模式識別是一個成熟而激動人心、發展迅速的領域，它支撐著計算機視覺、圖像處理、文本和文檔分析以及神經網絡等相關領域的發展。它與機器學習非常相似，并且在生物特征學、生物信息學、多媒體數據分析和最近的數據科學等快速新興領域也有應用。期刊模式識別是在大約50年前建立的，因為這個領域出現在計算機科學的早期。在過去的幾年里，它有了很大的發展。該雜志接受在任何領域對模式識別的理論、方法和應用做出原創貢獻的論文，前提是該工作的背景在模式識別文獻中都有明確的解釋和依據。主要關注的論文不屬于模式識別領域，并且使用現有或眾所周知的方法報告IT的常規應用程序的論文，應該指向其他地方。出版政策是：（1）出版經主管科學人員適當審查的新的原創文章；（2）審查該領域的發展情況；（3）涵蓋模式識別感興趣的特定領域的教學論文。將不時組織各種特殊問題，討論對模式識別感興趣的當前主題。提交的論文應為單列、雙行距、不少于20頁且不超過35頁（40頁供審查），并帶有編號的頁面。

Pattern Recognition is a mature but exciting and fast developing field, which underpins developments in cognate fields such as computer vision, image processing, text and document analysis and neural networks. It is closely akin to machine learning, and also finds applications in fast emerging areas such as biometrics, bioinformatics, multimedia data analysis and most recently data science. The journal Pattern Recognition was established some 50 years ago, as the field emerged in the early years of computer science. Over the intervening years it has expanded considerably.The journal accepts papers making original contributions to the theory, methodology and application of pattern recognition in any area, provided that the context of the work is both clearly explained and grounded in the pattern recognition literature. Papers whos primary concern falls outside the pattern recognition domain and which report routine applications of it using existing or well known methods, should be directed elsewhere. The publication policy is to publish (1) new original articles that have been appropriately reviewed by competent scientific people, (2) reviews of developments in the field, and (3) pedagogical papers covering specific areas of interest in pattern recognition. Various special issues will be organized from time to time on current topics of interest to Pattern Recognition. Submitted papers should be single column, double spaced, no less than 20 and no more than 35 (40 for a review) pages long, with numbered pages.