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).
- 1The Lancet Digital Health14.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 2Insights into Imaging5.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer NatureOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 4Journal of Personalized Medicine4.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessScopusPubMed
- 5Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences3.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Japan Society of Magnetic Resonance in MedicineOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 7EJNMMI Research2.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 8Journal of Radiation Research2.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University PressOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 9Zeitschrift für Medizinische Physik1.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 10Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance0.6 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed CentralOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 13Diagnostics3.4 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 15Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology2.1 cites/paper · Q2Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMedTR-Dizin
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- 17Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery1.6 cites/paper · Q2 · AME Publishing CompanyOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 18Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences1.2 cites/paper · Q3 · WileyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 19The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine1.0 cites/paper · Q3 · Springer Science+Business MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 20Indian journal of radiology and imaging - new series1.0 cites/paper · Q3 · Thieme Medical Publishers (Germany)Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 21South African Journal of Radiology0.8 cites/paper · Q3 · AOSISOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 22Radiologia Brasileira0.7 cites/paper · Q3 · Colégio Brasileiro de Radiologia e Diagnóstico por ImagemOpen AccessScopusPubMed
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- 25Japanese Journal of Health Physics0.1 cites/paper · Q4 · Japan Health Physics SocietyOpen AccessScopus
- 26Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences2.6 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJWeb of Science
- 27World Journal of Radiology1.3 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Baishideng Publishing GroupOpen AccessWeb of SciencePubMed
- 28World Journal of Nuclear Medicine0.5 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Thieme Medical Publishers (Germany)Open AccessDOAJWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 30Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology5.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Lippincott Williams & WilkinsOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 33Ophthalmology and Therapy3.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Adis, Springer HealthcareOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 34Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science3.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Cadmus PressOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 36Biomedical Optics Express3.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Optica Publishing GroupOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 38Translational Vision Science & Technology2.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Association for Research in Vision and OphthalmologyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 39Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics2.1 cites/paper · Q1 · WileyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 40Clinical ophthalmology2.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Dove Medical 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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