Journal profile · RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING
Interventional Radiology
ISSN 2432-0935
Interventional Radiology: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2026 Xinrui edition); fully open access; median 127 days to acceptance (97 articles, last 24 months); 61 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Interventional Radiology is classed under Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Abdominal vascular conditions and treatments, Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis and Vascular Procedures and Complications, together about 33.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Abdominal vascular conditions and treatmentsMedicine17.6%
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and PrognosisMedicine8.3%
- Vascular Procedures and ComplicationsMedicine7.4%
- Central Venous Catheters and HemodialysisHealth Professions5.9%
- Liver Disease and TransplantationMedicine5.6%
- Aortic aneurysm repair treatmentsMedicine5.3%
- Gastrointestinal Bleeding Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine4.3%
- Vascular anomalies and interventionsMedicine4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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
ESCILetPub
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
- h-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.52OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.51%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 81LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 312 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 45 | 45 | 123 |
| 2025 | 61 | 61 | 139 |
| 2024 | 39 | 39 | 121 |
| 2023 | 35 | 35 | 59 |
| 2022 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
| 2021 | 21 | 21 | 16 |
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 PubMed · to
127 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 95 days – 166 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 75 days (97 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 210 days
- Sample
- 97 articles with submission and acceptance dates (140 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".
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 accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
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
- ISSN
- 2432-0935
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Interventional Radiology
What CAS zone is Interventional Radiology in?
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.
How long does peer review take at Interventional Radiology?
Based on the dates recorded on 97 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 127 days (interquartile range 95–166 days). 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.
Which databases index Interventional Radiology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Interventional Radiology is indexed in ESCI.
Is Interventional Radiology open access, and what is the APC?
Interventional Radiology is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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 2026-08-30). Last updated: .