Journal profile · MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-MATHEMATICS, APPLIED
Image Analysis & Stereology
ISSN 1580-3139 · eISSN 1854-5165 · International Society for Stereology · SLOVENIA
Image Analysis & Stereology: CAS Zone 4 · Computer Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.29; fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 22 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Image Analysis & Stereology is published by International Society for Stereology and is in Zone 4 of Computer Science in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Point processes and geometric inequalities, Medical Image Segmentation Techniques and Morphological variations and asymmetry, 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)
The journal publishes work that advances the theory, methodology, validation, or substantive application of image analysis and stereological methods. Suitable contributions include new theoretical or methodological developments; statistically or mathematically rigorous approaches to quantitative image analysis; advances in stereological sampling and estimation; development and validation of image-analysis algorithms; quantitative microscopy and microstructure characterization; mathematical morphology; stochastic geometry; spatial statistics; and scientifically significant applications of established methods. Application-oriented manuscripts should provide substantial methodological, quantitative, or scientific insight beyond the routine application of established software, algorithms, or machine-learning architectures. Manuscripts whose principal contribution is the straightforward application of a known method to a new dataset, without sufficient methodological or scientific advance, may be declined without external review. The journal welcomes interdisciplinary work when the image-analysis or stereological component represents a substantive part of the contribution.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-MATHEMATICS, APPLIED
Editor-in-chief Marko KreftPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 2%); most named Slovenia 16, France 5, Germany 4, Poland 4, Denmark 3 (45 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Point processes and geometric inequalitiesMathematics14.5%
- Medical Image Segmentation TechniquesComputer Science12%
- Morphological variations and asymmetryMathematics7.8%
- Digital Image Processing TechniquesComputer Science6.3%
- Image Retrieval and Classification TechniquesComputer Science4.7%
- AI in cancer detectionComputer Science4%
- Cell Image Analysis TechniquesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.9%
- Soil Geostatistics and MappingEnvironmental Science3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Computer Science Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Imaging Science & Photographic Technology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Mathematics, Applied | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Computer Science Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Mathematics, Applied | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Imaging Science & Photographic Technology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Computer Science Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Imaging Science & Photographic Technology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Mathematics, Applied | Zone 4 |
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
- 1.29LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.28LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher)
- 0.28Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.55LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher)
- 0.55Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 14LetPub ·
- h-index
- 35OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 210OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.43OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 76.27%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 18LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,104 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| 2025 | 22 | 22 | 10 |
| 2024 | 26 | 26 | 76 |
| 2023 | 16 | 16 | 99 |
| 2022 | 17 | 17 | 41 |
| 2021 | 17 | 17 | 69 |
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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 15 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 | EUR 200 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | EUR 200 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 200 | No | — | |
| Publisher website | EUR 200 / EUR 150 | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- EUR 200
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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 prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 6
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Suggested reviewers
- Required, 4
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted4
- original research paperImage Analysis and Stereology publishes Original Research Papers, Review Articles, Technical Notes, and Short Research Communications.Length not stated
- review articleImage Analysis and Stereology publishes Original Research Papers, Review Articles, Technical Notes, and Short Research Communications.Length not stated
- short research communicationImage Analysis and Stereology publishes Original Research Papers, Review Articles, Technical Notes, and Short Research Communications.Length not stated
- technical noteImage Analysis and Stereology publishes Original Research Papers, Review Articles, Technical Notes, and Short Research Communications.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Data availability Data Availability Statement templates
Open data: “The data supporting the findings of this study are available in [Repository] at [DOI].”Embargo: “The data are deposited in [Repository] at [DOI] and will be made openly available on [date] due to [reason].”Controlled access: “Access to the data is restricted due to [reason]. Metadata are openly available at [DOI/URL]. Qualified researchers may request access via [repository procedure/c…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license; authors retain unrestricted copyrights and publishing rights Model summary
The submitted work will be published under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. The authors retain unrestricted copyrights and publishing rights.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review: single-anonymized, at least two independent reviewers Model summary
Manuscripts selected for external peer review are normally evaluated by at least two independent experts using a single-anonymized peer-review process.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Initial editorial assessment for scope, originality, quality, reporting standards, policy compliance Model summary
All submissions undergo an initial editorial assessment for scope, originality, scientific and methodological quality, reporting standards, and compliance with journal policies.
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
- International Society for Stereology
- Country or region
- SLOVENIA
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1580-3139
- Electronic ISSN
- 1854-5165
- Society / sponsor
- International Society for Stereology & Image Analysis
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 45, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Image Analysis & Stereology
What CAS zone is Image Analysis & Stereology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Image Analysis & Stereology is in Zone 4 of Computer Science, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Imaging Science & Photographic Technology / Mathematics, Applied. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Computer Science. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Image Analysis & Stereology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.29; CiteScore 2.4, h-index 35.
How long does peer review take at Image Analysis & Stereology?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “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 Image Analysis & Stereology?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: ≤ 6; Reference style: Author–date; Suggested reviewers: Required, 4; Cover letter: 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Image Analysis & Stereology based?
Of the 45 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 2%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Slovenia (16), France (5) and Germany (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Image Analysis & Stereology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Image Analysis & Stereology is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Image Analysis & Stereology open access, and what is the APC?
Image Analysis & Stereology is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .