Image Analysis and Stereology (IAS) is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal devoted to theoretical, methodological, and applied research in quantitative image analysis and stereology. The journal publishes advances in stereological sampling and estimation, image analysis and processing, mathematical morphology, stochastic and computational geometry, spatial statistics, quantitative microscopy, pattern analysis, and related methods for characterizing structure, shape, texture, and spatial organization.
IAS welcomes interdisciplinary contributions from biomedicine, materials science, engineering, physics, geology, geography, and other fields where quantitative analysis of images or geometrical structures is central to the research question. Application papers are expected to provide substantive methodological, quantitative, or scientific insight beyond routine application of established techniques.
Journal information
Publisher: Slovenian Society for Stereology and Quantitative Image Analysis
Official journal of the International Society for Stereology & Image Analysis (ISSIA).
Print ISSN: 1580-3139 · Online ISSN: 1854-5165
Open access: CC BY 4.0
Publication frequency: Three regular issues per year, with Ahead of Print publication
Article processing charge: €200; €150 if at least one author is an ISSIA member
Image Analysis and Stereology is a continuation of Acta Stereologica (mirror archive).
Image Analysis and Stereology is indexed and abstracted in major international bibliographic and citation databases, including Scopus, Web of Science Core Collection – Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), DOAJ, INSPEC, Mathematical Reviews (MathSciNet), zbMATH Open, CAS databases (Chemical Abstracts), METADEX, and EBSCO databases.
The journal is included in Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR) and Cabells Journalytics.
The journal is also included in OpenAlex and its article metadata and DOIs are registered with Crossref.
The journal participates in the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN). A mirror archive is also maintained on Zenodo.
The journal is financed by the Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency.
Image Analysis and Stereology publishes abstracts in Slovenian language
Journal metrics — 2025
Journal Impact Factor: 1.3
CiteScore: 2.4
SJR: 0.278
SNIP: 0.553
The journal has revised its author guidelines, peer-review description, publication-ethics policy, data policy, and indexing information. Authors should consult the current online guidelines before preparing or submitting a manuscript.
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