''Pattern Recognition'' is a single blind peer-reviewed academic journal published by
Elsevier Science. It was first published in 1968 by
Pergamon Press. The founding editor-in-chief was
Robert Ledley, who was succeeded from 2009 until 2016 by Ching Suen of
Concordia University
Concordia University ( French: ''Université Concordia'') is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1974 following the merger of Loyola College and Sir George Williams University, Concordia is one of the t ...
. Since 2016 the current editor-in-chief is
Edwin Hancock of the
University of York
, mottoeng = On the threshold of wisdom
, established =
, type = Public research university
, endowment = £8.0 million
, budget = £403.6 million
, chancellor = Heather Melville
, vice_chancellor = Charlie Jeffery
, students ...
. The journal publishes papers in the general area of
pattern recognition, including applications in the areas of
image processing
An image is a visual representation of something. It can be two-dimensional, three-dimensional, or somehow otherwise feed into the visual system to convey information. An image can be an artifact, such as a photograph or other two-dimensiona ...
,
computer vision
Computer vision is an interdisciplinary scientific field that deals with how computers can gain high-level understanding from digital images or videos. From the perspective of engineering, it seeks to understand and automate tasks that the hum ...
,
handwriting recognition,
biometrics and
biomedical
Biomedicine (also referred to as Western medicine, mainstream medicine or conventional medicine) signal processing. The journal awards the Pattern Recognition Society Medal to the best paper published in the journal each year.
In 2020, the journal had an impact factor of 7.196
and it currently has a
Scopus CiteScore of 13.1. Google Scholar currently lists the journal as ranked 6th in the top 20 publications in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed by the following services:
References
External links
* {{Official website, https://www.journals.elsevier.com/pattern-recognition
Artificial intelligence publications
Academic journals established in 1968
Computer science journals
Monthly journals
English-language journals