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Multimedia Systems

Springer Verlag · Germany · Est. 1981

ISSN1432-1882

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.669

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.237

Total Worksi

2,765

Total Citationsi

45,334

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.49

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Multimedia Systems is a peer-reviewed international journal publishing original research in the field of multimedia and multimedia systems. Publishes on a variety of topics including multimedia systems, communications, processing, analysis, and applications. One of the oldest and most esteemed journals in the multimedia field. Accepts original research, surveys, perspective articles, and brave-new-idea articles

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1981

FrequencySix Issues Yearly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,765

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Verlag

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1432-1882

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

529

2019

2.3k

2020

146

4.3k

2021

168

2022

154

1.5k

2023

421

2.6k

2024

493

1.1k

2025

498

129

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Media TechnologyQ1

Computer Networks and CommunicationsQ2

Hardware and ArchitectureQ2

Information SystemsQ2

SoftwareQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Information SystemsComputer Science, Theory & Methods

Scopus Categories

Information SystemsComputer Networks and CommunicationsHardware and ArchitectureSoftwareMedia Technology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced Image and Video Retrieval TechniquesVideo Analysis and SummarizationVideo Surveillance and Tracking MethodsAdvanced Neural Network ApplicationsMultimedia Communication and TechnologyImage Retrieval and Classification TechniquesHuman Pose and Action RecognitionMultimodal Machine Learning ApplicationsPeer-to-Peer Network TechnologiesAdvanced Image Processing Techniques

Frequently asked questions about Multimedia Systems

Is Multimedia Systems a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Multimedia Systems: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Multimedia Systems?

Multimedia Systems is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 2.49.

Is Multimedia Systems indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Multimedia Systems is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.