Journal profile · Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology
ISSN 1051-8215 · eISSN 1558-2205 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 1991
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology: CAS Zone 1 · Computer Science (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 10.27; subscription journal; APC about USD 2,645; review about 3 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 1,062 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology is published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. and is in Zone 1 of Computer Science in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Advanced Vision and Imaging, Video Coding and Compression Technologies and Advanced Data Compression Techniques, together about 27.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology (TCSVT) covers the circuits and systems aspects of all video technologies. General, theoretical, and application-oriented papers with a circuits and systems perspective are encouraged for publication in TCSVT on or related to image/video acquisition, representation, presentation and display; processing, filtering and transforms; analysis and synthesis; learning and understanding; compression, transmission, communication and networking; storage, retrieval, indexing and search; and/or hardware and software design and implementation.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Editor-in-chief Shan LiuPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advanced Vision and ImagingComputer Science10.7%
- Video Coding and Compression TechnologiesComputer Science9.4%
- Advanced Data Compression TechniquesComputer Science7.1%
- Advanced Image Processing TechniquesComputer Science6.8%
- Advanced Image and Video Retrieval TechniquesComputer Science6%
- Video Surveillance and Tracking MethodsComputer Science5.9%
- Image and Video Quality AssessmentComputer Science4.8%
- Human Pose and Action RecognitionComputer Science4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Computer Science Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Computer Science Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 10.27LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 10.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 18.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 18.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.45LetPub ·
- h-index
- 154LetPub ·
- h-index
- 226OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 6,252OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 7.36OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 20.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0.71%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 932LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 10,972 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,006 | 108 | 523 |
| 2025 | 1,062 | 86 | 6,945 |
| 2024 | 961 | 91 | 14,813 |
| 2023 | 830 | 113 | 26,472 |
| 2022 | 570 | 116 | 21,484 |
| 2021 | 510 | 113 | 27,992 |
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 3 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,645 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 2,800 | — | — |
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
Simultaneous submission to more than one IEEE publication is not allowed. Model summary
You can only submit your article to one publication at a time.
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
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1991
- ISSN
- 1051-8215
- Electronic ISSN
- 1558-2205
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology
What CAS zone is IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology is in Zone 1 of Computer Science, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Engineering, Electrical & Electronic; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Computer Science. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 10.27; CiteScore 18.1, h-index 226.
How long does peer review take at IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology?
Authors report an average review time of about 3 months; 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.
Which databases index IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology open access, and what is the APC?
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology is a subscription journal. APC about USD 2,645.
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: .