Journal profile · COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Image Processing On Line
ISSN 2105-1232 · Image Processing On Line · France
Image Processing On Line: CAS Zone 4 · Computer Science (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 9 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Image Processing On Line is published by Image Processing On Line 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 Image and Signal Denoising Methods, Advanced Vision and Imaging and Advanced Image Processing Techniques, together about 32.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
IPOL is a research journal of image processing and image analysis which emphasizes the role of mathematics as a source for algorithm design and the reproducibility of the research. Each article contains a text on an algorithm and its source code, with an online demonstration facility and an archive of experiments. Text and source code are peer-reviewed and the demonstration is controlled. IPOL is an Open Science and Reproducible Research journal.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named France 24, Spain 8, United States 2 (34 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Image and Signal Denoising MethodsComputer Science11.9%
- Advanced Vision and ImagingComputer Science10.1%
- Advanced Image Processing TechniquesComputer Science10.1%
- Medical Image Segmentation TechniquesComputer Science10%
- Advanced Image Fusion TechniquesEngineering6.5%
- Image Processing Techniques and ApplicationsEngineering4.8%
- Computer Graphics and Visualization TechniquesComputer Science4%
- Advanced Image and Video Retrieval TechniquesComputer Science4%
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 | Computer Science, Software Engineering | 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 | Computer Science, Software Engineering | 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
Indexing the journal's website claims
MathSciNetDBLPPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, Crossref
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.63LetPub ·
- h-index
- 43OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 126OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 6.29OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 8LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 298 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 9 | 156 |
| 2025 | 9 | 9 | 6 |
| 2024 | 17 | 17 | 58 |
| 2023 | 18 | 18 | 75 |
| 2022 | 31 | 31 | 150 |
| 2021 | 19 | 19 | 124 |
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 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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-NC-SA | |
| 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 websiteOpen access
- Open access Open Access and Free Licenses
Open access; authors retain copyright; distributed under free licenses (CC-BY-NC-CA, GPL/BSD, CC-BY). Model summary
IPOL is an open access journal: all content is freely available without charge to the users or their institutions. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles in this journal without asking prior permission from the publisher or the authors, in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access. The articles are distributed under …
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
- Image Processing On Line
- Country or region
- France
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2105-1232
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- 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 Image Processing On Line
What CAS zone is Image Processing On Line in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Image Processing On Line is in Zone 4 of Computer Science, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Computer Science, Software Engineering. 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.
How long does peer review take at Image Processing On Line?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 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 Image Processing On Line based?
Of the 34 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are France (24), Spain (8) and United States (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Image Processing On Line?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Image Processing On Line is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists MathSciNet and DBLP; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Image Processing On Line open access, and what is the APC?
Image Processing On Line 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, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .