Journal profile · Computer Science-Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
Computational Visual Media
ISSN 2096-0433 · eISSN 2096-0662 · Tsinghua University Press · China · 4 issues per year
Computational Visual Media: CAS Zone 2 · Computer Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 8.44; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 6 weeks (community reports); 95 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Computational Visual Media is published by Tsinghua University Press and is in Zone 2 of Computer Science in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Advanced Vision and Imaging, Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques and 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis, together about 34.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Volume 12 Issue 3, June 2026 All Issues Computational Visual Media is a peer-reviewed international journal for the publication of original high-quality research papers and significant review articles on novel ideas, methods, and systems relevant to visual media. It publishes articles that focus on, but are not limited to, the following areas: Editing and composition of visual media Geometric computing for images and video Machine learning for visual media Physically based animation Realistic rendering Recognition and understanding of visual media Visual computing for robotics Visualization and visual analytics Other interdisciplinary research into visual media that combines aspects of computer graphics, computer vision, image and video processing, geometric computing, and machine learning is also within the journal's scope. Computational Visual Media is an open access journal, published bimonthly by Tsinghua University Press with all articles available on IEEE Xplore. The open access fees (article-processing charges) are fully sponsored by Tsinghua University, China. Authors can publish in the journal without any additional charges. View Aims and Scope Editor-in-Chief: Shi-Min Hu View Editorial Board Tsinghua University View Society, Partner and Affiliation Tsinghua University Press View Publisher Infomation 8.3 Impact Factor (2025) 28.6 CiteScore (2025) 28 days First Decision 93 days Acceptance 60 days Publication
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Computer Science-Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
Editor-in-chief Shi-Min HuPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 10 in mainland China (about 26%); most named Mainland China 10, United States 9, United Kingdom 7, Hong Kong, China 2, Germany 2 (39 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advanced Vision and ImagingComputer Science12.8%
- Computer Graphics and Visualization TechniquesComputer Science11.8%
- 3D Shape Modeling and AnalysisEngineering9.7%
- Advanced Image and Video Retrieval TechniquesComputer Science6.6%
- Generative Adversarial Networks and Image SynthesisComputer Science5.6%
- Image Enhancement TechniquesComputer Science5.4%
- Advanced Image Processing TechniquesComputer Science4.8%
- Advanced Neural Network ApplicationsComputer Science4.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Computer Science Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Software Engineering | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Computer Science Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Software Engineering | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Computer Science Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Software Engineering | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 8.44LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 8.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 28.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 28.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.97LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 4.58LetPub ·
- h-index
- 42OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 220OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 6.34OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 72LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 580 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 75 | 75 | 187 |
| 2025 | 95 | 95 | 376 |
| 2024 | 65 | 65 | 928 |
| 2023 | 53 | 53 | 1,652 |
| 2022 | 33 | 33 | 5,468 |
| 2021 | 56 | 56 | 3,405 |
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 6 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 28 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 0 | — | — | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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 websitePeer review
- Peer review
Peer review Model summary
Computational Visual Media is a peer-reviewed international journal
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
- Tsinghua University Press
- Country or region
- China
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- 4 issues per year
- ISSN
- 2096-0433
- Electronic ISSN
- 2096-0662
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Computational Visual Media
What CAS zone is Computational Visual Media in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Computational Visual Media is in Zone 2 of Computer Science, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Computer Science, Software Engineering. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Computer Science. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Computational Visual Media?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 8.44; CiteScore 28.6, h-index 42.
How long does peer review take at Computational Visual Media?
Authors report an average review time of about 6 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 Computational Visual Media based?
Of the 39 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 10 (about 26%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (10), United States (9) and United Kingdom (7). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Computational Visual Media?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Computational Visual Media is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Computational Visual Media open access, and what is the APC?
Computational Visual Media is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, 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: .