Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging · 75 journals indexed

Best open-access journals for Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

The top Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging journals open-access only, ranked by Scimago quartile then cites/paper, drawn from a 17,786-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded. 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).

  1. 1
    The Lancet Digital Health
    14.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  2. 2
    Insights into Imaging
    5.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Nature
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  3. 3
    Cancer Imaging
    4.7 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  4. 4
    Journal of Personalized Medicine
    4.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Open AccessScopusPubMed
  5. 5
    Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences
    3.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Japan Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  6. 6
    BMC Medical Imaging
    3.6 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  7. 7
    EJNMMI Research
    2.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  8. 8
    Journal of Radiation Research
    2.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University Press
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  9. 9
    Zeitschrift für Medizinische Physik
    1.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  10. 10
    Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
    0.6 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  11. 11
    Informatics in Medicine Unlocked
    7.8 cites/paper · Q2 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
  12. 12
    Molecular Imaging
    3.5 cites/paper · Q2 · SAGE Publishing
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  13. 13
    Diagnostics
    3.4 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  14. 14
    Tomography
    2.7 cites/paper · Q2
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  15. 15
    Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology
    2.1 cites/paper · Q2
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMedTR-Dizin
  16. 16
    Dose-Response
    1.8 cites/paper · Q2 · SAGE Publishing
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  17. 17
    Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery
    1.6 cites/paper · Q2 · AME Publishing Company
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  18. 18
    Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences
    1.2 cites/paper · Q3 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  19. 19
    The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
    1.0 cites/paper · Q3 · Springer Science+Business Media
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  20. 20
    Indian journal of radiology and imaging - new series
    1.0 cites/paper · Q3 · Thieme Medical Publishers (Germany)
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  21. 21
    South African Journal of Radiology
    0.8 cites/paper · Q3 · AOSIS
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  22. 22
    Radiologia Brasileira
    0.7 cites/paper · Q3 · Colégio Brasileiro de Radiologia e Diagnóstico por Imagem
    Open AccessScopusPubMed
  23. 23
    LASER THERAPY
    0.4 cites/paper · Q3
    Open AccessScopusPubMed
  24. 24
    Iranian Journal of Radiology
    0.5 cites/paper · Q4 · Brieflands
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  25. 25
    Japanese Journal of Health Physics
    0.1 cites/paper · Q4 · Japan Health Physics Society
    Open AccessScopus
  26. 26
    Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences
    2.6 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJWeb of Science
  27. 27
    World Journal of Radiology
    1.3 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Baishideng Publishing Group
    Open AccessWeb of SciencePubMed
  28. 28
    World Journal of Nuclear Medicine
    0.5 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Thieme Medical Publishers (Germany)
    Open AccessDOAJWeb of SciencePubMed
  29. 29
    mAbs
    7.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Landes Bioscience
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  30. 30
    Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology
    5.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  31. 31
    Human Brain Mapping
    4.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  32. 32
    NeuroImage
    3.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  33. 33
    Ophthalmology and Therapy
    3.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Adis, Springer Healthcare
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  34. 34
    Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
    3.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Cadmus Press
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  35. 35
    NeuroImage Clinical
    3.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  36. 36
    Biomedical Optics Express
    3.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Optica Publishing Group
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  37. 37
    Ophthalmology Science
    2.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  38. 38
    Translational Vision Science & Technology
    2.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  39. 39
    Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics
    2.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  40. 40
    Clinical ophthalmology
    2.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Dove Medical Press
    Open 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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The Lancet Digital Health, Insights into Imaging, Cancer Imaging, Journal of Personalized Medicine, Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences are among the top results, ranked by Scimago quartile then OpenAlex cites/paper from a 17,786-venue index, predatory venues excluded. The full list is on this page; for a match to your specific paper use the Journal Finder (15 credits; free account starts with 25).

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