Journal profile · RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING
Journal of Medical Ultrasound
ISSN 0929-6441 · eISSN 2212-1552 · Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications · India
Journal of Medical Ultrasound: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.3 (journal website); JCR Q4 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 56 days to acceptance (77 articles, last 24 months); 87 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Medical Ultrasound 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 Ultrasound in Clinical Applications, Shoulder Injury and Treatment and Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics, together about 19.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING
Editor-in-chief SAN-KAN LEEPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Ultrasound in Clinical ApplicationsMedicine7%
- Shoulder Injury and TreatmentMedicine6.5%
- Prenatal Screening and DiagnosticsMedicine5.8%
- Ultrasound Imaging and ElastographyMedicine5.2%
- Ultrasound and Hyperthermia ApplicationsEngineering5.2%
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine4.8%
- Orthopedic Surgery and RehabilitationMedicine4.8%
- Pregnancy and preeclampsia studiesMedicine4.6%
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 167/217
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
ISSN: 0929-6441, Online ISSN: 2212-1552Publisher 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)
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 1.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.72LetPub ·
- h-index
- 30OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 177OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.61OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 92LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,402 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 83 | 83 | 6 |
| 2025 | 87 | 87 | 47 |
| 2024 | 86 | 86 | 104 |
| 2023 | 88 | 88 | 299 |
| 2022 | 137 | 137 | 360 |
| 2021 | 50 | 50 | 245 |
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
56 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 42 days – 98 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 191 days (77 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 261 days
- Sample
- 77 articles with submission and acceptance dates (182 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 ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 23 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
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
- 0929-6441
- Electronic ISSN
- 2212-1552
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 34, Issue 2 (June 2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Medical Ultrasound
What CAS zone is Journal of Medical Ultrasound in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Medical Ultrasound 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 Ultrasound?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.3; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.4, h-index 30.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Medical Ultrasound?
Based on the dates recorded on 77 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 56 days (interquartile range 42–98 days); authors report an average review time of about 10 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 Ultrasound in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q4; by category, RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING Q4 (167/217). 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 Ultrasound?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Medical Ultrasound is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Medical Ultrasound open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Medical Ultrasound 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: .