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IET Biometrics

John Wiley and Sons Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2012

ISSN2047-4938eISSN2047-4946

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.363

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.858

Total Worksi

564

Total Citationsi

10,576

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.43

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence; Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition; Signal Processing; Software.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2012

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications564

Publisher OrgInstitution of Engineering and Technology

OA Since2020

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2047-4938 / 2047-4946

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

687

2019

563

2020

863

2021

353

2022

134

2023

2024

2025

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.

Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionQ2

Signal ProcessingQ3

SoftwareQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence

Scopus Categories

Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSoftwareSignal Processing

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Biometric Identification and SecurityFace recognition and analysisUser Authentication and Security SystemsFace and Expression RecognitionHandwritten Text Recognition TechniquesForensic Fingerprint Detection MethodsGait Recognition and AnalysisDigital Media Forensic DetectionAdvanced Steganography and Watermarking TechniquesForensic and Genetic Research

Frequently asked questions about IET Biometrics

Is IET Biometrics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for IET Biometrics: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 IET Biometrics?

IET Biometrics 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 1.43.

Is IET Biometrics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

IET Biometrics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of IET Biometrics?