Journal profile · Medicine-Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Magnetic Resonance Letters
ISSN 2097-0048 · eISSN 2772-5162 · KeAi Communications Co. Ltd. · China
Magnetic Resonance Letters: CAS Zone 4 · Physics & Astronomy (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.6 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 980; median 65 days to acceptance (64 articles, last 24 months); 41 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Magnetic Resonance Letters is published by KeAi Communications Co. Ltd. and is in Zone 4 of Physics & Astronomy in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications, NMR spectroscopy and applications and Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications, together about 47.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Magnetic Resonance Letters (MRL) is an open access journal that publishes research articles, communications and reviews on all aspects of magnetic resonance. The journal encompasses research on in vivo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), high-resolution liquid and solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), electron spin/paramagnetic resonance (ESR) and nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR), etc.The journal seeks papers on novel and significant developments in the physical principles underlying spectroscopies, methodologies and applications of magnetic resonance in medicine, chemistry, biology, pharmacology, neuroscience, geochemistry, food science and related fields. Research related to clinical applications is strongly encouraged.Editorial Board
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advanced NMR Techniques and ApplicationsChemistry18.4%
- NMR spectroscopy and applicationsPhysics and Astronomy15.8%
- Advanced MRI Techniques and ApplicationsMedicine13.6%
- Protein Structure and DynamicsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.7%
- Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and ApplicationsMedicine4.2%
- Atomic and Subatomic Physics ResearchPhysics and Astronomy4%
- Advancements in Battery MaterialsEngineering3.7%
- Advanced Battery Materials and TechnologiesEngineering3.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Physics & Astronomy Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Physics & Astronomy | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Physical | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Spectroscopy | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Physics & Astronomy Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Physics & Astronomy | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Physical | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Spectroscopy | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PubMedPublisher website
Other: 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 (publisher)
- 2.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 3.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.55LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- h-index
- 14OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 30OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.98OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 29LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 202 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32 | 32 | 22 |
| 2025 | 41 | 41 | 48 |
| 2024 | 42 | 42 | 158 |
| 2023 | 33 | 33 | 187 |
| 2022 | 27 | 27 | 177 |
| 2021 | 27 | 27 | 250 |
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
65 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 47 days – 108 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (64 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 87 days
- Sample
- 64 articles with submission and acceptance dates (85 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 18 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 6 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 32 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 71 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 10 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 18 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 980 | Yes | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 0 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 980 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 980 | — | — |
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 prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Required
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted12
- editorialResearch ArticleA complete report on original research. A clear structure is required, including introduction, material and methods, results and discussion, con…Length not stated
- mini researchMini research (Word limit: 5, 000) A concise research paper that provides methods, results, analysis and interpretation of original independent research. It usu…Length not stated
- mini reviewResearch ArticleA complete report on original research. A clear structure is required, including introduction, material and methods, results and discussion, con…Length not stated
- original researchResearch ArticleA complete report on original research. A clear structure is required, including introduction, material and methods, results and discussion, con…Length not stated
- othersOthers Journal articles beyond the above types are also welcomed.Length not stated
- perspectiveResearch ArticleA complete report on original research. A clear structure is required, including introduction, material and methods, results and discussion, con…Length not stated
- research articleResearch Article A complete report on original research. A clear structure is required, including introduction, material and methods, results and discussion, co…Length not stated
- research highlightResearch Highlight Highlight and explain potential scientific significance of a most recent exciting research. It is suggested that research highlights be limit…Length not stated
- research paperResearch ArticleA complete report on original research. A clear structure is required, including introduction, material and methods, results and discussion, con…Length not stated
- reviewResearch ArticleA complete report on original research. A clear structure is required, including introduction, material and methods, results and discussion, con…Length not stated
- review articleResearch ArticleA complete report on original research. A clear structure is required, including introduction, material and methods, results and discussion, con…Length not stated
- short communicationResearch ArticleA complete report on original research. A clear structure is required, including introduction, material and methods, results and discussion, con…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship Changes to authorship
This policy concerns the addition, deletion, or rearrangement of author names in the authorship of accepted manuscripts:Before the accepted manuscript is published in an online issue: Requests to add or remove an author, or to rearrange the author names, must be sent to the Journal Manager from the corresponding author of the accepted manuscript and must include: (a) the reason the name should be …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Declaration of interest
All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential conflicts of interest include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Authors should complete the declaration of compe…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Ethics approval and consent statement required for human studies. Model summary
Manuscripts reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must: include a statement on ethics approval and consent (even where the need for approval was waived) include the name of the ethics committee that approved the study and the committee's reference number if appropriate
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
This journal is a peer-reviewed, fully open access journal owned by APM, who retains copyright of the overall compiled journal and the compiled issues. For the single article, authors will retain copyright alongside scholarly usage rights and APM will be granted non-exclusive publishing and distribution rights.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
APM owns journal and retains copyright of compiled journal/issues; authors retain copyright of single articles. Model summary
Every peer-reviewed research article appearing in this journal will be published open access. This means that the article is universally and freely accessible via the internet in perpetuity, in an easily readable format immediately after publication. The open access publication fee for this journal is USD 980, plus taxes. The journal will temporarily waive all Article Processing Charges (APCs) for…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
Single-blind peer review process. Model summary
This journal operates a single-blind review process. All contributions will be initially assessed by the editor for suitability for the journal. Papers deemed suitable are then typically sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the paper. The Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles. The Editor's dec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Automatic plagiarism screening using iThenticate's CrossCheck. Model summary
Submissions to KeAi journals are automatically screened using iThenticate's CrossCheck within the editorial system to detect plagiarism issues including instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Preprints can be shared anywhere; sharing does not count as prior publication. Model summary
Please note that preprints can be shared anywhere at any time, in line with Elsevier's sharing policy. Sharing your preprints e.g. on a preprint server will not count as prior publication (see 'Multiple, redundant or concurrent publication' for more information).
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
- KeAi Communications Co. Ltd.
- Country or region
- China
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2097-0048
- Electronic ISSN
- 2772-5162
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Magnetic Resonance Letters
What CAS zone is Magnetic Resonance Letters in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Magnetic Resonance Letters is in Zone 4 of Physics & Astronomy, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Chemistry, Physical / Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical / Spectroscopy. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Physics & Astronomy. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Magnetic Resonance Letters?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.6; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 3.2, h-index 14.
How long does peer review take at Magnetic Resonance Letters?
Based on the dates recorded on 64 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 65 days (interquartile range 47–108 days); authors report an average review time of about 18 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 Magnetic Resonance Letters?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: ≥ 4; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; Suggested reviewers: Required; Graphical abstract: Required; 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.
Which databases index Magnetic Resonance Letters?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Magnetic Resonance Letters is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Magnetic Resonance Letters open access, and what is the APC?
Magnetic Resonance Letters is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 980.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .