Journal profile · RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING&nb
EJNMMI Research
ISSN 2191-219X · Springer Berlin Heidelberg · GERMANY · Founded 2011
EJNMMI Research: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.74; fully open access; APC about USD 3,190; median 111 days to acceptance (104 articles, last 24 months); 166 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
EJNMMI Research is published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg and is in Zone 3 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 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research, together about 45.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
EJNMMI Research publishes new basic, translational and clinical research in the field of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging. Regular features include original research articles, short communication of preliminary data on innovative research, interesting case reports, editorials, and letters to the editor. Educational articles on basic sciences, fundamental aspects and controversy related to pre-clinical and clinical research or ethical aspects of research are also welcome. The journal also considers preliminary Research Articles or short communications that include novel findings, methods or radiopharmaceuticals with a high potential but limited data available, worth a preliminary information. Timely reviews provide updates on current applications, issues in imaging research and translational aspects of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging technologies. Topics include but not limited to innovative research covering all aspects of molecular imaging, e.g. radiopharmaceutical approaches with a high potential of clinical impact, important aspects in image reconstruction and accuracy, or within the theranostic field with therapy combinations or incorporation of artificial intelligence in image generation or interpretation.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING&nb
Editor-in-chief Marcus HackerPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 4 in mainland China (about 6%); most named Italy 11, Austria 10, Germany 9, United States 5, Netherlands 5 (68 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Medical Imaging Techniques and ApplicationsMedicine21.5%
- Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and ApplicationsMedicine16.4%
- Prostate Cancer Treatment and ResearchMedicine7.3%
- Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical ImagingMedicine6.1%
- Neuroendocrine Tumor Research AdvancesMedicine4.2%
- Peptidase Inhibition and AnalysisMedicine4.2%
- Cardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsMedicine3.4%
- Advanced MRI Techniques and ApplicationsMedicine3.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 2.74LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.86LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.01LetPub ·
- h-index
- 29LetPub ·
- h-index
- 73OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 905OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.54OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 160LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,690 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 151 | 151 | 40 |
| 2025 | 166 | 166 | 388 |
| 2024 | 127 | 127 | 699 |
| 2023 | 109 | 109 | 1,091 |
| 2022 | 77 | 77 | 1,221 |
| 2021 | 130 | 130 | 2,431 |
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 Crossref · to
111 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 83 days – 150 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 18 days (104 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 139 days
- Sample
- 104 articles with submission and acceptance dates (354 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 13 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 13 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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 | EUR 2,690 / USD 3,190 / GBP 2,290 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 3,190 / EUR 2,690 / GBP 2,290 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 2,090 / USD 2,990 / EUR 2,490 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 2,290 / USD 3,190 / EUR 2,690 | — | — |
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)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted9
- case reportsEducational Articles Original Research Articles Preliminary Research Articles Case Reports Commentaries Letters to the Editor Reviews Short Communications Guide…Length not stated
- commentariesEducational Articles Original Research Articles Preliminary Research Articles Case Reports Commentaries Letters to the Editor Reviews Short Communications Guide…Length not stated
- educational articlesEducational Articles Original Research Articles Preliminary Research Articles Case Reports Commentaries Letters to the Editor Reviews Short Communications Guide…Length not stated
- guideline articlesEducational Articles Original Research Articles Preliminary Research Articles Case Reports Commentaries Letters to the Editor Reviews Short Communications Guide…Length not stated
- letters to the editorEducational Articles Original Research Articles Preliminary Research Articles Case Reports Commentaries Letters to the Editor Reviews Short Communications Guide…Length not stated
- original research articlesEducational Articles Original Research Articles Preliminary Research Articles Case Reports Commentaries Letters to the Editor Reviews Short Communications Guide…Length not stated
- preliminary research articlesEducational Articles Original Research Articles Preliminary Research Articles Case Reports Commentaries Letters to the Editor Reviews Short Communications Guide…Length not stated
- reviewsEducational Articles Original Research Articles Preliminary Research Articles Case Reports Commentaries Letters to the Editor Reviews Short Communications Guide…Length not stated
- short communicationsEducational Articles Original Research Articles Preliminary Research Articles Case Reports Commentaries Letters to the Editor Reviews Short Communications Guide…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
Data sharing strongly encouraged or required; deposit in public repositories or include in paper/additional files; machine-readable format preferred. Model summary
The following format for the 'Availability of data and materials section of your manuscript should be used:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Licensing and copyright
Open access under CC BY-NC-ND or CC BY licence; authors retain copyright. Model summary
Creative Commons licences Open access articles in Springer Nature journals are published under Creative Commons licences. These provide an industry-standard framework to support easy re-use of open access material. Under Creative Commons licences, authors retain copyright of their articles. EJNMMI Research articles are published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Attribution Non-Com…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Benefits of open access
Publishing open access (OA) offers a number of benefits, including greater reach and readership for your work: Cited more 1.6x more citations of OA articles than non-OA articles across all subjects Downloaded more 4x more downloads of OA articles than non-OA articles Greater impact 2.5x more Altmetric attention. OA articles attracted 1.9x more news mentions and 1.2x more policy mentions Open acces…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Peer review is the process used to evaluate the quality of a manuscript before publication. Independent researchers in the relevant field assess submitted manuscripts to check their validity and robustness. Their feedback guides editors in making publication decisions. Typically, two or more experts evaluate each manuscript based on three main criteria: scientific robustness: is the research metho…
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
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Country or region
- GERMANY
- Language
- English
- Founded
- 2011
- ISSN
- 2191-219X
- 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 EJNMMI Research
What CAS zone is EJNMMI Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, EJNMMI Research is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of EJNMMI Research?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.74; CiteScore 4.3, h-index 73.
How long does peer review take at EJNMMI Research?
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 111 days (interquartile range 83–150 days); authors report an average review time of about 13 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 EJNMMI Research based?
Of the 68 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 4 (about 6%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Italy (11), Austria (10) and Germany (9). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index EJNMMI Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, EJNMMI Research is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is EJNMMI Research open access, and what is the APC?
EJNMMI Research is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,190.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .