Journal profile · Imaging Science & Photographic Technology
IMAGING SCIENCE JOURNAL
ISSN 1368-2199 · eISSN 1743-131X · Maney Publishing · ENGLAND · Quarterly
IMAGING SCIENCE JOURNAL: CAS Zone 4 · Computer Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.73; subscription journal; median 108 days to acceptance (96 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: about 80%; 54 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
IMAGING SCIENCE JOURNAL is published by Maney Publishing 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 Advanced Steganography and Watermarking Techniques, Chaos-based Image/Signal Encryption and Image and Signal Denoising Methods, together about 23.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Imaging Science Journal is the official scientific journal of The Royal Photographic Society, supported by the Society's Imaging Science Group. It covers exclusively both fundamental and applied scientific aspects of imaging. The content of the journal includes most areas of activity concerned with analogue chemical, electronic, digital and hybrid imaging systems. Within the context and scope of the journal the term imaging is taken to mean: the recording and visualisation of information recorded from radiation of any kind, emitted from, reflected by, or otherwise affected by an object. The recording media include photochemical, electronic and any other media for recording, manipulation, display or transfer of images and includes moving, or time-based imaging, as well as still imaging.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Imaging Science & Photographic Technology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advanced Steganography and Watermarking TechniquesComputer Science8.5%
- Chaos-based Image/Signal EncryptionComputer Science7.7%
- Image and Signal Denoising MethodsComputer Science7.2%
- Advanced Image Processing TechniquesComputer Science7.1%
- Image Enhancement TechniquesComputer Science7%
- Advanced Image Fusion TechniquesEngineering6%
- Digital Media Forensic DetectionComputer Science5.9%
- Advanced Vision and ImagingComputer Science5.7%
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 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Computer Science Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Imaging Science & Photographic Technology | 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
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
- 0.73LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.32LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.42LetPub ·
- h-index
- 21LetPub ·
- h-index
- 35OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 230OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.86OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.53%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 54LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,261 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 62 | 3 | 6 |
| 2025 | 54 | 3 | 58 |
| 2024 | 34 | 1 | 65 |
| 2023 | 123 | 3 | 801 |
| 2022 | 40 | 2 | 234 |
| 2021 | 30 | 1 | 343 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
108 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 78 days – 170 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 18 days (96 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 137 days
- Sample
- 96 articles with submission and acceptance dates (128 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 2 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 80%LetPub ·
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Maney Publishing
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- ISSN
- 1368-2199
- Electronic ISSN
- 1743-131X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about IMAGING SCIENCE JOURNAL
What CAS zone is IMAGING SCIENCE JOURNAL in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, IMAGING SCIENCE JOURNAL is in Zone 4 of Computer Science, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Imaging Science & Photographic Technology. 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 IMAGING SCIENCE JOURNAL?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.73; CiteScore 3.4, h-index 35.
How long does peer review take at IMAGING SCIENCE JOURNAL?
Based on the dates recorded on 96 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 108 days (interquartile range 78–170 days); authors report an average review time of about 2 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 80%”. 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 IMAGING SCIENCE JOURNAL?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, IMAGING SCIENCE JOURNAL is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is IMAGING SCIENCE JOURNAL open access, and what is the APC?
IMAGING SCIENCE JOURNAL is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .