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  • An explanation of why your manuscript should be published in Visual Computing for Industry, Biomedicine, and Art
  • An explanation of any issues relating to journal policies.
  • A declaration of any potential competing interests 
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  • China Graphics Society (CGS) is a national, academic, and non-profit organization. It’s founded in 1980 and is affiliated to China Association for Science and Technology. CGS gathers a large number of renowned experts, scholars and science and technology in realm of graphics, with a membership of over 100,000 people. CGS is one of the initiators of International Society for Geometry and Graphics (ISGG), and is its group member. CGS has actively assigned delegations to attend the international Conference on Geometry and Graphics (ICGG) held by ISGG and successfully hosted ICGG in China for many times.

Annual Journal Metrics

  • Citation Impact 2023
    Journal Impact Factor: 3.2
    5-year Journal Impact Factor: 3.8
    Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 1.126
    SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 0.600

    Speed 2023
    Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 8
    Submission to acceptance (median days): 116

    Usage 2023
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    Altmetric mentions: 28

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