該雜志由國(guó)際模式識(shí)別協(xié)會(huì)贊助，主要發(fā)表涉及文檔分析和識(shí)別所有領(lǐng)域的文章。這包括計(jì)算機(jī)識(shí)別字符、符號(hào)、文本、行、圖形、圖像、手寫(xiě)、簽名的貢獻(xiàn)，以及自動(dòng)分析文檔的整體物理和邏輯結(jié)構(gòu)，最終目標(biāo)是對(duì)其語(yǔ)義內(nèi)容進(jìn)行高級(jí)理解。國(guó)際文獻(xiàn)分析與識(shí)別雜志（IJDAR）發(fā)表了四種主要類(lèi)型的文章：原始研究論文、通信、綜述和總結(jié)以及系統(tǒng)描述。它還突出了活躍研究領(lǐng)域的特殊問(wèn)題。

Sponsored by the International Association for Pattern Recognition, this journal is focused on publishing articles that cover all areas related to document analysis and recognition. This includes contributions dealing with computer recognition of characters, symbols, text, lines, graphics, images, handwriting, signatures, as well as automatic analyses of the overall physical and logical structures of documents, with the ultimate objective of a high-level understanding of their semantic content.The International Journal on Document Analysis and Recognition (IJDAR) publishes articles of four primary types: original research papers, correspondence, overviews and summaries, and system descriptions. It also features special issues on active areas of research.