Journal profile · RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING
American Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
ISSN 2160-8407
American Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; median 106 days to acceptance (56 articles, last 24 months); 34 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
American Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications, Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications and Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis, together about 62% of its articles. Its main subfields are Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Medical Imaging Techniques and ApplicationsMedicine33.3%
- Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and ApplicationsMedicine24.5%
- Peptidase Inhibition and AnalysisMedicine4.2%
- Cardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsMedicine3.7%
- Chemical Reactions and IsotopesPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.7%
- Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine3.2%
- Neuroendocrine Tumor Research AdvancesMedicine3.2%
- Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical ImagingMedicine2.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCILetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 8OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.41OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 4%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 30LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 98 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22 | 22 | 139 |
| 2025 | 34 | 34 | 75 |
| 2024 | 40 | 40 | 17 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
106 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 46 days – 142 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 18 days (56 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 129 days
- Sample
- 56 articles with submission and acceptance dates (67 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteSelf-archiving
- Self-archiving Release delay (Embargo)
Typically, articles are not available in PMC until after the publisher's embargo period. However, in some cases articles may be available in PMC sooner than the default period.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- ISSN
- 2160-8407
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about American Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
What CAS zone is American Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, American Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at American Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging?
Based on the dates recorded on 56 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 106 days (interquartile range 46–142 days). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index American Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, American Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging is indexed in ESCI.
Is American Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging open access, and what is the APC?
American Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .