Journal profile · Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal of Clinical Ultrasound
ISSN 0091-2751 · eISSN 1097-0096 · John Wiley and Sons Inc. · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 1973
Journal of Clinical Ultrasound: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.28; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,350; median 130 days to acceptance (111 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: about 50%; 381 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Clinical Ultrasound is published by John Wiley and Sons Inc. 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 Ultrasound in Clinical Applications, Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies and Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics, together about 19.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Clinical Ultrasound: Sonography and other Imaging Techniques (JCU) is dedicated to the dissemination of scientific research on diagnostic and therapeutic applications of multimodal medical imaging including ultrasound, magnetic resonance, computed tomography and nuclear medicine. The scope of the journal includes all areas of medical imaging of all body systems including the cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, nervous, musculoskeletal systems and, obstetric and gynecologic imaging.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Editor-in-chief Gabriele TonniPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 8 in mainland China (about 12%); most named Italy 16, Mainland China 8, Serbia 7, United States 4, Brazil 4 (66 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Ultrasound in Clinical ApplicationsMedicine7%
- Pregnancy and preeclampsia studiesMedicine6.8%
- Prenatal Screening and DiagnosticsMedicine5.4%
- Fetal and Pediatric Neurological DisordersMedicine4.9%
- Ectopic Pregnancy Diagnosis and ManagementMedicine4.6%
- Cardiovascular Function and Risk FactorsMedicine4.4%
- Gallbladder and Bile Duct DisordersMedicine4.2%
- Congenital Heart Disease StudiesMedicine4.2%
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 | Acoustics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Acoustics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Acoustics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexWeb of ScienceMEDLINEPubMedINSPECCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest
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
- 1.28LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.42LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.69LetPub ·
- h-index
- 56LetPub ·
- h-index
- 94OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,899OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.06OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 12.88%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 337LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 362Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 222,881Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 8,108 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 250 | 97 | 22 |
| 2025 | 381 | 146 | 359 |
| 2024 | 281 | 122 | 586 |
| 2023 | 239 | 127 | 795 |
| 2022 | 286 | 51 | 1,404 |
| 2021 | 156 | 21 | 805 |
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
130 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 75 days – 207 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 18 days (111 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 158 days
- Sample
- 111 articles with submission and acceptance dates (686 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 6 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 50%LetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 22%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 22%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 25 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 25 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 129 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 22 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,350 / EUR 2,770 / GBP 2,270 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Reference style
- Author–date
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Graphical abstract
- Required
Article types accepted9, with length limits
- case reportPlease note: there is no word count restriction on any article type except a Letter to the Editor. Please pay careful attention to the abstract requirements for…Length not stated
- commentaryted in the reference list. In addition, commentary must not exceed 1500 words, 15 references and 1 figure. Maximal number of authors is tmain text ≤ 1,500 words
- letter to the editorPlease note: there is no word count restriction on any article type except a Letter to the Editor. Please pay careful attention to the abstract requirements for…Length not stated
- original researchPlease note: there is no word count restriction on any article type except a Letter to the Editor. Please pay careful attention to the abstract requirements for…Length not stated
- research articlePlease note: there is no word count restriction on any article type except a Letter to the Editor. Please pay careful attention to the abstract requirements for…Length not stated
- reviewPlease note: there is no word count restriction on any article type except a Letter to the Editor. Please pay careful attention to the abstract requirements for…Length not stated
- review articlePlease note: there is no word count restriction on any article type except a Letter to the Editor. Please pay careful attention to the abstract requirements for…Length not stated
- surveyPlease note: there is no word count restriction on any article type except a Letter to the Editor. Please pay careful attention to the abstract requirements for…Length not stated
- technical notePlease note: there is no word count restriction on any article type except a Letter to the Editor. Please pay careful attention to the abstract requirements for…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Peer review
- Data availability Data sharing expectation
Journal of Clinical Ultrasound expects that data supporting the results in the paper will be archived in an appropriate public repository. Authors are required to provide a data availability statement to describe the availability or the absence of shared data. When data have been shared, authors are required to include in their data availability statement a link to the repository they have used, a…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright license
Accepted articles cannot be published until the publisher has received the appropriate signed license agreement. If your paper is accepted, the author identified as the formal corresponding author will receive an email prompting them to log into Wiley's Author Services, where via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS) they will be able to complete the license agreement on behalf of all authors …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Online manuscript and peer review
Peer review model Model summary
To submit your manuscript, please prepare your text files and illustrations in the appropriate format, according to the instructions given below, and submit using the online submission system: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jcu/. To monitor the progress of your manuscript throughout the review process, log in periodically and check your Author Center. Please be sure to carefully study the Instruc…
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
- John Wiley and Sons Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1973
- ISSN
- 0091-2751
- Electronic ISSN
- 1097-0096
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 54, Issue 7 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Clinical Ultrasound
What CAS zone is Journal of Clinical Ultrasound in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Clinical Ultrasound is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Acoustics / Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging. 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 Journal of Clinical Ultrasound?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.28; CiteScore 2.2, h-index 94.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Clinical Ultrasound?
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 130 days (interquartile range 75–207 days); authors report an average review time of about 6 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 50%”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 22% (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 Journal of Clinical Ultrasound?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: ≥ 3; Reference style: Author–date; 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 Journal of Clinical Ultrasound based?
Of the 66 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 8 (about 12%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Italy (16), Mainland China (8) and Serbia (7). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Clinical Ultrasound?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Clinical Ultrasound is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, Web of Science, MEDLINE, PubMed, INSPEC and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Clinical Ultrasound open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Clinical Ultrasound is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,350.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .