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Est. 2026 · The World's Most Prestigious Imaginary Journal

About I3E TPAMI

Learn about the world's most prestigious journal for patternless analysis.

Our Mission

Dedicated to the Pursuit of Mostly Imaginary Knowledge

I3E TPAMI was founded on a simple premise: that the academic publishing ecosystem, already a finely tuned machine for generating confusion, rejection, and processing fees, was insufficiently represented in the parody space. We exist to fill that gap, and to ensure that the gap is properly paywalled once filled.

Our scope is deliberately broad. We publish work in patternless analysis, unmotivated machine learning, computer vision (including vision that is neither computational nor particularly accurate), and anything the corresponding author classifies as “interdisciplinary” to avoid a more specific desk rejection. We welcome novel contributions, though we define “novel” loosely enough that work published elsewhere in 1994 may still qualify.

We are committed to scientific rigor, which we interpret as “the paper has an abstract.” We are also committed to diversity and inclusion in our reviewer pool, by which we mean we have attempted to recruit reviewers from more than one timezone. Reviewer #2 remains from an unknown location.

Above all, TPAMI is committed to the researcher. We want your work. We want your submission fee. We want three rounds of major revisions. And if, at the end of this process, your paper is published, we want you to know that it has been seen by at least two people, one of whom read it.

Journal Metrics
−∞
Impact Factor (projected)
47
Published retractions (this calendar year)
0.3
Average h-index of published authors
9–14
Months average review time

Editorial Board

The distinguished individuals responsible for rejecting your work.

Prof. P. Value
Editor-in-Chief
University of Negligible Results
Dr. R. Ejection
Associate Editor, Desk Rejections
Institute for Hastily Formed Opinions
Prof. H. Index
Senior Editor, Self-Citation Division
Self-Citation University (formerly known as Other University)
Dr. A. Non-Ymous
Reviewer #2 (Permanent)
Unknown
Prof. L. Imitation
Editor, Future Work Section
Centre for Perpetually Unfinished Research
Dr. D. Ataless
Associate Editor, Reproducibility
Fictional Data Institute
Prof. C. Orrelation
Editor, Causality Division
Department of Spurious Relationships
Dr. G. Pt-Miner
Associate Editor, Methodology
Academy of Post-hoc Analysis
Prof. I. Mpact-Factor
Editor-at-Large, Metrics
Rankings Obsession Institute
Dr. T. Heory
Associate Editor, Theoretical Contributions
Department of Unfalsifiable Claims
Prof. W. Orkshop
Editor, Conference-to-Journal Pipeline
Proceedings Laundering Center

Our History

2026 — Founding
Journal Established
I3E TPAMI is founded by a committee of academics who believed the field needed another journal, primarily to provide a venue for their own rejected work from competing publications.
2026 — First Issue
Inaugural Issue Published
Volume 1, Issue 1 is published, containing seven papers, five of which cite the remaining two in a closed citation loop. Impact factor is described as “pending calculation”; it remains pending.
2026 — Recognition
First Retraction
The journal publishes its first retraction, just 11 weeks after the inaugural issue. This establishes a retraction-to-publication ratio we are quietly proud of, as it demonstrates responsiveness to the community.
2026 — Growth
Reviewer Pool Expanded to Include Reviewer #3
For the first time in journal history, a manuscript is reviewed by more than two people. The third reviewer’s comments are described as “not helpful but stylistically impressive.”
2026 — Present
Ongoing Excellence
TPAMI continues to operate at the cutting edge of academic publishing, which we define as “having a website.” Submissions are open. Hopes are not.

Awards & Recognition

Self-administered recognitions, judged internally.

Best Retraction of the Year
Awarded to the paper whose retraction notice was more clearly written than the original manuscript.
Since 2026
Most Ambitious Scope Claim
Recognises a paper that successfully describes itself as having “broad implications for the field” while addressing a question no one asked.
Since 2026
Reviewer #2 Award for Unreasonable Thoroughness
Presented annually to the reviewer whose comments exceeded 3,000 words for a four-page paper.
Since 2026

Contact Us

Editorial Office
[email protected]
Typically unmonitored
Submission Enquiries
[email protected]
Response time: 6–18 months
Ethics & Complaints
We investigate all complaints.
Definition of “investigate” varies.