Journal profile · RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING
Journal of Medical Physics
ISSN 0971-6203 · eISSN 1998-3913 · Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications · India
Journal of Medical Physics: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.1 (journal website); JCR Q4 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 104 days to acceptance (119 articles, last 24 months); 102 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Medical Physics is published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 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 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques, Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry and Radiation Dose and Imaging, together about 50.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING
Editor-in-chief Sunil Dutt SharmaPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advanced Radiotherapy TechniquesPhysics and Astronomy27%
- Radiation Therapy and DosimetryMedicine13.2%
- Radiation Dose and ImagingMedicine9.9%
- Medical Imaging Techniques and ApplicationsMedicine7.8%
- Advanced X-ray and CT ImagingEngineering5.7%
- Advances in Oncology and RadiotherapyMedicine5.4%
- Radiation Effects and DosimetryAgricultural and Biological Sciences2.9%
- Radiation Detection and Scintillator TechnologiesPhysics and Astronomy2.5%
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 | 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 | 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.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q4 · RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING · rank 181/217
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
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.28LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.69LetPub ·
- h-index
- 40OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 273OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.25OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 98LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,933 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 77 | 77 | 7 |
| 2025 | 102 | 102 | 88 |
| 2024 | 88 | 88 | 238 |
| 2023 | 59 | 59 | 163 |
| 2022 | 63 | 63 | 239 |
| 2021 | 49 | 49 | 248 |
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
104 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 76 days – 144 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 61 days (119 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 169 days
- Sample
- 119 articles with submission and acceptance dates (178 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 30 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 25 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-SA | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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
- Publisher
- Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
- Country or region
- India
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0971-6203
- Electronic ISSN
- 1998-3913
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 51, Issue 2 (June 2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Medical Physics
What CAS zone is Journal of Medical Physics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Medical Physics is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category 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 Medical Physics?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.1; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.3, h-index 40.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Medical Physics?
Based on the dates recorded on 119 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 104 days (interquartile range 76–144 days); authors report an average review time of about 30 weeks. 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 Journal of Medical Physics in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q4; by category, RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING Q4 (181/217). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Medicine.
Which databases index Journal of Medical Physics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Medical Physics is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Medical Physics open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Medical Physics is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, 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: .