Journal profile · Medicine-Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
BJRopen
ISSN 2513-9878 · British Institute of Radiology · United Kingdom
BJRopen: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2026 Xinrui edition); impact factor 4.3 (journal website); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 210 days to acceptance (56 articles, last 24 months); 4 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
BJRopen is published by British Institute of Radiology and is classed under Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques, Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging and Radiology practices and education, together about 27.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
BJR|Open is the gold open access, online-only, international research journal published by the British Institute of Radiology (BIR), adding to and further strengthening the BJR family of journals. Launched in 2018, BJR|Open mirrors the scope of sister journals BJR and BJR|Case Reports, covering the clinical and technical aspects of medical imaging, radiotherapy, radiation oncology, medical physics, radiobiology and the underpinning sciences. Importantly, BJR|Open is a multidisciplinary journal that offers a wholly open access option to the research community the BIR serves. BJR|Open is essential reading for radiologists, medical physicists, radiobiologists, radiation oncologists, radiotherapists, radiographers and any heathcare professionals or researchers with an interest in medical imaging. All articles published in BJR|Open are freely available to any reader in the world with an internet connection. The Co-Editors-in-Chief of BJR|Open are Professor Katja Pinker, Professor of Radiology at Weill Cornell Medical College and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA and Professor Habib Zaidi, Chief Physicist and Head of the PET Instrumentation & Neuroimaging Laboratory at Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland. BJR|Open operates a rigorous double-anonymised peer review process that is overseen by the Senior Editors that comprise its international Editorial Board. BJR|Open’s Editorial Board features international experts covering clinical radiology, radiation oncology, radiotherapy, radiobiology and medical physics. Our Editorial Board members provide their expertise and guidance in shaping the content and direction of the journal. They make all final decisions on whether or not an article is suitable for publication, following independent and double-anonymised peer review. You can read more about BJR|Open’s peer review process here. BJR | Open is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and adheres to COPE guidelines and recommendations in order to ensure best ethical practice. BJR | Open’s instructions for authors are written in accordance with the guidelines provided by the International Committee for Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), ‘Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly work in Medical Journals’ and authors are encouraged to read our instructions before submitting a manuscript. You can read more about the BIR's publishing ethics here. All articles accepted for publication in
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Editor-in-chief Katja PinkerPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 4%); most named United States 15, Italy 7, Austria 4, United Kingdom 3, Netherlands 3 (50 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advanced Radiotherapy TechniquesPhysics and Astronomy9.9%
- Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical ImagingMedicine9.1%
- Radiology practices and educationMedicine8.9%
- Radiation Dose and ImagingMedicine6.6%
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and EducationMedicine6.2%
- Advanced X-ray and CT ImagingEngineering6.2%
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine5.2%
- Medical Imaging Techniques and ApplicationsMedicine4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.84LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.06LetPub ·
- h-index
- 25OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 84OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.26OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 31LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 323 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 18 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 | 32 | 32 | 67 |
| 2023 | 87 | 87 | 586 |
| 2022 | 33 | 33 | 222 |
| 2021 | 49 | 49 | 432 |
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
210 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 149 days – 286 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 9 days (56 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 223 days
- Sample
- 56 articles with submission and acceptance dates (62 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 18 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 44 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 18 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 1,005 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | GBP 1,055 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 1,005 | Yes | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- British Institute of Radiology
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2513-9878
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 8, Issue 1 (January 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about BJRopen
What CAS zone is BJRopen in?
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 BJRopen?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 4.3 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 4.3, h-index 25.
How long does peer review take at BJRopen?
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 210 days (interquartile range 149–286 days); authors report an average review time of about 18 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 BJRopen based?
Of the 50 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 4%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (15), Italy (7) and Austria (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index BJRopen?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, BJRopen is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is BJRopen open access, and what is the APC?
BJRopen 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .