Best journals for Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
The top 40 of 260 Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging journals, ranked by Scimago quartile, then by how central Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging is to each journal, then OpenAlex cites/paper (2-year window), drawn from a 17,500-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded; the FAQ below gives the exact ranking rule. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder (a free account starts with 25 welcome credits).
Data as of — the date our venue index was last rebuilt from OpenAlex and Scimago.
- 1The Lancet Digital Health16.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 3IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging9.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics EngineersScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 6Journal of Nuclear Medicine6.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular ImagingScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 9Insights into Imaging6.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer NatureOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 10Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics6.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 11Investigative Radiology5.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Lippincott Williams & WilkinsScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 14European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging4.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 15Journal of Personalized Medicine4.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessScopusPubMed
- 16Korean Journal of Radiology4.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Korean Society of RadiologyScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 17Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences4.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Japan Society of Magnetic Resonance in MedicineOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 18La radiologia medica4.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 19Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism4.2 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE PublishingScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 20Journal of Imaging Informatics in Medicine3.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 22Japanese Journal of Radiology3.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 25EJNMMI Physics3.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 26Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal3.3 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE PublishingScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 31Journal of the American College of Radiology2.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 32EJNMMI Research2.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 36Journal of Refractive Surgery2.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Slack Incorporated (United States)ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 37American Journal of Roentgenology2.2 cites/paper · Q1 · American Roentgen Ray SocietyScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 40Journal of Radiation Research2.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University PressOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
“Cites/paper” is the OpenAlex 2-year citation rate — a transparent signal, not a licensed Impact Factor. Many regional and open-access journals are strong but aren’t covered by Scimago, so they show “no Scimago quartile”; that’s a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.
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