Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · 167 journals ranked · top 40 listed
Best journals for Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
The top 40 of 167 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition journals, ranked by Scimago quartile, then by how central Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition is to each journal, then OpenAlex cites/paper (2-year window), drawn from a 17,500-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded; the FAQ below gives the exact ranking rule. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder (a free account starts with 25 welcome credits).
Data as of — the date our venue index was last rebuilt from OpenAlex and Scimago.
- 1IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence15.9 cites/paper · Q1 · IEEE Computer SocietyScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 3International Journal of Computer Vision11.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 4IEEE Transactions on Image Processing9.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics EngineersScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 6IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology7.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics EngineersScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 7Journal of Real-Time Image Processing7.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 10Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine6.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 11IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics5.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics EngineersScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 13IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics5.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics EngineersScopusWeb of Science
- 14IEEE Transactions on Multimedia5.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics EngineersScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 15Technologies5.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 16ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing Communications and Applications5.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Association for Computing MachineryScopusWeb of Science
- 17Biomedical Signal Processing and Control5.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 18IEEE Transactions on Computational Imaging4.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics EngineersScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 19IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics4.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics EngineersScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 23IEEE Signal Processing Letters3.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics EngineersScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 24Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation3.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 26SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences2.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Society for Industrial and Applied MathematicsScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 31Journal of the Audio Engineering Society1.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Audio Engineering SocietyScopusWeb of Science
- 32ACM Transactions on Graphics7.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Association for Computing MachineryScopusWeb of Science
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- 34EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing6.4 cites/paper · Q2 · Springer NatureOpen AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
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- 36Journal of Imaging4.3 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 37Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing4.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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“Cites/paper” is the OpenAlex 2-year citation rate — a transparent signal, not a licensed Impact Factor. Many regional and open-access journals are strong but aren’t covered by Scimago, so they show “no Scimago quartile”; that’s a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.
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