Overview
Pattern Recognition, published by Elsevier BV (United Kingdom), published 4,709 papers in 2021–2025, and its papers received 99,498 citations in those years. Its h-index is 302 and its two-year mean citedness is 6.56. On the ITS Journal Score it ranks #402 of 62,158 ranked journals and #21 of 3,212 in Computer Science.
Key figures
Citations count every citation the journal's papers received in these years, including citations to older papers. Two-year mean citedness is OpenAlex's measure of how often recent papers are cited; it is similar in idea to, but not the same as, an impact factor.
Papers and citations by year
| Year | Papers | Citations received | Open-access papers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 565 | 28,167 | 120 |
| 2021 | 636 | 25,544 | 189 |
| 2022 | 677 | 23,724 | 152 |
| 2023 | 829 | 23,255 | 198 |
| 2024 | 1,002 | 18,326 | 170 |
| 2025 | 1,565 | 8,649 | 234 |
What it publishes
The leading research topics of its papers (OpenAlex topic classification). Select a topic to find other journals that publish on it.
Similar journals
Ranked journals that publish on the same topics.
| Journal | Field | Score | Papers 2021–2025 | Open access |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pattern Recognition Letters | Computer Science | 81.6 | 1,655 | 27% |
| International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence | Computer Science | 63.9 | 1,035 | 3% |
| Pattern Analysis and Applications | Computer Science | 72.5 | 632 | 19% |
| International Journal of Multimedia Information Retrieval | Computer Science | 69.6 | 186 | 19% |
| International Journal of Computer Vision and Image Processing | Computer Science | 47.4 | 53 | 49% |
| IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence | Computer Science | 95.3 | 3,545 | 26% |
| ELCVIA Electronic Letters on Computer Vision and Image Analysis | Computer Science | 47.6 | 79 | 100% |
| Image and Vision Computing | Computer Science | 84.3 | 1,301 | 15% |
Identity and sources
- ISSN-L: 0031-3203
- Print ISSN: 0031-3203
- Electronic ISSN: 1873-5142
- Publisher: Elsevier BV
- Listed in DOAJ: Not yet checked
- Crossref: ISSN found in Crossref
- OpenAlex: S414566
- Journal website: www.journals.elsevier.com
Figures come from OpenAlex (papers, citations, h-index, topics), Crossref (ISSN check) and DOAJ (open-access listing and fees). They change as records are corrected, so treat them as a dated snapshot. This page does not state whether the journal is indexed in Scopus, Web of Science or PubMed.
Questions
What is the ITS Journal Score of Pattern Recognition?
It is 88.3 out of 100, which places it #402 among ranked journals. The score combines citation impact (45%), h-index (35%) and size (20%) from open OpenAlex data.
What is the impact factor of Pattern Recognition?
This site does not publish Journal Impact Factors, which belong to Clarivate. As an open alternative, its two-year mean citedness in OpenAlex is 6.56.
Is Pattern Recognition open access?
20% of its papers from 2021–2025 are recorded as open access.
Does Pattern Recognition charge a publication fee?
No fee is recorded in the open data used here. Check the journal's own website for its current fees.