Journal profile · RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING
Contemporary Diagnostic Radiology
ISSN 0149-9009 · eISSN 1938-1395 · Wolters Kluwer Health
Contemporary Diagnostic Radiology: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.1 (journal website); subscription journal; 50 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Contemporary Diagnostic Radiology is published by Wolters Kluwer Health 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 Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies, Breast Lesions and Carcinomas and Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, together about 18.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Explore Contemporary Diagnostic Radiology, featuring peer‑reviewed articles, clinical studies, and the latest medical research.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING
Editor-in-chief Felix S. ChewPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Medical Imaging and Pathology StudiesMedicine7.5%
- Breast Lesions and CarcinomasMedicine5.7%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.3%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering5.3%
- Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical ImagingMedicine5.2%
- Orthopedic Surgery and RehabilitationMedicine5.1%
- Sarcoma Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine4.5%
- Bone Tumor Diagnosis and TreatmentsMedicine4.5%
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
ESCIScopusLetPub
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)
- 0.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.03LetPub ·
- h-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 14OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.05OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 45LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,608 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 40 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 50 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 52 | 0 | 5 |
| 2023 | 52 | 1 | 10 |
| 2022 | 52 | 0 | 13 |
| 2021 | 50 | 0 | 23 |
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.
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wolters Kluwer Health
- ISSN
- 0149-9009
- Electronic ISSN
- 1938-1395
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 49, Issue 21 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Contemporary Diagnostic Radiology
What CAS zone is Contemporary Diagnostic Radiology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Contemporary Diagnostic Radiology 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 Contemporary Diagnostic Radiology?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.1; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.1, h-index 11.
Which databases index Contemporary Diagnostic Radiology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Contemporary Diagnostic Radiology is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Contemporary Diagnostic Radiology open access, and what is the APC?
Contemporary Diagnostic Radiology 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, Publisher website; 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: .