest

Authors must declare all relevant interests that could be perceived as conflicting. Authors should explain why each interest may represent a conflict. If no conflicts exist, the authors should state this. Submitting authors are responsible for co-authors declaring their interests. Conflicts of interest (COIs, also known as 'competing interests') occur when issues outside research could be reasonab…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Data availability Data availability

Authors must include a data availability statement with their submission. When submitting a manuscript, submitting authors will be asked to select from several pre-written statements or use the text editor to tell us about data availability with regard to their submission. Review our Data Sharing Policy to understand which data availability statement is right for your submission.

Source ↗Publisher website ·
License & copyright Copyright and permissions

Authors retain the copyright of their manuscripts, and all open access articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited. The use of general descriptive names, trade names, trademarks, and so forth in this publication, even if not speci…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Open access

Advances in Multimedia is an open access journal publishing research on the technologies associated with multimedia systems, including computer-media integration for digital information processing, storage, transmission, and representation. Model summary

Advances in Multimedia is an open access journal publishing research on the technologies associated with multimedia systems, including computer-media integration for digital information processing, storage, transmission, and representation.

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Peer review Peer review

The journal follows a single-anonymized peer review model, for applicable article types. Information on the Peer Review model can be found here. Wiley's policy on the confidentiality of the review process is available here. All submitted articles are subject to assessment and peer review to ensure editorial appropriateness and technical correctness. Research published in the journal must be: Scien…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Preprints Preprints

The journal accepts articles previously published on preprint servers, and does not consider this to compromise the novelty of the results. Articles based on content previously made public only on a preprint server, institutional repository, or in a thesis will be considered. The preprint should be cited.

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Trial registration / reporting guidelines Reporting guidelines

Authors are strongly encouraged to use appropriate reporting guidelines when preparing and submitting manuscripts, to maximize transparency and reproducibility. Our editors and reviewers are also encouraged to use them in the review process. Completed checklists should be provided in the supplementary files on submission. We particularly encourage the use of: CONSORT for randomized controlled tria…

Source ↗Publisher website ·

Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.

Profile

Publication details and official links

Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Country or region
USA
Language
English
ISSN
1687-5680
Electronic ISSN
1687-5699
Official links

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Advances in Multimedia

What CAS zone is Advances in Multimedia in?

In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Advances in Multimedia is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Engineering, Electrical & Electronic. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.

What is the impact factor of Advances in Multimedia?

The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.9; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.4, h-index 29.

How long does peer review take at Advances in Multimedia?

Authors report an average review time of about 17 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 6%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.

What are the manuscript requirements of Advances in Multimedia?

According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 300 words; Reference style: Chicago; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.

Which databases index Advances in Multimedia?

According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Advances in Multimedia is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.

Is Advances in Multimedia open access, and what is the APC?

Advances in Multimedia is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,100.

Sources and updates

The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .