Journal profile · Medicine-Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
iRADIOLOGY
ISSN 2834-2860 · eISSN 2834-2879 · Wiley · United Kingdom
iRADIOLOGY: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2026 Xinrui edition); impact factor 2.4 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 2,750; median 108 days to acceptance (83 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 50% (journal website); 67 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
iRADIOLOGY is published by Wiley and is classed under Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education, together about 25.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
iRADIOLOGY is a high-quality peer-reviewed open access journal covering key topics in all aspects of radiology and related multidisciplinary research which involve the development and application of radiology techniques to achieve precision medicine and precision health. The journal provides an excellent platform for rapid academic exchanges of the most recent development and future directions in the aforementioned research fields. Currently, iRADIOLOGY is published bimonthly.iRADIOLOGY focuses on basic, translational and clinical research progress on functional and molecular imaging and imaging based therapeutics. It publishes original and high quality papers that contribute to the research in biomedical imaging, development and application of new technologies, functional and molecular imaging and artificial intelligence fields as detailed below. Biomedical imaging, functional and molecular imaging, and multimodality imaging, e.g. X-rays, CT, MRI, US, SPECT, PET, Optical imaging, Photoacoustic Imaging. Clinical radiology, e.g. Neuroradiology, head and neck radiology, thoracic radiology, breast radiology, abdominal radiology, musculoskeletal radiology, urogenital radiology, pediatric radiology, interventional radiology. Molecular probe, theranostics and nanomedicine, biomaterials. Image processing and visualization. Application of computer technology in radiology: AI assisted radiology, computer assisted diagnosis and radiation therapy.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Editor-in-chief Zhen ChengPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 38 in mainland China (about 46%); most named Mainland China 38, United States 25, Hong Kong, China 3, South Korea 3, United Kingdom 2 (82 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical ImagingMedicine11.4%
- Advanced MRI Techniques and ApplicationsMedicine7%
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and EducationMedicine6.6%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.6%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering6.6%
- Educational Robotics and EngineeringComputer Science6.6%
- Medical Imaging Techniques and ApplicationsMedicine6.3%
- Nanoplatforms for cancer theranosticsEngineering4.8%
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
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceCASPublisher website
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)
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.43LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.48LetPub ·
- h-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 16OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.83OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 41LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 54Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 71,131Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 236 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 53 | 53 | 9 |
| 2025 | 67 | 67 | 107 |
| 2024 | 69 | 69 | 230 |
| 2023 | 47 | 47 | 256 |
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
108 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 48 days – 172 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 50 days (83 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 152 days
- Sample
- 83 articles with submission and acceptance dates (126 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 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 50%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 50%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 58 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 58 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 100 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 49 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 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 2,750 / GBP 1,850 / EUR 2,500 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 0 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,750 / EUR 2,500 / GBP 1,850 | Yes | — |
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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Chicago
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Graphical abstract
- Required
Article types accepted5, with length limits
- commentaryiRADIOLOGY. Word limit: Broad interest commentaries should be 1500 words maximum; invited commentaries should be 1000 words maximum.main text ≤ 1,500 words
- editorialEditorialLength not stated
- letterLetterLength not stated
- original articleOriginal ArticleLength not stated
- reviewReviewLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- AI use AI Policy
Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) tools—such as ChatGPT and others based on large language models (LLMs)—cannot be considered capable of initiating an original piece of research without direction by human authors. They also cannot be accountable for a published work or for research design, which is a generally held requirement of authorship (as discussed in the previous section), no…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship
All listed authors should have contributed to the manuscript substantially and have agreed to the final submitted version. Review editorial standards and scroll down for a description of authorship criteria.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Availability
This journal expects data sharing. Review Wiley’s Data Sharing policy where you will be able to see and select the data availability statement that is right for your submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Reproduction of Copyright Material
If excerpts from copyrighted works owned by third parties are included, credit must be shown in the contribution. It is your responsibility to also obtain written permission for reproduction from the copyright owners. For more information visit Wiley's Copyright Terms & Conditions FAQ.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Understanding Open Access
As an open access journal, all articles in iRadiology are freely available to read, download and share immediately on publication. Learn more about open access:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review 2. SUBMISSION AND PEER REVIEW PROCESS
Single-blind peer review Model summary
Once the submission materials have been prepared in accordance with the author guidelines, new submissions should be made via the Research Exchange submission portal: https://authors.wiley.com/journal/IRD3.
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
- Wiley
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2834-2860
- Electronic ISSN
- 2834-2879
- Society / sponsor
- Tsinghua University Press and The Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 4, Issue 4 (August 2026)
- 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 iRADIOLOGY
What CAS zone is iRADIOLOGY 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.
What is the impact factor of iRADIOLOGY?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.4 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.4, h-index 11.
How long does peer review take at iRADIOLOGY?
Based on the dates recorded on 83 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 108 days (interquartile range 48–172 days); authors report an average review time of about 10 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 50% (2025). 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 are the manuscript requirements of iRADIOLOGY?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Chicago; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Graphical abstract: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of iRADIOLOGY based?
Of the 82 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 38 (about 46%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (38), United States (25) and Hong Kong, China (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index iRADIOLOGY?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, iRADIOLOGY is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is iRADIOLOGY open access, and what is the APC?
iRADIOLOGY is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,750.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .