Journal rankings · indicator year 2015
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Subfield ranking · 2015
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging journal rankings 2015
138 ranked journals · Subfield in Medicine
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging has 138 ranked journals in 2015. The median journal has an OJR of 0.80, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.01 on 2014; Q1 starts at OJR 1.22. The top three are Medical Image Analysis, Annals of the ICRP, and Radiology.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2015. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2012–2014, the window the 2015 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Medicine (42)
- Surgery773
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine297
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health252
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine238
- Oncology188
- Infectious Diseases182
- Epidemiology176
- Neurology151
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism141
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging138
- Physiology129
- Psychiatry and Mental health123
Show all 42 subfields
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine95
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health85
- Dermatology74
- Ophthalmology74
- Hematology71
- Obstetrics and Gynecology61
- Rheumatology58
- Nephrology49
- Reproductive Medicine45
- Complementary and alternative medicine42
- Pharmacology42
- Emergency Medicine36
- Geriatrics and Gerontology36
- Otorhinolaryngology34
- Rehabilitation29
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine23
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine22
- Genetics19
- Hepatology19
- Immunology and Allergy17
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine12
- Urology11
- Gastroenterology6
- Internal Medicine5
- Family Practice3
- Transplantation3
- Health Informatics1
- Anatomy0
- Biochemistry0
- Microbiology0
138 ranked journals
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Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2014. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2012–2014, the window the 2015 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2012–2014 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2006 to 2015. | Compare |
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1Medical Image AnalysisElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.35Q1 | 5.72 0.05 down from 2014 | 292 | 58% | $4,170 | ||
2Annals of the ICRPSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 3.29Q1 | 2.71 1.56 down from 2014 | 57 | 40% | $3,900 | ||
3RadiologyRadiological Society of North America · United States | 3.11Q1 | 6.07 0.43 down from 2014 | 1,540 | 26% | — | ||
4IEEE Transactions on Medical ImagingInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 3.01Q1 | 5.32 0.16 down from 2014 | 600 | 37% | $2,645 | ||
5Investigative RadiologyLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 2.33Q1 | 5.63 0.43 up from 2014 | 331 | 40% | — | ||
6Seminars in Radiation OncologyElsevier BV · United States | 2.30Q1 | 4.62 0.37 down from 2014 | 123 | 28% | $3,330 | ||
7European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular ImagingSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.26Q1 | 5.19 0.19 up from 2014 | 821 | 34% | $3,490 | ||
8mAbsOALandes Bioscience · United States | 2.25Q1 | 5.14 0.64 up from 2014 | 346 | 100% | $3,575 | ||
9Seminars in Nuclear MedicineElsevier BV · United States | 2.09Q1 | 3.29 1.52 down from 2014 | 120 | 19% | $5,090 | ||
10European RadiologySpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.05Q1 | 4.17 0.91 down from 2014 | 1,153 | 26% | $2,890 | ||
11Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic ResonanceOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.90Q1 | 4.28 0.96 down from 2014 | 481 | 100% | $3,000 | ||
12Physics in Medicine and BiologyIOP Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.90Q1 | 3.72 0.01 down from 2014 | 1,608 | 72% | $3,325 | ||
13American Journal of RoentgenologyAmerican Roentgen Ray Society · United States | 1.89Q1 | 3.46 0.17 down from 2014 | 1,769 | 19% | — | ||
14Journal of Refractive SurgerySlack Incorporated (United States) · United States | 1.80Q1 | 3.98 0.09 up from 2014 | 402 | 8% | — | ||
15Insights into ImagingOASpringer Nature · Germany | 1.74Q1 | 3.12 0.16 up from 2014 | 200 | 100% | $3,290 | ||
16Journal of Magnetic Resonance ImagingWiley · United States | 1.72Q1 | 3.55 0.41 up from 2014 | 1,214 | 90% | $3,680 | ||
17Journal of cardiovascular computed tomographyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.64Q1 | 3.41 0.16 up from 2014 | 189 | 22% | $3,410 | ||
18NMR in BiomedicineWiley · United Kingdom | 1.64Q1 | 3.70 0.25 down from 2014 | 445 | 47% | $3,640 | ||
19Computer Methods and Programs in BiomedicineElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.61Q1 | 3.04 0.10 down from 2014 | 564 | 20% | $3,350 | ||
20Magnetic Resonance in MedicineWiley · United States | 1.57Q1 | 3.65 0.04 up from 2014 | 1,350 | 92% | $3,680 | ||
21Radiation ResearchRadiation Research Society · United States | 1.54Q1 | 3.48 0.90 down from 2014 | 419 | 43% | — | ||
22International Journal of Biomedical ImagingOAHindawi Publishing Corporation · United Kingdom | 1.49Q1 | 2.48 0.35 down from 2014 | 115 | 100% | $1,000 | ||
23European Journal of RadiologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.45Q1 | 3.14 0.36 up from 2014 | 1,224 | 17% | $3,440 | ||
24Magnetic Resonance ImagingElsevier BV · United States | 1.44Q1 | 2.41 0.50 down from 2014 | 578 | 31% | $3,380 | ||
25Computerized Medical Imaging and GraphicsElsevier BV · United States | 1.35Q1 | 2.38 0.15 up from 2014 | 218 | 32% | $3,180 | ||
26Journal of Radiation Research and Applied SciencesOAElsevier BV · Egypt | 1.35Q1 | 2.20 1.47 up from 2014 | 114 | 100% | $1,400 | ||
27British Journal of RadiologyWiley · United Kingdom | 1.34Q1 | 2.29 0.43 down from 2014 | 835 | 99% | $3,005 | ||
28Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics Biology and MedicineSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.34Q1 | 1.95 0.95 down from 2014 | 165 | 33% | $5,090 | ||
29Contrast Media & Molecular ImagingHindawi Publishing Corporation · United Kingdom | 1.29Q1 | 3.20 0.30 down from 2014 | 187 | 47% | $1,700 | ||
30Medical & Biological Engineering & ComputingSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.29Q1 | 2.73 0.16 up from 2014 | 363 | 24% | $3,990 | ||
31Clinical RadiologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.27Q1 | 2.54 0.04 up from 2014 | 673 | 14% | $3,530 | ||
32World Journal of RadiologyOABaishideng Publishing Group · United States | 1.27Q1 | 2.57 0.67 up from 2014 | 242 | 100% | — | ||
33CorneaLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.25Q1 | 2.33 0.18 down from 2014 | 933 | 12% | — | ||
34Journal of Imaging Informatics in MedicineSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.23Q1 | 2.01 0.03 down from 2014 | 283 | 100% | $4,690 | ||
35Lasers in Medical ScienceSpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 1.22Q1 | 2.32 0.05 up from 2014 | 647 | 9% | $3,590 | ||
36BMC Medical ImagingOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.22Q2 | 2.29 0.08 up from 2014 | 120 | 100% | $3,090 | ||
37Journal of Nuclear CardiologySpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.20Q2 | 2.95 0.06 up from 2014 | 445 | 43% | $4,190 | ||
38Journal of Radiological ProtectionIOP Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.19Q2 | 2.17 0.06 up from 2014 | 200 | 62% | $3,325 | ||
39EJNMMI ResearchOASpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.19Q2 | 2.41 0.55 down from 2014 | 224 | 100% | $3,190 | ||
40Dose-ResponseOASAGE Publishing · United States | 1.18Q2 | 2.77 0.83 up from 2014 | 103 | 100% | $2,650 | ||
41Molecular Imaging and BiologySpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.18Q2 | 2.85 0.31 up from 2014 | 255 | 52% | $4,190 | ||
42Plasma Processes and PolymersWiley · Germany | 1.17Q2 | 2.94 0.15 up from 2014 | 348 | 28% | $4,830 | ||
43Zeitschrift für Medizinische PhysikOAElsevier BV · Germany | 1.17Q2 | 1.31 0.44 down from 2014 | 140 | 11% | $3,086 | ||
44Academic RadiologyElsevier BV · United States | 1.13Q2 | 2.24 0.09 up from 2014 | 635 | 25% | $3,510 | ||
45Photomedicine and Laser SurgeryMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States | 1.13Q2 | 2.01 0.17 down from 2014 | 277 | 25% | — | ||
46Molecular ImagingOASAGE Publishing · United States | 1.08Q2 | 2.88 0.46 up from 2014 | 135 | 100% | $2,175 | ||
47Ultrasonic ImagingSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.06Q2 | 2.04 0.23 up from 2014 | 67 | 39% | $4,150 | ||
48Health and TechnologySpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.05Q2 | 1.49 0.07 up from 2014 | 71 | 29% | $2,490 | ||
49Radiation and Environmental BiophysicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.01Q2 | 2.11 0.15 up from 2014 | 171 | 8% | $3,290 | ||
50Plasma Chemistry and Plasma ProcessingSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.00Q2 | 1.93 0.36 down from 2014 | 255 | 8% | $3,790 |
Subfields of Medicine, with Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging highlighted.
- Surgery773
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine297
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health252
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine238
- Oncology188
- Infectious Diseases182
- Epidemiology176
- Neurology151
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism141
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging138
- Physiology129
- Psychiatry and Mental health123
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine95
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health85
- Dermatology74
- Ophthalmology74
- Hematology71
- Obstetrics and Gynecology61
- Rheumatology58
- Nephrology49
- Reproductive Medicine45
- Complementary and alternative medicine42
- Pharmacology42
- Emergency Medicine36
- Geriatrics and Gerontology36
- Otorhinolaryngology34
- Rehabilitation29
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine23
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine22
- Genetics19
- Hepatology19
- Immunology and Allergy17
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine12
- Urology11
- Gastroenterology6
- Internal Medicine5
- Family Practice3
- Transplantation3
- Health Informatics1
- Anatomy0
- Biochemistry0
- Microbiology0
Journals
Citations made in 2015. Corpus-wide, 78.1% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
36 additional Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2012–2014, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2015. Publication window: 2012–2014. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 138
- Window papers (baseline)
- 81,654 +10.4% from indicator year 2012
- Median OJR
- 0.799 -10.7% from indicator year 2012
- Rising journals (2025)
- 17
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2012–2014 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 61 | 62 | 65 | 69 | 71 | 81 | 86 | 91 | 94 | 99 | 105 | 108 | 112 | 129 | 136 | 138 | 142 | 144 | 146 | 153 | 160 | 170 | 165 | 161 | 161 | 160 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 31,991 | 33,317 | 34,796 | 37,035 | 39,286 | 43,274 | 47,322 | 52,587 | 57,088 | 62,304 | 66,935 | 71,199 | 73,942 | 75,725 | 78,414 | 81,654 | 84,328 | 85,658 | 86,101 | 86,811 | 88,776 | 94,999 | 102,782 | 107,079 | 109,840 | 115,452 | |
| Median OJR | 0.63 | 0.69 | 0.70 | 0.721 | 0.738 | 0.737 | 0.81 | 0.797 | 0.86 | 0.88 | 0.92 | 0.890 | 0.90 | 0.720 | 0.785 | 0.799 | 0.7862 | 0.7860 | 0.788 | 0.782 | 0.891 | 0.77 | 0.76 | 0.722 | 0.725 | 0.71 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.