Journal profile · RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING
Polish Journal of Radiology
ISSN 0137-7183 · eISSN 1899-0967 · Medical Science International Publishing
Polish Journal of Radiology: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.6 (journal website); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 64 days to acceptance (89 articles, last 24 months); 75 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Polish Journal of Radiology is published by Medical Science International Publishing 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 MRI in cancer diagnosis, Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging and Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging, together about 23.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Polish Journal of Radiology (PJR), established in 1926 by Prof. Zygmunt Grudziński is the official Polish Medical Society of Radiology journal. Polish Journal of Radiology is an international, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes first and foremost, original articles in the field of diagnostic imaging and related bio-medical disciplines such as epidemiology, public health, and medical technology. Polish Journal of Radiology is issued on a continuous basis as a primary electronic journal. Journal is issued in English language on a continuous basis as Open Access electronic journal and internationally indexed. Copyright: © Polish Medical Society of Radiology This is an Open Access journal, all articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). License allowing third parties to download articles and share them with others as long as they credit the authors and the publisher, but without permission to change them in any way or use them commercially. The rights to the article are usually transferred by the authors to the owner of the journal, who makes it available under the Creative Commons license. However, if the author does not want to transfer the copyright to the publisher, he/she may contact the editorial office and set separate rules - under which the editorial office may publish an article in the journal. For the detailed information, please contact with editorial office. Editorial office Editorial board Publisher Editorial policies Ethical standards and procedures Abstracting and indexing Reviewers Contact
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING
Editor-in-chief Zbigniew SerafinPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- MRI in cancer diagnosisMedicine10.4%
- Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical ImagingMedicine8.1%
- Advanced X-ray and CT ImagingEngineering5.4%
- Radiation Dose and ImagingMedicine5.3%
- Advanced MRI Techniques and ApplicationsMedicine5.1%
- Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and ComplicationsMedicine4.7%
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and PrognosisMedicine4.3%
- Cardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsMedicine4.3%
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.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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)
- 1.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.43LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.81LetPub ·
- h-index
- 46OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 457OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.07OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.52%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 67LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,351 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 52 | 52 | 5 |
| 2025 | 75 | 75 | 119 |
| 2024 | 69 | 69 | 282 |
| 2023 | 76 | 76 | 497 |
| 2022 | 93 | 93 | 682 |
| 2021 | 88 | 88 | 589 |
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
64 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 34 days – 101 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 90 days (88 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 149 days
- Sample
- 89 articles with submission and acceptance dates (130 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
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted3
- letter to the editorCHEST RADIOLOGY / LETTER TO THE EDITORLength not stated
- original paperGASTROINTESTINAL AND ABDOMINAL RADIOLOGY / ORIGINAL PAPERLength not stated
- review paperNEURORADIOLOGY / REVIEW PAPERLength not stated
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
- Medical Science International Publishing
- ISSN
- 0137-7183
- Electronic ISSN
- 1899-0967
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 91 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Polish Journal of Radiology
What CAS zone is Polish Journal of Radiology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Polish Journal 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 Polish Journal of Radiology?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.6; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 3, h-index 46.
How long does peer review take at Polish Journal of Radiology?
Based on the dates recorded on 89 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 64 days (interquartile range 34–101 days). 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.
Which databases index Polish Journal of Radiology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Polish Journal of Radiology is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Polish Journal of Radiology open access, and what is the APC?
Polish Journal 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; 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: .