Journal profile · Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
International Journal of Hyperthermia
ISSN 0265-6736 · eISSN 1464-5157 · Informa Healthcare · ENGLAND · Bimonthly · Founded 1985
International Journal of Hyperthermia: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.75; JCR Q2 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 2,990; median 149 days to acceptance (106 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 110 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Hyperthermia is published by Informa Healthcare 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 Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications, Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis and Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging, together about 42.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The International Journal of Hyperthermia is an Open Access, peer-reviewed journal publishing research and clinical studies on thermal energy-based disease treatments. It is the official journal of the Society for Thermal Medicine, the European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology, and the Japanese Society for Thermal Medicine. The journal’s audience includes researchers and clinicians from all backgrounds as the journal publishes research related to the clinical studies, biological studies, and physics/engineering studies of therapeutic thermal therapies. The journal has a special interest in the following topics: Clinical studies describing whole, regional or local treatment in humans or other animals covering the application of therapeutic thermal energy treatment alone or in combination with other clinical modalities Clinical outcomes on the physiological effects of heat or cold stress Clinical testing of methods related to thermal technologies Biological studies incorporating biochemical, anatomical or physiological studies of a basic or preclinical nature using basic biochemical, cell, animal, or computational models Research covering thermal tolerance, stress or shock, response and injury, immunological and physiological effects, toxicity and drug delivery, gene therapy, nanotechnology and nanomedicine The development of technologies and strategies for energy delivery and control, with an end goal to effect specific biologic responses leading to therapeutic outcomes Modalities and technology of therapy delivery, imaging, temperature management, and treatment monitoring and verification Advances in energy systems to produce tissue heating or cooling, or temperature monitoring and validation, or to control tissue temperature regulation Methods of measuring and modelling hypothermia and the thermal therapies and related technologies and systems The journal welcomes for consideration the following article types: original articles, reviews, and letters to the editor. All articles received by the Journal will be subject to single-anonymous peer review.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Editor-in-chief Hans CrezeePublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Ultrasound and Hyperthermia ApplicationsEngineering27.4%
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and PrognosisMedicine8.5%
- Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic ImagingEngineering6.5%
- Heat shock proteins researchBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.4%
- Ultrasound Imaging and ElastographyMedicine5.2%
- Thyroid and Parathyroid SurgeryMedicine4.6%
- Microbial Inactivation MethodsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.4%
- Thermal Regulation in MedicineMedicine3.4%
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 | Oncology | 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 | Oncology | 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 | Oncology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEPubMedPublisher website
Other: Index Medicus, EBSCO, EBSCO Online, Sociedad Iberoamericana de Información Científica (SIIC)
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
- 2.75LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 5.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.9Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.1LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.1Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 73LetPub ·
- h-index
- 124OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,372OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.72OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 110LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 930,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,796 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 95 | 95 | 25 |
| 2025 | 110 | 110 | 248 |
| 2024 | 119 | 119 | 607 |
| 2023 | 133 | 133 | 1,288 |
| 2022 | 165 | 165 | 2,551 |
| 2021 | 211 | 211 | 3,730 |
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
149 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 102 days – 208 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 17 days (106 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 171 days
- Sample
- 106 articles with submission and acceptance dates (228 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)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 28%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 36 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 48 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 22 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 25 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 | USD 2,990 / GBP 2,392 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | GBP 2,085 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted4
- letterLetterLength not stated
- letters to the editorThe journal welcomes for consideration the following article types: original articles, reviews, and letters to the editor.Length not stated
- original articlesThe journal welcomes for consideration the following article types: original articles, reviews, and letters to the editor.Length not stated
- reviewsThe journal welcomes for consideration the following article types: original articles, reviews, and letters to the editor.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
International Journal of Hyperthermia is an open access journal and only publishes open access articles. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and readership of your article Make an impact and reach new readers, …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
single-anonymous peer review Model summary
All articles received by the Journal will be subject to single-anonymous peer review.
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
- Informa Healthcare
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1985
- ISSN
- 0265-6736
- Electronic ISSN
- 1464-5157
- Society / sponsor
- Society for Thermal Medicine
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 43, Issue 1 (2026)
- 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 International Journal of Hyperthermia
What CAS zone is International Journal of Hyperthermia in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Journal of Hyperthermia is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Oncology / 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 International Journal of Hyperthermia?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.75; CiteScore 5.7, h-index 124.
How long does peer review take at International Journal of Hyperthermia?
Based on the dates recorded on 106 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 149 days (interquartile range 102–208 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 28%. 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.
What JCR quartile is International Journal of Hyperthermia in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 3 of Medicine.
Which databases index International Journal of Hyperthermia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Hyperthermia is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE and PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is International Journal of Hyperthermia open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Hyperthermia is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,990.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .