Journal profile · COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Information Visualization
ISSN 1473-8716 · eISSN 1473-8724 · SAGE Publications Inc. · ENGLAND · Quarterly
Information Visualization: CAS Zone 3 · Computer Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.88; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,150; review about 89 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); community-reported acceptance: easy; 26 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Information Visualization is published by SAGE Publications Inc. and is in Zone 3 of Computer Science in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Data Visualization and Analytics, Data Management and Algorithms and Complex Network Analysis Techniques, together about 48% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Information Visualization is essential reading for researchers and practitioners of information visualization and is of interest to computer scientists and data analysts working on related specialisms. This journal is an international, peer-reviewed journal publishing articles on fundamental research and applications of information visualization. The journal acts as a dedicated forum for the theories, methodologies, techniques and evaluations of information visualization and its applications.The journal is a core vehicle for developing a generic research agenda for the field by identifying and developing the unique and significant aspects of information visualization. Emphasis is placed on interdisciplinary material and on the close connection between theory and practice.This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Submit your manuscript today at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/iv.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Editor-in-chief Chaomei ChenPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 3, Germany 2, Australia 2, United Kingdom 1, Netherlands 1 (11 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Data Visualization and AnalyticsComputer Science37.9%
- Data Management and AlgorithmsComputer Science5.7%
- Complex Network Analysis TechniquesPhysics and Astronomy4.4%
- Video Analysis and SummarizationComputer Science4.3%
- Data Analysis with RComputer Science4.2%
- GNSS positioning and interferenceEngineering4.2%
- Geographic Information Systems StudiesSocial Sciences4%
- Advanced Text Analysis TechniquesComputer Science3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Computer Science Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Software Engineering | Zone 3 |
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)Computer Science Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Software Engineering | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview 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
- 1.88LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 2.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.31LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.07LetPub ·
- h-index
- 44LetPub ·
- h-index
- 66OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 341OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.6OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 42.03%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 26LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 830 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 27 | 13 | 6 |
| 2025 | 26 | 10 | 17 |
| 2024 | 25 | 16 | 102 |
| 2023 | 19 | 9 | 134 |
| 2022 | 18 | 13 | 188 |
| 2021 | 23 | 12 | 227 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
89 dayssubmission to acceptance · community reports over 12 weeks
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 4%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 5 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 89 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 40 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,150 / GBP 3,043 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Colour charges
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
- Page charges
- No page charges
- 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 prepare7 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≥ 300 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted4
- book reviewInformation Visualization publishes original articles and editorials, book reviews and letters for publication. The journal publishes articles on fundamental re…Length not stated
- editorialInformation Visualization publishes original articles and editorials, book reviews and letters for publication. The journal publishes articles on fundamental re…Length not stated
- letterInformation Visualization publishes original articles and editorials, book reviews and letters for publication. The journal publishes articles on fundamental re…Length not stated
- original articleInformation Visualization publishes original articles and editorials, book reviews and letters for publication. The journal publishes articles on fundamental re…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- AI use ASAP: Visual analytics for identifying and analyzing image patterns in AI-generated images
Jinbin Huang Yuki Ueno Chen Chen Aditi Mishra Bum Chul Kwon Zhicheng Liu Chris Bryan
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship
Please view our authorship policies, which includes information on criteria for authorship, who should be the corresponding author and more. Please note that AI chatbots, for example ChatGPT, should not be listed as authors. For more information see the policy on Use of ChatGPT and generative AI tools.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal. Figures supplied in colour will appear in colour online regardless of whether or not these illustrations are reproduced in colour in the printed version. For specifically requested colour reproduction in print, you will receive information regarding the costs from Sage after receipt of your accepted article. Optional open access publi…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Double-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical trial registration
The journal conforms to the ICMJE requirement that clinical trials are registered in a WHO-approved public trials registry at or before the time of first participant enrollment as a condition of consideration for publication. The trial registry name and URL, and registration number must be included at the end of the abstract.
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
- SAGE Publications Inc.
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- ISSN
- 1473-8716
- Electronic ISSN
- 1473-8724
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Information Visualization
What CAS zone is Information Visualization in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Information Visualization is in Zone 3 of Computer Science, and in Zone 3 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.
What is the impact factor of Information Visualization?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.88; CiteScore 4.5, h-index 66.
How long does peer review take at Information Visualization?
The publisher reports about 89 days (submission to acceptance); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 4%. 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 Information Visualization?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≥ 300 words; Keywords: ≥ 3; Reference style: Vancouver; Templates: LaTeX and Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; 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 Information Visualization based?
Of the 11 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (3), Germany (2) and Australia (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Information Visualization?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Information Visualization is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Information Visualization open access, and what is the APC?
Information Visualization is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,150.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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: .