Journal profile · ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC
APSIPA Transactions on Signal and Information Processing
ISSN 2048-7703 · Cambridge University Press · United Kingdom
APSIPA Transactions on Signal and Information Processing: CAS Zone 3 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.1 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 1,000; review about 40 weeks (community reports); 58 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
APSIPA Transactions on Signal and Information Processing is published by Cambridge University Press and is in Zone 3 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Speech and Audio Processing, Speech Recognition and Synthesis and Music and Audio Processing, together about 31.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Signal Processing. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association (APSIPA) serves as an international forum for signal and information processing researchers across a broad spectrum of research, ranging from traditional modalities of signal processing to emerging areas where either (i) processing reaches higher semantic levels (e.g., from speech recognition to multimodal human behaviour recognition) or (ii) processing is meant to extract information from datasets that are not traditionally considered signals (e.g., mining of Internet or sensor information).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC
Editor-in-chief Seishi TakamuraPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 21 in mainland China (about 18%); most named United States 22, Mainland China 21, Japan 17, Taiwan, China 12, India 7 (115 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Speech and Audio ProcessingComputer Science13.4%
- Speech Recognition and SynthesisComputer Science10.9%
- Music and Audio ProcessingComputer Science7%
- Advanced Vision and ImagingComputer Science6.2%
- Video Coding and Compression TechnologiesComputer Science5.1%
- Advanced Data Compression TechniquesComputer Science4.5%
- Image Enhancement TechniquesComputer Science4%
- Image and Video Quality AssessmentComputer Science4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | Zone 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) 2025
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.59LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.25LetPub ·
- h-index
- 40OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 128OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.08OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.8%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 51LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 89,586Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 442 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28 | 28 | 7 |
| 2025 | 58 | 58 | 75 |
| 2024 | 63 | 63 | 526 |
| 2023 | 60 | 60 | 379 |
| 2022 | 46 | 46 | 1,126 |
| 2021 | 18 | 18 | 202 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 40 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 40 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).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 1,000 | No | CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,000 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 1,000 | No | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access options
Only accepts manuscripts written in UK or US English. Model summary
This is an open access journal. If you choose to publish in this journal, you will be required to pay an article processing charge (APC). Read more about our open access options.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review type
Single anonymous peer review; all submissions sent to at least 1 independent and anonymous reviewer. Model summary
Single anonymous peer review. All submissions are sent to at least 1 independent and anonymous reviewer.
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
- Cambridge University Press
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2048-7703
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 14, Issue 4 (October 2025)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about APSIPA Transactions on Signal and Information Processing
What CAS zone is APSIPA Transactions on Signal and Information Processing in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, APSIPA Transactions on Signal and Information Processing is in Zone 3 of Engineering, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Engineering, Electrical & Electronic. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of APSIPA Transactions on Signal and Information Processing?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.1 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 6.9, h-index 40.
How long does peer review take at APSIPA Transactions on Signal and Information Processing?
Authors report an average review time of about 40 weeks. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of APSIPA Transactions on Signal and Information Processing based?
Of the 115 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 21 (about 18%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (22), Mainland China (21) and Japan (17). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index APSIPA Transactions on Signal and Information Processing?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, APSIPA Transactions on Signal and Information Processing is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is APSIPA Transactions on Signal and Information Processing open access, and what is the APC?
APSIPA Transactions on Signal and Information Processing is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,000.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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: .