Journal profile · RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING
JOURNAL OF DIGITAL IMAGING
ISSN 0897-1889 · eISSN 1618-727X · Springer Nature
JOURNAL OF DIGITAL IMAGING: CAS Zone 3 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.74; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,690; review about 5 days (submission to first decision, publisher); 419 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
JOURNAL OF DIGITAL IMAGING is published by Springer Nature and is in Zone 3 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, Radiology practices and education and Digital Radiography and Breast Imaging, together about 34.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Imaging Informatics in Medicine (JIIM) is the official peer-reviewed journal of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM). JIIM's goal is to enhance the exchange of knowledge encompassed by the general topic of Imaging Informatics in Medicine such as research and practice in clinical, engineering, and information technologies and techniques in all medical imaging environments. JIIM topics are of interest to researchers, developers, educators, physicians, and imaging informatics professionals. Suggested Topics PACS and component systems; imaging informatics for the enterprise; artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, generative AI and natural language processing in the healthcare environment; image-enabled electronic medical records; RIS and HIS; image processing; 3D, visualization, and multimedia; speech recognition; computer-aided diagnosis; imaging vocabularies and ontologies; DICOM, IHE and other standards; quantitative imaging; workflow and process modeling and simulation; quality assurance, data curation, AI safety, fairness and bias; data analytics and business intelligence; archive integrity and security; data science; telehealth imaging; and imaging informatics education. In each of these areas, technology, economics, novel developments or applications, and educational uses or impacts are all sub-topics.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING
Editor-in-chief Elizabeth A. KrupinskiPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 3%); most named United States 20, United Kingdom 2, Japan 2, Türkiye 2, Mainland China 1 (34 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 ImagingMedicine11.9%
- Radiology practices and educationMedicine11.3%
- Digital Radiography and Breast ImagingMedicine11.2%
- AI in cancer detectionComputer Science10.1%
- Advanced X-ray and CT ImagingEngineering6%
- Radiation Dose and ImagingMedicine5.6%
- Medical Imaging Techniques and ApplicationsMedicine5.4%
- Medical Image Segmentation TechniquesComputer Science4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | Zone 3 |
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 CompendexMEDLINEINSPECDBLPCurrent ContentsPublisher 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
- 2.74LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 8.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.73LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.27LetPub ·
- h-index
- 102OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,798OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.89OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 31.13%LetPub ·
Volume
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 941,300Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,502 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 528 | 156 | 148 |
| 2025 | 419 | 398 | 1,428 |
| 2024 | 454 | 454 | 3,873 |
| 2023 | 154 | 154 | 2,530 |
| 2022 | 216 | 216 | 3,943 |
| 2021 | 127 | 127 | 2,840 |
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
- Submission to first decision
- 5 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double 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 4,690 / EUR 3,690 / GBP 2,990 | — | — |
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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted4
- hypothesis• Hypothesis-driven research and results containing important information relevant to the aims and scope of the Journal. The text should be arranged in the orde…Length not stated
- review• Hypothesis-driven research and results containing important information relevant to the aims and scope of the Journal. The text should be arranged in the orde…Length not stated
- technical note• Hypothesis-driven research and results containing important information relevant to the aims and scope of the Journal. The text should be arranged in the orde…Length not stated
- tutorial• Hypothesis-driven research and results containing important information relevant to the aims and scope of the Journal. The text should be arranged in the orde…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, Open access, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- AI use Generative AI Images
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Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Author Contributions
4 to 6 keywords required. Model summary
Authors are encouraged to include a statement that specifies the contribution of every author to the research and preparation of the manuscript.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest
Authors must disclose all relationships or interests that could influence or bias the work. Although an author may not feel there are conflicts, disclosure of relationships and interests affords a more transparent process, leading to an accurate and objective assessment of the work. Awareness of real or perceived conflicts of interests is a perspective to which the readers are entitled and is not …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Compliance with Ethical Standards
No simultaneous submission to multiple journals. Model summary
To ensure objectivity and transparency in research and to ensure that accepted principles of ethical and professional conduct have been followed, authors should include information regarding sources of funding, potential conflicts of interest (financial or non-financial), informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Journal of Imaging Informatics in Medicine, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint Server policy
Preprint posting encouraged; not considered prior publication. Model summary
SpringerNature journals encourage posting of preprints of primary research manuscripts on preprint servers such as arXiv, authors’ or institutional websites, and open communications between researchers whether on community preprint servers or preprint commenting platforms. Preprints are defined as an author’s version of a research manuscript that are deposited on a public server prior to submissio…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical Trial Registration
The World Health Organization (WHO) definition of a clinical trial is "any research study that prospectively assigns human participants or groups of humans to one or more health-related interventions to evaluate the effects on health outcomes". The WHO defines health interventions as “A health intervention is an act performed for, with or on behalf of a person or population whose purpose is to ass…
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
- ISSN
- 0897-1889
- Electronic ISSN
- 1618-727X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 39, Issue 4 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about JOURNAL OF DIGITAL IMAGING
What CAS zone is JOURNAL OF DIGITAL IMAGING in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, JOURNAL OF DIGITAL IMAGING is in Zone 3 of Engineering, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of JOURNAL OF DIGITAL IMAGING?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.74; CiteScore 8.5, h-index 102.
How long does peer review take at JOURNAL OF DIGITAL IMAGING?
The publisher reports about 5 days (submission to first decision); first decisions include desk rejections. 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 DIGITAL IMAGING?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Suggested reviewers: Optional. 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 DIGITAL IMAGING based?
Of the 34 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 3%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (20), United Kingdom (2) and Japan (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index JOURNAL OF DIGITAL IMAGING?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, JOURNAL OF DIGITAL IMAGING is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, MEDLINE, INSPEC, DBLP and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is JOURNAL OF DIGITAL IMAGING open access, and what is the APC?
JOURNAL OF DIGITAL IMAGING is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,690.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .