Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · 125 journals ranked · top 40 listed
Best journals for Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
The top 40 of 125 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 17,782-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).
- 1IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence12.0 cites/paper · Q1 · IEEE Computer SocietyScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 2International Journal of Computer Vision8.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 3IEEE Transactions on Image Processing7.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics EngineersScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 4Journal of Real-Time Image Processing6.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 5ACM Transactions on Graphics5.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Association for Computing MachineryScopusWeb of Science
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- 7IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology5.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics EngineersScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 10IEEE Transactions on Multimedia4.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics EngineersScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 11IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics4.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics EngineersScopusWeb of Science
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- 13ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing Communications and Applications4.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Association for Computing MachineryScopusWeb of Science
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- 15IEEE Transactions on Computational Imaging3.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics EngineersScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 16IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics3.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics EngineersScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 20Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation2.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 22SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences2.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Society for Industrial and Applied MathematicsScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 24Applied and Computational Harmonic Analysis1.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 29IEEE Signal Processing Letters2.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics EngineersScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 30Journal of the Audio Engineering Society1.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Audio Engineering SocietyScopusWeb of Science
- 31EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing5.3 cites/paper · Q2 · Springer NatureOpen AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
- 32Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing3.9 cites/paper · Q2 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 33Journal of Imaging3.7 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 37Machine Vision and Applications2.6 cites/paper · Q2 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 38Pattern Analysis and Applications2.6 cites/paper · Q2 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 39Journal of Signal Processing Systems2.6 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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