該雜志由國際模式識別協會贊助，主要發表涉及文檔分析和識別所有領域的文章。這包括計算機識別字符、符號、文本、行、圖形、圖像、手寫、簽名的貢獻，以及自動分析文檔的整體物理和邏輯結構，最終目標是對其語義內容進行高級理解。國際文獻分析與識別雜志（IJDAR）發表了四種主要類型的文章：原始研究論文、通信、綜述和總結以及系統描述。它還突出了活躍研究領域的特殊問題。

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.