Journal profile · Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Applied Intelligence
ISSN 0924-669X · eISSN 1573-7497 · Springer US · NETHERLANDS · Bimonthly · Founded 1991
Applied Intelligence: CAS Zone 3 · Computer Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.41; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,190; median 250 days to acceptance (87 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 922 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Applied Intelligence is published by Springer US and is in Zone 3 of Computer Science in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research, Face and Expression Recognition and Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications, together about 18.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The international journal of Applied Intelligence provides a medium for publishing scientific research and technological achievements accomplished by the international community. The focus of the journal is towards research advances on new and innovative intelligent systems’ methodologies and their applications in solving real life complex problems. The areas of research include natural language and speech interfaces, intelligent robotics, learning methodologies, intelligent decision support systems, evolutionary computing, genetic programming, heuristic methods, intelligent searching, agents, optimization, neural networks, mining data and patterns, cognitive interaction, knowledge-based reasoning, modeling, planning and scheduling, classification and clustering, computer vision, fuzzy logic and control, games, smart graphics, fault diagnosis, pattern recognition, bio-informatics, uncertain information processes, big data & streaming data, feature selection, advances in social network systems, recommender systems, use of distributed and parallel processing and E-service personalization, as well as other hot topics. The journal addresses issues involving research on intelligent manufacturing, privacy preserving systems, risk analysis, knowledge based management, modern techniques to improve health-care systems, methods to assist government, and solving industrial problems which are too complex to be solved through conventional approaches. The integration of multiple intelligent approaches in solving complex real life problems is of particular importance. The emphasis of the reported research work is on new, original, and innovative research and technological developments rather than reports on the application of existing technologies to different sets of data. Researchers have started addressing multidisciplinary real and complex research solutions to complex problems, like on-line health care prediction systems, communication through speech, automatic programming, and dynamic change prediction systems in stock markets, privacy, and risk analysis. The journal welcomes such developments and functions as a catalyst in disseminating the original and innovative research and technological achievements of the international community in these challenging research areas.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Editor-in-chief Hamido FujitaPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 15 in mainland China (about 31%); most named Mainland China 15, Italy 7, United States 5, India 4, United Kingdom 2 (49 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms ResearchComputer Science6.5%
- Face and Expression RecognitionComputer Science6.1%
- Anomaly Detection Techniques and ApplicationsComputer Science5.7%
- Topic ModelingComputer Science5.6%
- Advanced Neural Network ApplicationsComputer Science5.1%
- Advanced Graph Neural NetworksComputer Science5%
- Video Surveillance and Tracking MethodsComputer Science4.6%
- Rough Sets and Fuzzy LogicComputer Science4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Computer Science Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Computer Science Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Computer Science Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexINSPECDBLPCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, ACM Digital Library, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 3.41LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 9.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.89LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.19LetPub ·
- h-index
- 52LetPub ·
- h-index
- 133OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,784OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.54OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 9.92%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 1,027LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 1,600,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 7,949 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 437 | 79 | 138 |
| 2025 | 922 | 119 | 3,105 |
| 2024 | 888 | 131 | 6,954 |
| 2023 | 840 | 129 | 8,559 |
| 2022 | 1,490 | 245 | 26,754 |
| 2021 | 839 | 125 | 22,257 |
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 · to
250 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 175 days – 319 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 23 days (150 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 287 days
- Sample
- 87 articles with submission and acceptance dates (1,612 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- 4–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 45 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,190 / EUR 2,590 / GBP 2,290 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access
- AI use Generative AI Images
Please check Springer’s policy on generative AI images and make sure your work adheres to the principles described therein. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship principles
These guidelines describe authorship principles and good authorship practices to which prospective authors should adhere to. Authorship clarified The Journal and Publisher assume all authors agreed with the content and that all gave explicit consent to submit and that they obtained consent from the responsible authorities at the institute/organization where the work has been carried out, before th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosures and declarations
All authors are requested to include information regarding sources of funding, financial or non-financial interests, study-specific approval by the appropriate ethics committee for research involving humans and/or animals, informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved animals (as appropriate). The decision whether such …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statements
Data availability statement required for all original research. Model summary
All original research must include a data availability statement. This statement should explain how to access data supporting the results and analysis in the article, including links/citations to publicly archived datasets analysed or generated during the study. Please see our full policy here. If it is not possible to share research data publicly, for instance when individual privacy could be com…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Compliance with Ethical Standards
Competing interests disclosure required. Model summary
To ensure objectivity and transparency in research and to ensure that accepted principles of ethical and professional conduct have been followed, authors should include information regarding sources of funding, potential conflicts of interest (financial or non-financial), informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Permissions required for previously published material. Model summary
Open Choice articles do not require transfer of copyright as the copyright remains with the author. In opting for open access, the author(s) agree to publish the article under a Creative Commons license. Details of the OA licences offered to authors can be found on the individual journal website, in the journal's How to publish with us guide. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Applied Intelligence, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top
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
- Springer US
- Country or region
- NETHERLANDS
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1991
- ISSN
- 0924-669X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1573-7497
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Applied Intelligence
What CAS zone is Applied Intelligence in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Applied Intelligence is in Zone 3 of Computer Science, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Computer Science. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Applied Intelligence?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.41; CiteScore 9.1, h-index 133.
How long does peer review take at Applied Intelligence?
Based on the dates recorded on 87 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 250 days (interquartile range 175–319 days); authors report an average review time of 4–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”. 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 Applied Intelligence?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; Suggested reviewers: Optional. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Applied Intelligence based?
Of the 49 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 15 (about 31%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (15), Italy (7) and United States (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Applied Intelligence?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Applied Intelligence is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, INSPEC, DBLP and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Applied Intelligence open access, and what is the APC?
Applied Intelligence is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,190.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .