Journal profile · Computer Science-Computer Science (miscellaneous)
European Journal of Hybrid Imaging
ISSN 2510-3636 · eISSN 3005-074X · Springer Nature · United Kingdom
European Journal of Hybrid Imaging: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.7 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 2,390; median 80 days to acceptance (85 articles, last 24 months); indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
European Journal of Hybrid Imaging is published by Springer Nature 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 Techniques and Applications, Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging and Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research, together about 33.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
EJNMMI Reports is the inclusive science journal of the EJNMMI journal family. It is a peer-reviewed open access journal, following international research integrity standards. The editorial process of EJNMMI Reports does not focus on the extent of the advance of the submitted papers. All valid research with clinical and translational relevance in the field of Nuclear Medicine (including longer and brief reports, negative and positive results, provocative topics, data & protocol descriptors) will be considered, see formats considered below. EJNMMI Reports publishes scientific articles that are of interest to the nuclear medicine and molecular imaging community and cover diagnostics and therapy within all subfields in this subject area. The journal aims at providing clinical as well as scientific information that is useful for all relevant imaging and clinical communities as well as allied professions. The journal considers various article types like original research articles, brief communications on novel preliminary approaches, reports on originals, case reports, pictorial essays, reviews and educational material, guidelines published by experts from different clinical and research disciplines, editorials, letters to the editor, and study protocols.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Computer Science-Computer Science (miscellaneous)
Editor-in-chief François M. JamarPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 3 in mainland China (about 6%); most named Italy 9, Switzerland 9, France 5, Mainland China 3, United States 3 (47 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Medical Imaging Techniques and ApplicationsMedicine19%
- Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical ImagingMedicine7.9%
- Prostate Cancer Treatment and ResearchMedicine7%
- Cardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsMedicine6.3%
- Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and ApplicationsMedicine5.7%
- Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine4.8%
- Advanced MRI Techniques and ApplicationsMedicine4.4%
- Advanced X-ray and CT ImagingEngineering4.4%
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
CASPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic Scholar
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
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.48LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.51LetPub ·
- h-index
- 25OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 66OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 207,400Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 181 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 28 | 28 | 129 |
| 2022 | 37 | 37 | 226 |
| 2021 | 26 | 26 | 358 |
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
80 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 53 days – 113 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 40 days (85 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 134 days
- Sample
- 85 articles with submission and acceptance dates (94 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 17 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 8 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 17 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 1,990 / USD 2,390 / GBP 1,690 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,390 / EUR 1,990 / GBP 1,690 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 1,890 / USD 2,290 / GBP 1,590 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 1,690 / USD 2,390 / EUR 1,990 | — | — |
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)
Open calls for papers1, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted8
- case reportOriginal article Short communication Guideline Review Letter to the Editor Case report Image Study ProtocolLength not stated
- guidelineOriginal article Short communication Guideline Review Letter to the Editor Case report Image Study ProtocolLength not stated
- imageOriginal article Short communication Guideline Review Letter to the Editor Case report Image Study ProtocolLength not stated
- letter to the editorOriginal article Short communication Guideline Review Letter to the Editor Case report Image Study ProtocolLength not stated
- original articleOriginal article Short communication Guideline Review Letter to the Editor Case report Image Study ProtocolLength not stated
- reviewOriginal article Short communication Guideline Review Letter to the Editor Case report Image Study ProtocolLength not stated
- short communicationOriginal article Short communication Guideline Review Letter to the Editor Case report Image Study ProtocolLength not stated
- study protocolOriginal article Short communication Guideline Review Letter to the Editor Case report Image Study ProtocolLength 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 availability strongly encouraged or required; deposit in public repositories or include in paper/supporting files. 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 articles published under CC BY-NC-ND or CC BY licences; 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 Reports articles are published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Attribution Non-Comm…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Benefits of open access
APC waivers/discounts available for corresponding authors from lowest income countries; other requests case-by-case at submission. Model summary
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 Nature
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2510-3636
- Electronic ISSN
- 3005-074X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- 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 European Journal of Hybrid Imaging
What CAS zone is European Journal of Hybrid Imaging in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, European Journal of Hybrid Imaging is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of European Journal of Hybrid Imaging?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.7 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 3.4, h-index 25.
How long does peer review take at European Journal of Hybrid Imaging?
Based on the dates recorded on 85 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 80 days (interquartile range 53–113 days); authors report an average review time of about 17 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 European Journal of Hybrid Imaging based?
Of the 47 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 3 (about 6%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Italy (9), Switzerland (9) and France (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index European Journal of Hybrid Imaging?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, European Journal of Hybrid Imaging is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is European Journal of Hybrid Imaging open access, and what is the APC?
European Journal of Hybrid Imaging is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,390.
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: .