Journal rankings · indicator year 2020
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Subfield ranking · 2020
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging journal rankings 2020
160 ranked journals · Subfield in Medicine
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging has 160 ranked journals in 2020. The median OJR rose 0.11 on 2019 to 0.89, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.28. The top three are Medical Image Analysis, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, and Medical Imaging 2018: Computer-Aided Diagnosis.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2020. 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 2017–2019, the window the 2020 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)
- Surgery962
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine353
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health301
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine294
- Oncology238
- Infectious Diseases222
- Epidemiology196
- Neurology170
- Physiology163
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism161
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging160
- Psychiatry and Mental health140
Show all 42 subfields
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine123
- Ophthalmology100
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health100
- Dermatology93
- Hematology79
- Obstetrics and Gynecology79
- Rheumatology69
- Nephrology58
- Pharmacology53
- Complementary and alternative medicine51
- Reproductive Medicine48
- Emergency Medicine44
- Geriatrics and Gerontology39
- Otorhinolaryngology37
- Rehabilitation34
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine30
- Hepatology26
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine24
- Genetics22
- Immunology and Allergy22
- Urology14
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine13
- Gastroenterology8
- Health Informatics5
- Internal Medicine5
- Family Practice3
- Transplantation3
- Biochemistry1
- Anatomy0
- Microbiology0
160 ranked journals
Filters
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 2019. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2017–2019, the window the 2020 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2017–2019 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 2011 to 2020. | Compare |
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1Medical Image AnalysisElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 5.60Q1 | 11.39 3.50 down from 2019 | 385 | 56% | $4,170 | ||
2IEEE Transactions on Medical ImagingInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 3.71Q1 | 10.88 1.55 up from 2019 | 819 | 67% | $2,645 | ||
3Medical Imaging 2018: Computer-Aided DiagnosisPublisher not listed | 3.01Q1 | 1.55 0.06 up from 2019 | 137 | — | — | ||
4RadiologyRadiological Society of North America · United States | 2.96Q1 | 8.45 1.16 up from 2019 | 1,288 | 42% | — | ||
5Insights into ImagingOASpringer Nature · Germany | 2.95Q1 | 7.58 1.83 up from 2019 | 247 | 100% | $3,290 | ||
6Medical Imaging 2019: Computer-Aided DiagnosisPublisher not listed | 2.88Q1 | 1.42no 2019 value | 155 | — | — | — | |
7Radiology Artificial IntelligenceRadiological Society of North America · United States | 2.82Q1 | 7.11no 2019 value | 37 | 94% | — | — | |
8Seminars in Radiation OncologyElsevier BV · United States | 2.55Q1 | 5.69 0.34 up from 2019 | 114 | 34% | $3,330 | ||
9European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular ImagingSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.48Q1 | 6.99 0.21 up from 2019 | 927 | 59% | $3,490 | ||
10Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic ResonanceOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.31Q1 | 6.11 0.45 down from 2019 | 162 | 100% | $3,000 | ||
11Computer Methods and Programs in BiomedicineElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.28Q1 | 6.76 1.46 up from 2019 | 930 | 29% | $3,350 | ||
12Journal of Imaging Informatics in MedicineSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 2.16Q1 | 4.83 0.23 down from 2019 | 325 | 100% | $4,690 | ||
13Computerized Medical Imaging and GraphicsElsevier BV · United States | 2.16Q1 | 6.32 2.20 up from 2019 | 192 | 42% | $3,180 | ||
14International Journal of Biomedical ImagingOAHindawi Publishing Corporation · United Kingdom | 2.14Q1 | 3.59 1.02 down from 2019 | 43 | 100% | $1,000 | ||
15Seminars in Nuclear MedicineElsevier BV · United States | 2.05Q1 | 4.63 0.78 up from 2019 | 137 | 28% | $5,090 | ||
16mAbsOALandes Bioscience · United States | 1.99Q1 | 6.51 0.92 up from 2019 | 322 | 100% | $3,575 | ||
17European Radiology ExperimentalOASpringer Science+Business Media · Switzerland | 1.98Q1 | 6.11 2.76 up from 2019 | 121 | 100% | $2,990 | ||
18Clinical Plasma MedicineElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.97Q1 | 4.76 0.55 up from 2019 | 38 | 40% | $2,050 | ||
19Investigative RadiologyLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.79Q1 | 6.64 0.88 up from 2019 | 278 | 38% | — | ||
20European RadiologySpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.79Q1 | 5.61 1.31 up from 2019 | 1,772 | 44% | $2,890 | ||
21Journal of Magnetic Resonance ImagingWiley · United States | 1.75Q1 | 4.76 0.85 up from 2019 | 1,076 | 33% | $3,680 | ||
22AntibodiesOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.73Q1 | 6.11 3.74 up from 2019 | 121 | 100% | $2,172 | ||
23Eye and VisionOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.70Q1 | 4.20 0.89 up from 2019 | 97 | 100% | $2,790 | ||
24Korean Journal of RadiologyKorean Society of Radiology · South Korea | 1.68Q1 | 4.67 0.76 up from 2019 | 388 | 100% | — | ||
25Journal of Applied BiomedicineElsevier BV · Poland | 1.65Q1 | 5.50 1.61 up from 2019 | 252 | 8% | $3,180 | ||
26Medical Imaging 2019: Physics of Medical ImagingPublisher not listed | 1.62Q1 | 0.73no 2019 value | 198 | — | — | — | |
27EJNMMI PhysicsOASpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.52Q1 | 4.39 1.48 up from 2019 | 99 | 100% | $2,490 | ||
28Journal of Refractive SurgerySlack Incorporated (United States) · United States | 1.52Q1 | 4.00 0.86 up from 2019 | 361 | 16% | — | ||
29DiagnosticsOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.51Q1 | 4.39 0.22 up from 2019 | 383 | 100% | $3,137 | ||
30Biophotonics: Photonic Solutions for Better Health Care VIPublisher not listed | 1.49Q1 | 0.54 0.09 up from 2019 | 117 | — | — | ||
31Zeitschrift für Medizinische PhysikOAElsevier BV · Germany | 1.46Q1 | 4.32 2.45 up from 2019 | 114 | 28% | $3,086 | ||
32Physics in Medicine and BiologyIOP Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.45Q1 | 4.10 0.43 up from 2019 | 1,788 | 76% | $3,325 | ||
33Annals of the ICRPSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.45Q1 | 2.91 0.04 up from 2019 | 34 | 55% | $3,900 | ||
34EJNMMI ResearchOASpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.40Q1 | 3.73 0.48 up from 2019 | 324 | 100% | $3,190 | ||
35American Journal of RoentgenologyAmerican Roentgen Ray Society · United States | 1.38Q1 | 3.77 0.50 up from 2019 | 1,408 | 10% | — | ||
36European Journal of RadiologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.37Q1 | 3.98 0.94 up from 2019 | 1,069 | 29% | $3,440 | ||
37EJNMMI Radiopharmacy and ChemistryOASpringer Nature · United Kingdom | 1.35Q1 | 4.15 1.76 up from 2019 | 60 | 100% | $2,290 | ||
38Photobiomodulation Photomedicine and Laser SurgeryMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States | 1.32Q1 | 2.86no 2019 value | 122 | 14% | — | — | |
39Photomedicine and Laser SurgeryMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States | 1.31Q1 | 3.32 0.97 up from 2019 | 177 | — | — | ||
40NeurophotonicsOASPIE · United States | 1.28Q1 | 3.74 0.75 up from 2019 | 192 | 100% | $1,675 | ||
41Molecular ImagingOASAGE Publishing · United States | 1.28Q2 | 4.98 1.99 up from 2019 | 74 | 100% | $2,175 | ||
42Magnetic Resonance in MedicineWiley · United States | 1.28Q2 | 3.90 0.05 up from 2019 | 1,379 | 73% | $3,680 | ||
43NMR in BiomedicineWiley · United Kingdom | 1.26Q2 | 3.33 0.15 down from 2019 | 467 | 58% | $3,640 | ||
44Visual Computing for Industry Biomedicine and ArtOASpringer Nature · China | 1.24Q2 | 3.18 0.18 up from 2019 | 33 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
45British Journal of RadiologyWiley · United Kingdom | 1.20Q2 | 3.18 0.62 up from 2019 | 1,071 | 100% | $3,005 | ||
46La radiologia medicaSpringer Science+Business Media · Italy | 1.19Q2 | 3.31 1.11 up from 2019 | 391 | 28% | $4,190 | ||
47IEEE Transactions on Radiation and Plasma Medical SciencesInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 1.19Q2 | 4.20 1.30 up from 2019 | 237 | 62% | $2,645 | ||
48Lasers in Medical ScienceSpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 1.18Q2 | 2.97 0.13 up from 2019 | 760 | 11% | $3,590 | ||
49Contrast Media & Molecular ImagingHindawi Publishing Corporation · United Kingdom | 1.18Q2 | 3.91 1.44 up from 2019 | 260 | 92% | $1,700 | ||
50Journal of the American College of RadiologyElsevier BV · United States | 1.18Q2 | 2.99 0.33 up from 2019 | 1,081 | 38% | $3,810 |
Subfields of Medicine, with Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging highlighted.
- Surgery962
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine353
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health301
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine294
- Oncology238
- Infectious Diseases222
- Epidemiology196
- Neurology170
- Physiology163
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism161
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging160
- Psychiatry and Mental health140
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine123
- Ophthalmology100
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health100
- Dermatology93
- Hematology79
- Obstetrics and Gynecology79
- Rheumatology69
- Nephrology58
- Pharmacology53
- Complementary and alternative medicine51
- Reproductive Medicine48
- Emergency Medicine44
- Geriatrics and Gerontology39
- Otorhinolaryngology37
- Rehabilitation34
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine30
- Hepatology26
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine24
- Genetics22
- Immunology and Allergy22
- Urology14
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine13
- Gastroenterology8
- Health Informatics5
- Internal Medicine5
- Family Practice3
- Transplantation3
- Biochemistry1
- Anatomy0
- Microbiology0
Journals
Citations made in 2020. Corpus-wide, 86.1% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
41 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 2017–2019, 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: 2020. Publication window: 2017–2019. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 160
- Window papers (baseline)
- 88,776 +3.6% from indicator year 2017
- Median OJR
- 0.891 +13.3% from indicator year 2017
- Rising journals (2025)
- 17
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2017–2019 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.