Journal profile · RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING
Medical Ultrasonography
ISSN 1844-4172 · Iuliu Hatieganu Medical Publishing House · ROMANIA
Medical Ultrasonography: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.73; fully open access; 92 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Medical Ultrasonography is published by Iuliu Hatieganu Medical Publishing House 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, Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, together about 28.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Medical Ultrasonography is a peer-reviewed quarterly medical journal that publishes new medical research and review articles, and editorials in human and animal medical ultrasonography
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Ultrasound in Clinical ApplicationsMedicine10.3%
- Ultrasound Imaging and ElastographyMedicine9.3%
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine8.8%
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and PrognosisMedicine7.6%
- Ultrasound and Hyperthermia ApplicationsEngineering5.8%
- Orthopedic Surgery and RehabilitationMedicine5.3%
- Liver Disease and TransplantationMedicine3.9%
- Shoulder Injury and TreatmentMedicine3.8%
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 | Acoustics | 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 | Acoustics | Zone 3 |
| 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 | Acoustics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 1.73LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2023
- 3.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.43LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2023
- 0.44Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.78LetPub ·
- h-index
- 23LetPub ·
- h-index
- 43OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 412OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.93OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 56LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,317 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 69 | 69 | 8 |
| 2025 | 92 | 92 | 47 |
| 2024 | 109 | 109 | 195 |
| 2023 | 93 | 93 | 341 |
| 2022 | 71 | 71 | 372 |
| 2021 | 80 | 80 | 684 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Iuliu Hatieganu Medical Publishing House
- Country or region
- ROMANIA
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1844-4172
- Society / sponsor
- Romanian Society for Ultrasonography in
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Medical Ultrasonography
What CAS zone is Medical Ultrasonography in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Medical Ultrasonography is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Acoustics / 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 Medical Ultrasonography?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.73; CiteScore 3.4, h-index 43.
Which databases index Medical Ultrasonography?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Medical Ultrasonography is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Medical Ultrasonography open access, and what is the APC?
Medical Ultrasonography is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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: .