Journal profile · Medicine-Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology
ISSN 2514-8281 · Ubiquity Press Ltd. · BELGIUM
Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.35; fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 43 days to acceptance (95 articles, last 24 months); 72 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus; the journal's website says submissions are paused or closed.
The journal's website says submissions are paused or closed: This journal is currently closed for new submissions. Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology is published by Ubiquity Press Ltd. 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 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment, Bone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments and Radiology practices and education, together about 18.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Rheumatology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The purpose of the Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology is the publication of articles dealing with diagnostic and interventional radiology, related imaging techniques, allied sciences, and continuing education.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Editor-in-chief Raymond OyenPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Belgium 14 (14 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sarcoma Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine6.7%
- Bone Tumor Diagnosis and TreatmentsMedicine6.6%
- Radiology practices and educationMedicine5.5%
- Musculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatmentsMedicine5.4%
- Gastrointestinal disorders and treatmentsMedicine4.9%
- Soft tissue tumor case studiesMedicine4.6%
- Medical Imaging and Pathology StudiesMedicine4.6%
- Radiation Dose and ImagingMedicine4.4%
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)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePMCPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, CNKI, J-Gate, OCLC, CLOCKSS, Crossref
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
- 1.35LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 0.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.19LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.44LetPub ·
- h-index
- 27OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 169OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.91OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 33LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,863 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28 | 28 | 10 |
| 2025 | 72 | 72 | 49 |
| 2024 | 114 | 114 | 136 |
| 2023 | 111 | 111 | 214 |
| 2022 | 137 | 137 | 351 |
| 2021 | 91 | 91 | 323 |
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 PubMed · to
43 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 19 days – 85 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 20 days (95 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 67 days
- Sample
- 95 articles with submission and acceptance dates (107 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 15 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 15 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | GBP 483 | Yes | CC BY | |
| LetPub | GBP 450 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 483 | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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
- Keywords
- ≥ 5
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted18, with length limits
- article from bsr annual symposiumArticle from BSR Annual Symposium, Thesis summary, Original article, Guest editorial, Review article, Case report, Images in Clinical Radiology, Technical Note,…Length not stated
- book reviewAuthors should specify to which of the following headings their manuscript is intended: Article from BSR Annual Symposium, Thesis summary, Original article, Gue…main text ≤ 250 words
- case reportAuthors should specify to which of the following headings their manuscript is intended: Article from BSR Annual Symposium, Thesis summary, Original article, Gue…main text ≤ 1,000 words · abstract ≤ 100 words
- continuing education articleContinuing medical education max 5000 words Articles designed in accordance with the general guidelines for articles published in the JBSR.Length not stated
- editorialAuthors should specify to which of the following headings their manuscript is intended: Article from BSR Annual Symposium, Thesis summary, Original article, Gue…main text ≤ 1,000 words
- guest editorialGuest editorials max 1000 words Invited papers written by selected distinguished specialists.Length not stated
- images in clinical radiologyImages in Clinical Radiology max 500 words Short case reports designed to illustrate with max. 3 figures (including subfigures) a specific entity (i.e.: typical…Length not stated
- letter to the editorAuthors should specify to which of the following headings their manuscript is intended: Article from BSR Annual Symposium, Thesis summary, Original article, Gue…Length not stated
- letters to the editorcs of specific concern to radiologists. Letters to the Editor max 1000 words Letters and their replies present objective and useful critmain text ≤ 1,000 words · figures and tables ≤ 1
- opinionAuthors should specify to which of the following headings their manuscript is intended: Article from BSR Annual Symposium, Thesis summary, Original article, Gue…main text ≤ 1,000 words
- opinion articleOpinion article or Letter to the Editor.Length not stated
- original articleAuthors should specify to which of the following headings their manuscript is intended: Article from BSR Annual Symposium, Thesis summary, Original article, Gue…main text ≤ 3,000 words · abstract ≤ 250 words · figures and tables ≤ 6 · references ≤ 40
- perspectiveAuthors should specify to which of the following headings their manuscript is intended: Article from BSR Annual Symposium, Thesis summary, Original article, Gue…Length not stated
- pictorial reviewPictorial essays max 1000 words Articles presenting information through illustrations and legends.Length not stated
- reviewAuthors should specify to which of the following headings their manuscript is intended: Article from BSR Annual Symposium, Thesis summary, Original article, Gue…Length not stated
- review articleAuthors should specify to which of the following headings their manuscript is intended: Article from BSR Annual Symposium, Thesis summary, Original article, Gue…main text ≤ 5,000 words · abstract ≤ 100 words · figures and tables ≤ 10
- technical noteAuthors should specify to which of the following headings their manuscript is intended: Article from BSR Annual Symposium, Thesis summary, Original article, Gue…main text ≤ 1,000 words · abstract ≤ 100 words · figures and tables ≤ 1 · references ≤ 20
- thesis summaryThesis summary is an article type intended only for BSR members who received BSR funding for their PhD defense.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access
- Authorship Authorship Policy
All authors listed on a submission must have given prior approval to have their name attributed to the file(s) that are being submitted and agree to the publication. The corresponding author has responsibility to ensure that all authors qualify for, and have agreed to, authorship of the submission. They are also responsible for informing all co-authors of relevant editorial information during the …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Competing interests
If any of the authors have any competing interests then these must be declared. A short paragraph should be placed before the references. See our guidelines for competing interests. If this contains any information that could identify the author, please provide this as a separate document on submission, and insert back into the main file during the proofing process.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Human research must comply with Declaration of Helsinki. Model summary
Research involving human subjects, human material, or human data, must have been performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Copyright retained by authors; CC Attribution license. Model summary
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms. If a submission is rejected or withdrawn prior to publication, all rights return to the author(s): Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's a…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. There is no embargo on the journal’s publications. Submission and acceptance dates, along with publication dates, are made available on the PDF format for each paper. Authors of articles published remain the copyright holde…
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
- Ubiquity Press Ltd.
- Country or region
- BELGIUM
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2514-8281
- Print ISSN
- 0302-7430
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology
What CAS zone is Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology 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 the Belgian Society of Radiology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.35; CiteScore 0.9, h-index 27.
How long does peer review take at Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology?
Based on the dates recorded on 95 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 43 days (interquartile range 19–85 days); authors report an average review time of about 15 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 are the manuscript requirements of Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: ≥ 5; Reference style: Vancouver; Cover letter: 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 the Belgian Society of Radiology based?
Of the 14 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Belgium (14). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and PMC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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: .