Journal profile · RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING
BJR Case Reports
ISSN 2055-7159 · British Institute of Radiology · United Kingdom
BJR Case Reports: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.6 (journal website); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 185 days to acceptance (104 articles, last 24 months); 72 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
BJR Case Reports is published by British Institute of Radiology and 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 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment, Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments and Bone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments, together about 21.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
BJR|Case Reports - an open access, case report journal published by the British Institute of Radiology. The Editors of BJR|Case Reports are delighted to announce that, as of July 2026, the journal has been accepted into Scopus. The journal covers imaging, radiation oncology and the underlying sciences. All articles are published as open access under a CC BY licence. BJR |Case Reports Editorial Board features a panel of international experts including Editor-in-Chief Professor Giulia Zamboni. Our Editorial Board provides their expertise and guidance in shaping the content and direction of the journal. Our Senior Editors are specialists in the following topics: Breast radiology Cardiothoracic radiology Gastrointestinal radiology Genitourinary radiology Interventional radiology Medical physics Musculoskeletal radiology Neuroradiology Nuclear medicine Paediatric radiology Radiotherapy and oncology Respiratory/chest radiology BJR | Case Reports is published online only and via a continuous publication model. If you are interested in submitting your work to BJR |Case Reports, please read our instructions for authors for help preparing your work and information on the types of manuscripts BJR |Case Reports features. Submit now Article Processing Charges: All articles submitted to BJR|Case Reports, if accepted for publication (subject to peer review), will incur an article processing charge (APC). If your article is not accepted you will not incur a charge. For more information on APCs and how to pay, please see our author guidelines. We also operate an open access waiver scheme to support open access research and researchers in developing countries. To find out more please see our waiver policy. Quick Facts Acceptance to online publication – average of 3 weeks eISSN: 2055-7159 Journal metrics Citation metrics Clarivate 2025 Impact Factor 0.6 2025 5 Year Impact Factor 0.5 Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging (Rank by Impact Factor) 202/217 2025 Cited Half-Life 6.1 years 2025 Immediacy Index 0.1 2025 Eigenfactor Score 0.00039 2025 Article Influence Score 0.121 Peer Review and Production 2025 Median days from acceptance to publication 9 days About metrics
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING
Editor-in-chief Giulia ZamboniPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Italy 4, United States 3, United Kingdom 3, Switzerland 2, Netherlands 1 (14 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sarcoma Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine8.6%
- Gastrointestinal disorders and treatmentsMedicine6.3%
- Bone Tumor Diagnosis and TreatmentsMedicine6.2%
- Abdominal vascular conditions and treatmentsMedicine5.7%
- Esophageal and GI PathologyMedicine4.3%
- Oral and Maxillofacial PathologyDentistry4.3%
- Vascular anomalies and interventionsMedicine4.3%
- Head and Neck Surgical OncologyMedicine4.2%
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
ESCIDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ScopusPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.5Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 17OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 98OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.44OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 96.11%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 60LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,017 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 37 | 37 | 0 |
| 2025 | 72 | 72 | 27 |
| 2024 | 43 | 43 | 40 |
| 2023 | 64 | 64 | 121 |
| 2022 | 81 | 81 | 187 |
| 2021 | 111 | 111 | 341 |
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
185 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 117 days – 285 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 8 days (104 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 205 days
- Sample
- 104 articles with submission and acceptance dates (122 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".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 11 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 21 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 11 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | GBP 475 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | GBP 499 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 460 | Yes | — |
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 websiteOpen access
- Open access
open access Model summary
BJR|Case Reports is an open access, case report journal published by the British Institute of Radiology.
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
- Publisher
- British Institute of Radiology
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2055-7159
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 12, Issue 5 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about BJR Case Reports
What CAS zone is BJR Case Reports in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, BJR Case Reports 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.
What is the impact factor of BJR Case Reports?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.6 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; h-index 17.
How long does peer review take at BJR Case Reports?
Based on the dates recorded on 104 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 185 days (interquartile range 117–285 days); authors report an average review time of about 11 weeks. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of BJR Case Reports based?
Of the 14 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Italy (4), United States (3) and United Kingdom (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index BJR Case Reports?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, BJR Case Reports is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Scopus; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is BJR Case Reports open access, and what is the APC?
BJR Case Reports is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .