该杂志由国际模式识别协会赞助，主要发表涉及文档分析和识别所有领域的文章。这包括计算机识别字符、符号、文本、行、图形、图像、手写、签名的贡献，以及自动分析文档的整体物理和逻辑结构，最终目标是对其语义内容进行高级理解。国际文献分析与识别杂志（IJDAR）发表了四种主要类型的文章：原始研究论文、通信、综述和总结以及系统描述。它还突出了活跃研究领域的特殊问题。
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.