Journal profile · Medicine-Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
European Radiology Experimental
ISSN 2509-9280 · Springer Nature · United Kingdom
European Radiology Experimental: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.7 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 3,090; median 138 days to acceptance (111 articles, last 24 months); 125 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
European Radiology Experimental is published by Springer Nature and is in Zone 2 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging, Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging and MRI in cancer diagnosis, together about 32.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
European Radiology Experimental is dedicated to advancing medical imaging by showcasing multidisciplinary innovations. The journal focuses on cutting-edge research on the physical basis of imaging modalities, studies on phantoms and within the experimental preclinical setting, especially regarding novel techniques and innovative approaches that may influence clinical radiology in the near future. It is open to submissions of original articles, narrative and systematic reviews, and study design concepts. The journal welcomes submissions on: X-ray detector (e.g., photon-counting) technology and spectral imaging MR: low/ultrahigh magnetic field and novel pulse sequences for imaging and spectroscopy Hybrid/multimodal imaging AI-driven image reconstruction Protocol optimization for new technologies Phantom studies (physical and computational) Imaging biomarkers/AI models (e.g., radiomics/texture analysis for risk stratification, detection, and therapy monitoring) Animal imaging with clinical transferability In vivo cell tracking and molecular imaging Innovations in imaging-guided interventions European Radiology Experimental is owned by the European Society of Radiology (ESR) and welcomes submissions from all regions, aiming to publish articles that are globally relevant.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Editor-in-chief Francesco SardanelliPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 1%); most named Italy 82, Germany 24, United States 18, Netherlands 11, Switzerland 8 (177 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advanced X-ray and CT ImagingEngineering12.3%
- Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical ImagingMedicine10.9%
- MRI in cancer diagnosisMedicine9.3%
- Advanced MRI Techniques and ApplicationsMedicine8.1%
- Radiation Dose and ImagingMedicine6.5%
- Cardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsMedicine5.4%
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and PrognosisMedicine4.8%
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and EducationMedicine4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | Zone 3 |
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEEmbaseCASPublisher 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
- 4.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.12LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.28LetPub ·
- h-index
- 50OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 298OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.48OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 121LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 693,700Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 798 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 143 | 143 | 61 |
| 2025 | 125 | 125 | 537 |
| 2024 | 139 | 139 | 1,631 |
| 2023 | 84 | 84 | 1,218 |
| 2022 | 60 | 60 | 1,038 |
| 2021 | 56 | 56 | 1,334 |
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
138 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 109 days – 182 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 38 days (111 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 176 days
- Sample
- 111 articles with submission and acceptance dates (295 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
- 15 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 | EUR 2,590 / USD 3,090 / GBP 2,190 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,990 / EUR 2,490 / GBP 2,090 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 1,890 / USD 2,790 / EUR 2,290 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 2,190 / USD 3,090 / EUR 2,590 | — | — |
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 accepted11
- brief reportOriginal article Systematic review Narrative review Guideline/Position papers Technical note Methodology article Hypothesis Debate Letter to the editor Editoria…Length not stated
- debateOriginal article Systematic review Narrative review Guideline/Position papers Technical note Methodology article Hypothesis Debate Letter to the editor Editoria…Length not stated
- editorialOriginal article Systematic review Narrative review Guideline/Position papers Technical note Methodology article Hypothesis Debate Letter to the editor Editoria…Length not stated
- guideline/position papersOriginal article Systematic review Narrative review Guideline/Position papers Technical note Methodology article Hypothesis Debate Letter to the editor Editoria…Length not stated
- hypothesisOriginal article Systematic review Narrative review Guideline/Position papers Technical note Methodology article Hypothesis Debate Letter to the editor Editoria…Length not stated
- letter to the editorOriginal article Systematic review Narrative review Guideline/Position papers Technical note Methodology article Hypothesis Debate Letter to the editor Editoria…Length not stated
- methodology articleOriginal article Systematic review Narrative review Guideline/Position papers Technical note Methodology article Hypothesis Debate Letter to the editor Editoria…Length not stated
- narrative reviewOriginal article Systematic review Narrative review Guideline/Position papers Technical note Methodology article Hypothesis Debate Letter to the editor Editoria…Length not stated
- original articleOriginal article Systematic review Narrative review Guideline/Position papers Technical note Methodology article Hypothesis Debate Letter to the editor Editoria…Length not stated
- systematic reviewOriginal article Systematic review Narrative review Guideline/Position papers Technical note Methodology article Hypothesis Debate Letter to the editor Editoria…Length not stated
- technical noteOriginal article Systematic review Narrative review Guideline/Position papers Technical note Methodology article Hypothesis Debate Letter to the editor Editoria…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship
Manuscripts must be submitted by an author, not a third party. Model summary
Please note that a manuscript can only be submitted by an author of the manuscript and may not be submitted by a third party.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
Data availability: datasets should be deposited in public repositories or included in the paper/supporting files; mandatory where community expectation exists. 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 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. European Radiology Experimental articles are published open access under a CC BY licence (Creative Commons A…
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 Nature
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2509-9280
- Society / sponsor
- European Society of Radiology
- 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 European Radiology Experimental
What CAS zone is European Radiology Experimental in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, European Radiology Experimental is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of European Radiology Experimental?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 4.7 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 5.8, h-index 50.
How long does peer review take at European Radiology Experimental?
Based on the dates recorded on 111 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 138 days (interquartile range 109–182 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 European Radiology Experimental based?
Of the 177 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 1%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Italy (82), Germany (24) and United States (18). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index European Radiology Experimental?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, European Radiology Experimental is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, Embase and CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is European Radiology Experimental open access, and what is the APC?
European Radiology Experimental is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,090.
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: .