Journal profile · COMPUTER SCIENCE, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
International Journal of Biometrics
ISSN 1755-8301 · eISSN 1755-831X · Inderscience Publishers
International Journal of Biometrics: CAS Zone 4 · Computer Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.8 (journal website); subscription journal; 71 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Biometrics is published by Inderscience Publishers 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 Biometric Identification and Security, Face and Expression Recognition and Face recognition and analysis, together about 43.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Age and gender recognition Anthropology/physical anthropology Audio-visual DNA, genetic inheritance Ear, face and iris recognition, retina Emotion detection Facial thermograms Fingerprints and palm prints Gait recognition Hand geometry, hand veins Kansei engineering Keystroke dynamics and mouse gestures Odour and taste Signature Voice More on this journal... ObjectivesThe key objective of IJBM is to provide the academic community with an international forum in the field of human authentication and people identity verification from both physiological and behavioural points of view. It aims to publish new insights into current and emerging innovations in computer systems and technology for biometrics development and its applications.ReadershipIJBM provides a vehicle to help professionals, academics, researchers and policy makers, working in the field biometrics to disseminate information and to learn from each other's work.ContentsIJBM publishes original papers, review papers, technical reports, case studies, conference reports, management reports, book reviews, notes, commentaries, and news. Special Issues devoted to important topics in biometrics will occasionally be published, particularly as post-conference issues. Such issues will contain extended versions of selected papers presented at international conferences on biometrics.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): COMPUTER SCIENCE, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Biometric Identification and SecurityComputer Science23.5%
- Face and Expression RecognitionComputer Science10.8%
- Face recognition and analysisComputer Science9.4%
- User Authentication and Security SystemsComputer Science7.6%
- E-commerce and Technology InnovationsBusiness, Management and Accounting4.5%
- Gait Recognition and AnalysisEngineering3.8%
- Educational Technology and PedagogyComputer Science3.6%
- Emotion and Mood RecognitionPsychology3.3%
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, Artificial Intelligence | 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, Artificial Intelligence | 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
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexWeb of ScienceINSPECDBLPPublisher website
Other: ACM Digital Library
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
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 0.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.26LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.61LetPub ·
- h-index
- 21OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 72OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.38OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 34LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 753 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 71 | 0 | 19 |
| 2024 | 65 | 0 | 47 |
| 2023 | 66 | 3 | 97 |
| 2022 | 79 | 2 | 149 |
| 2021 | 67 | 0 | 149 |
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
- 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
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.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- Open Access
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
No APC except Open Access Model summary
There are no fees for publishing with Inderscience, unless you require your article to be OA. OA articles accepted for publication are available online and freely accessible to all without any restriction except use for commercial purposes; a fee must be paid by the author(s) for an article to be made OA. Open Access papers may be published according to the Inderscience Open Access option.
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
- Inderscience Publishers
- ISSN
- 1755-8301
- Electronic ISSN
- 1755-831X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Biometrics
What CAS zone is International Journal of Biometrics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Journal of Biometrics is in Zone 4 of Computer Science, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence. 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 International Journal of Biometrics?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.8 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.3, h-index 21.
Which databases index International Journal of Biometrics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Biometrics is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, Web of Science, INSPEC and DBLP; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is International Journal of Biometrics open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Biometrics 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, 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: .