The Imaging Science Journal

The Imaging Science Journal is the scientific journal of the Royal Photographic Society, published on the Society's behalf by Taylor & Francis, and it has appeared as a separate title since 1953.《影像科学杂志》是英国皇家摄影学会的学术期刊，由 Taylor & Francis 代表该学会出版，自 1953 年起以独立刊名连续刊行。

The science of imaging in its fundamental and applied forms is the subject, spanning chemical, electronic, digital and hybrid capture systems, and the 2025 impact factor stands at 1.3.成像科学的基础与应用是它的主题，所涉体系涵盖化学，电子，数字与混合几类采集系统，2025 年影响因子为 1.3。

Original papers, reviews and rapid communications appear for readers who work in physics, chemistry, engineering and the applied imaging professions.原创论文，综述与快速通讯在这里呈现给从事物理，化学，工程与成像应用专业的读者。

Scope

• Imaging is defined broadly, as the recording and visualisation of information carried by radiation of any kind, whether that radiation is emitted by an object, reflected from it, or otherwise affected by it.成像被界定得很宽，指任何种类辐射所携带信息的记录与可视化，无论辐射由物体自身发射，从物体反射，还是受物体影响。

• Recording media inside that definition cover photochemical and electronic materials, along with any other system used to capture, manipulate, display or transfer an image.这一界定下的记录媒质涵盖光化学媒质与电子媒质，也涵盖用于采集，操作，显示或传递图像的任何其他系统。

• Both still imaging and moving or time-based imaging sit within the term as the journal uses it.静态成像与动态的时基成像都在该刊对这个术语的用法之内。

• Aerospace imaging and applications and display are named among the subject areas.航空航天成像以及应用与显示被列入主题领域。

• Colour reproduction, consumer imaging, detectors and sensors, and digitisation and storage are covered in turn.色彩复制，消费成像，探测器与传感器，以及数字化与存储依次得到覆盖。

• Displays, forensic imaging and hard copy output sit further along the same list.显示技术，司法成像与硬拷贝输出列在同一份清单的更靠后位置。

• High speed imaging, holography and 3-D imaging, and image acquisition are among the areas followed most closely.高速成像，全息与三维成像，以及图像采集都在被密切跟踪的范围之内。

• The mechanics, modelling and properties of imaging systems make up another group of subjects.成像系统的机理，建模与性质构成又一组主题。

• Image processing, image quality and image security are taken up in their own right.图像处理，图像质量与图像安全各自单独立题。

• Input and output devices, instrumentation, machine vision, and media life expectancy are also listed.输入输出设备，仪器，机器视觉，以及媒质寿命同样列于其上。

• Medical imaging, metrology and metrics, multispectral imaging, psychometric scaling methods, and vision and imaging complete the published list of areas.医学成像，计量与度量，多光谱成像，心理物理标度方法以及视觉与成像，共同构成该刊公布的主题清单。

• Across all of these the balance of a contribution has to fall on imaging science itself rather than on computational or software matters, and work that belongs to medical diagnosis is set aside.在所有这些领域，贡献的重心必须落在成像科学本身而非计算或软件层面的事务上，属于医学诊断的工作则被排除。

History

• The Royal Photographic Society itself was founded in 1853 to make the art and science of photography more widely available, and it has issued a journal ever since.英国皇家摄影学会成立于 1853 年，宗旨是让摄影的艺术与科学为更多人所能接触，此后一直办有期刊。

• The lineage of this title starts in 1953, when the scientific material was split away from the Society's main journal and issued on its own.本刊的血脉始于 1953 年，那时学会把其中的科学内容从主刊分出，单独发行。

• The editorial written for the sixtieth anniversary of that separate existence treats the 1953 break as the moment when the forerunner of the journal came into being.为这一独立出版六十周年而写的社论把 1953 年的分家视为该刊前身诞生的时刻。^[1]

• The first title it carried was The Journal of Photographic Science: Section B of The Photographic Journal, and it ran from 1953 to 1955.它最初使用的刊名是《摄影科学期刊》，作为学会《摄影杂志》的 B 部分刊行，自 1953 年沿用至 1955 年。

• In 1956 the Section B designation was dropped, leaving the title The Journal of Photographic Science, which stood until 1996.1956 年，刊名中的 B 部分标记被取消，剩下《摄影科学期刊》，一直立到 1996 年。

• The present name came into use in 1997, and the volume numbering was carried straight through the change.现名自 1997 年启用，卷号在更名时原样延续，并未重新起算。

• An editorial by Ralph Jacobson in the second year of the new title addressed the arrival of digital still cameras and the part that silver halide capture would keep.改名后第二年，社论由（Ralph Jacobson）撰写，讨论了数码照相机的到来，以及卤化银成像仍将承担的角色。^[2]

• Publication stayed in the Society's own hands until the 1990s, when the Society subcontracted the journal to a third party.出版一度由学会自行承担，直到 1990 年代，学会才把该刊的出版工作分包给第三方。

• Ralph Jacobson held the chair of chief editor from 1999, and in 2012 he passed it to the executive editor Robin Jenkin after more than ten years in the post.（Ralph Jacobson）自 1999 年起担任主编，2012 年在任期超过十年后把职位交给时任执行主编（Robin Jenkin）。^[3]

• During those years the journal grew from four issues a year to six, and a web based editorial management system and electronic publication were put in place.那几年里，该刊的刊期由每年四期增至六期，网页版稿件管理系统与电子出版也就此建立。

• In 2013 the frequency went to eight issues a year, two of them online only, and members moved from print to online access.2013 年，刊期增至每年八期，其中两期仅以网络版发行，会员也从纸质版转为网络版取阅。

• Maney Publishing had taken the journal on by that stage, and it supplied colour printing and an online reviewing system.到那时接手该刊的出版方是 Maney Publishing，它提供了彩色印刷与在线审稿系统。

• Maney itself was taken over by Taylor & Francis in 2015, which carried the journal onto the Taylor and Francis Online platform.Maney 自身在 2015 年被 Taylor & Francis 收购，该刊由此进入 Taylor & Francis Online 平台。

• The journal's own pages record the succession of titles with the years each one ran, from the Section B form of 1953 to 1955 through The Journal of Photographic Science of 1956 to 1996 to the present name from 1997.该刊自己的页面记录着刊名的更替及各段存续的年份，从 1953 至 1955 年的 B 部分形态，到 1956 至 1996 年的《摄影科学期刊》，再到 1997 年起的现名。

• It appears eight times a year and its volumes run from the first in 1953 to the seventy-third in 2025, with the back file digitised so that material dating back to 2004 is reachable online.该刊每年出八期，卷号自 1953 年的第 1 卷排到 2025 年的第 73 卷，过刊已数字化，回溯至 2004 年的内容可在线取阅。

• The impact factor was 1.1 in both 2023 and 2024 and rose to 1.3 in 2025, and the journal sits in the fourth quartile of its category at 33 of 39.其影响因子在 2023 与 2024 年同为 1.1，2025 年升至 1.3，该刊在所属类目中位于第四象限，排名为 39 份中的第 33 位。

Editors

• The editor in chief is Ricardo Vardasca of ISLA Santarem in Portugal, who leads the editorial team and the widening of the journal's coverage.主编是来自葡萄牙 ISLA Santarem 的（Ricardo Vardasca），由他带领编辑团队并推动该刊覆盖面的拓展。

• He took the chair in 2021, when the Society was recruiting a new chief editor to replace Mark Richardson.他在 2021 年接任主编，此前学会正在招聘新主编以接替（Mark Richardson）。

• Paul Gilmour of the University of Portsmouth serves as associate editor.任职于朴茨茅斯大学的（Paul Gilmour）担任副编辑。

• The board reaches across Britain, Lithuania, Egypt, Algeria, Japan, Iraq, Brazil, India and Portugal, which suits a title read well beyond its home country.编委遍及英国，立陶宛，埃及，阿尔及利亚，日本，伊拉克，巴西，印度与葡萄牙，这与该刊读者远超本国的情形相称。

• From Britain come J Allen of Newcastle University, L MacDonald of University College London, R A Thomas of Swansea University and S Triantaphillidou of the University of Westminster.英国方面的编委有任职于纽卡斯尔大学的（J Allen），任职于伦敦大学学院的（L MacDonald），任职于斯旺西大学的（R A Thomas）以及任职于威斯敏斯特大学的（S Triantaphillidou）。

• R Damaševičius of Vytautas Magnus University and M Hassaballah of South Valley University represent Lithuania and Egypt.任职于维尔纽斯马格努斯大学的（R Damaševičius）与任职于南谷大学的（M Hassaballah）分别代表立陶宛与埃及。

• A Khaldi of Kasdi Merbah University and Y Miyake of Chiba University represent Algeria and Japan.任职于卡斯迪梅尔巴大学的（A Khaldi）与任职于千叶大学的（Y Miyake）分别代表阿尔及利亚与日本。

• M A Mohammed of the University of Anbar and R B Oliveira of the University of Brasilia represent Iraq and Brazil.任职于安巴尔大学的（M A Mohammed）与任职于巴西利亚大学的（R B Oliveira）分别代表伊拉克与巴西。

• K K Thyagharajan of RMD Engineering College represents India on the board.任职于 RMD 工程学院的（K K Thyagharajan）在编委会中代表印度。

• Two further seats are held by consultants, R Jacobson and A E Saunders, so the former chief editor of more than a decade stays on the board.另有两个席位由顾问担任，即（R Jacobson）与（A E Saunders），那位执掌十余年的前主编因此留在编委会上。

• Every manuscript is appraised by the editor before anything else, and papers that pass go to independent anonymous referees, with all peer review in the journal single anonymised.每篇稿件先由编辑初审，通过者再交给独立匿名的审稿人，该刊的同行评审一律采用单匿名方式。

• The journal works to the ethics standards of COPE and runs CrossCheck across its papers.该刊遵循 COPE 的出版伦理准则，并对全部论文运行 CrossCheck 查重。

• The publisher reports an average of 4 days to a first decision, 42 days to a first decision after review, 18 days from acceptance to online publication, and an acceptance rate of 2%.出版方报告的平均情况是投稿到首次决定 4 天，评审后首次决定 42 天，录用到网络发布 18 天，录用率 2%。

• Submissions run through the publisher's own system, where a Rapid Communication type gives short results a quick route into print.投稿经出版方自有系统进行，快速通讯这一稿件类型为篇幅短小的结果提供了一条很快见刊的路径。