Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Visual Computing for Industry, Biomedicine, and Art
ISSN 2096-496X · eISSN 2524-4442 · Springer Nature · Singapore
Visual Computing for Industry, Biomedicine, and Art: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 6.7 (journal website); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 162 days to acceptance (55 articles, last 24 months); 29 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Visual Computing for Industry, Biomedicine, and Art is published by Springer Nature and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, AI in cancer detection and Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging, together about 26.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Visual Computing for Industry, Biomedicine, and Art (VCIBA) aims to serve as a publication and communication platform for researchers in computer image, graphics and visualization. The scope of the journal mainly consists in three fields. VCIBA publishes articles that focus on, but are not limited to, the following areas: Industrial fields: Computer vision, computer graphics, computer geometry, image processing and analysis, visualization, virtual reality, human-machine graphic interaction, CAD/CAM/CAE Biomedical fields: Molecular imaging, metabolic imaging, functional imaging, structural imaging, multimodality imaging, biomedical/medical image processing, biomedical/medical image analysis, radiomics Art and design fields: Visual arts, artistic design, computational design, animation, architectural design, generative art, aesthetic visual computing
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Editor-in-chief Jiaguang SunPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 35 in mainland China (about 60%); most named Mainland China 35, United States 10, Japan 4, Hong Kong, China 3, United Kingdom 2 (58 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical ImagingMedicine9.5%
- AI in cancer detectionComputer Science8.8%
- Advanced X-ray and CT ImagingEngineering8.5%
- Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic ImagingEngineering7.4%
- Medical Imaging Techniques and ApplicationsMedicine7.1%
- Thermography and Photoacoustic TechniquesEngineering4.6%
- Medical Image Segmentation TechniquesComputer Science4.2%
- Advanced Vision and ImagingComputer Science3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Imaging Science & Photographic Technology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Imaging Science & Photographic Technology | Zone 3 |
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, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Imaging Science & Photographic Technology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexESCIDBLPPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, ACM Digital Library, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS
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
- 6.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 11.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.19LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher)
- 11.1Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.79LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher)
- 1.19Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 35OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 92OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 6.27OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 319,700Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 231 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22 | 22 | 18 |
| 2025 | 29 | 29 | 191 |
| 2024 | 30 | 30 | 299 |
| 2023 | 24 | 24 | 885 |
| 2022 | 31 | 31 | 594 |
| 2021 | 30 | 30 | 798 |
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 PubMed · to
162 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 113 days – 222 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 33 days (55 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 198 days
- Sample
- 55 articles with submission and acceptance dates (57 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 5 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 12 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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 accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 0 | — | — | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted3
- original articleOriginal ArticleLength not stated
- perspectivePerspectiveLength not stated
- reviewReviewLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- AI use Mapping the generative era: a bibliometric and specialty-focused analysis of large language models in healthcare
Jianding PengYao TuoXiaofei Hu Original Article Open access 14 August 2026 Article: 16
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
The following format for the 'Availability of data and materials section of your manuscript should be used:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Licensing and copyright
Creative Commons licences Open access articles in Springer Nature journals are published under Creative Commons licences. These provide an industry-standard framework to support easy re-use of open access material. Under Creative Commons licences, authors retain copyright of their articles. Visual Computing for Industry, Biomedicine, and Art articles are published open access under a CC BY licence…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Benefits of open access
Publishing open access (OA) offers a number of benefits, including greater reach and readership for your work: Cited more 1.6x more citations of OA articles than non-OA articles across all subjects Downloaded more 4x more downloads of OA articles than non-OA articles Greater impact 2.5x more Altmetric attention. OA articles attracted 1.9x more news mentions and 1.2x more policy mentions Open acces…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Peer review policy Model summary
Peer review is the process used to evaluate the quality of a manuscript before publication. Independent researchers in the relevant field assess submitted manuscripts to check their validity and robustness. Their feedback guides editors in making publication decisions. Typically, two or more experts evaluate each manuscript based on three main criteria: scientific robustness: is the research metho…
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
- Springer Nature
- Country or region
- Singapore
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2096-496X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2524-4442
- Society / sponsor
- China Graphics Society
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Visual Computing for Industry, Biomedicine, and Art
What CAS zone is Visual Computing for Industry, Biomedicine, and Art in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Visual Computing for Industry, Biomedicine, and Art is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications / Engineering, Electrical & Electronic / Imaging Science & Photographic Technology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Visual Computing for Industry, Biomedicine, and Art?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 6.7 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 11.1, h-index 35.
How long does peer review take at Visual Computing for Industry, Biomedicine, and Art?
Based on the dates recorded on 55 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 162 days (interquartile range 113–222 days); authors report an average review time of about 5 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 Visual Computing for Industry, Biomedicine, and Art based?
Of the 58 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 35 (about 60%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (35), United States (10) and Japan (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Visual Computing for Industry, Biomedicine, and Art?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Visual Computing for Industry, Biomedicine, and Art is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, ESCI and DBLP; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Visual Computing for Industry, Biomedicine, and Art open access, and what is the APC?
Visual Computing for Industry, Biomedicine, and Art 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; 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: .