Pattern Recognition

Pattern Recognition is a peer-reviewed journal published by Elsevier on behalf of the Pattern Recognition Society, founded in 1968, covering the theory, methodology and application of pattern recognition, and it holds a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 9.1《模式识别》（Pattern Recognition）是（Elsevier）代表（Pattern Recognition Society）出版的同行评审期刊，1968 年创办，覆盖模式识别的理论、方法与应用，2025 年影响因子为 9.1。

Scope

• The journal is an official journal of the Pattern Recognition Society, which was formed to support information exchange among research workers in the field该刊是（Pattern Recognition Society）的会刊，该学会的成立旨在支持本领域研究者之间的信息交流。
• It accepts original contributions to the theory, methodology and application of pattern recognition, provided the context is clearly grounded in the pattern recognition literature该刊接收对模式识别理论、方法与应用的原创贡献，前提是研究背景清晰植根于模式识别文献。
• Covered areas include image processing, computer vision, text and document analysis, handwriting recognition and biometrics其覆盖领域包括图像处理、计算机视觉、文本与文档分析、手写识别与生物特征识别。
• It is closely akin to machine learning and neural networks, and also takes in biomedical signal processing and bioinformatics该刊与机器学习、神经网络密切相关，也涉及生物医学信号处理与生物信息学。^[1]
• Further areas are multimedia data analysis and data science其他方向还有多媒体数据分析与数据科学。
• It publishes new original articles, reviews of developments in the field, and pedagogical papers, and it organises special issues on current topics该刊发表新的原创论文、领域进展综述与教学性论文，并围绕当前热点组织特刊。

History

• Pattern Recognition was established in 1968, as the field emerged in the early years of computer science, and it is the official journal of the Pattern Recognition Society《模式识别》创办于 1968 年，正值该领域在计算机科学早期兴起之时，它是（Pattern Recognition Society）的会刊。
• The journal was originally issued by Pergamon Press and is now published by Elsevier该刊最初由（Pergamon Press）出版，现由（Elsevier）出版。
• It has expanded considerably over the decades and has grown with the field and its applications该刊数十年来大幅扩展，随本领域及其应用的成长而发展。
• Its editorial process gives a median of 37 days from submission to first decision and 206 days from submission to acceptance其编审流程的中位数为：投稿至首次决定 37 天，投稿至录用 206 天。
• It offers an open access option at an article publishing charge of USD 3,120, alongside a subscription route with no publication fee for authors该刊提供开放获取选项，文章处理费为 3,120 美元，同时设有不向作者收取发表费的订阅路线。
• Its Journal Impact Factor moved from 7.74 in 2021 and 8.518 in 2022 to 7.6 in 2024 and 9.1 in 2025其影响因子由 2021 年的 7.74 与 2022 年的 8.518 变为 2024 年的 7.6 与 2025 年的 9.1。

Editors

• Zoran Duric of George Mason University in the United States is one of the two Editors-in-Chief美国（George Mason University）的（Zoran Duric）是两位主编之一。
• Petia Radeva of the University of Barcelona in Spain is the other Editor-in-Chief and works on computer vision and its biomedical applications西班牙（University of Barcelona）的（Petia Radeva）为另一位主编，从事计算机视觉及其生物医学应用研究。
• Edwin Hancock of the University of York served as Editor-in-Chief from 2016 to 2024 and is now the Immediate Past Editor-in-Chief（University of York）的（Edwin Hancock）于 2016 至 2024 年任主编，现为前任主编。
• Associate Editors-in-Chief include Ognjen Arandjelovic of the University of St Andrews and George Azzopardi of the University of Groningen副主编包括（University of St Andrews）的（Ognjen Arandjelovic）与（University of Groningen）的（George Azzopardi）。
• Further Associate Editors-in-Chief are Xiang Bai of Huazhong University of Science and Technology and Xiao Bai of Beihang University其他副主编还有（Huazhong University of Science and Technology）的（Xiang Bai）与（Beihang University）的（Xiao Bai）。
• Submitted papers should be single column and double spaced, between 20 and 35 pages, or up to 40 pages for a review投稿论文须为单栏、双倍行距，篇幅在 20 至 35 页之间，综述可至 40 页。