Journal profile · Medicine-Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery
ISSN 2223-4292 · eISSN 2223-4306 · AME Publishing Company · China
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.77; fully open access; median 122 days to acceptance (100 articles, last 24 months); 1,050 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery is published by AME Publishing Company and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, MRI in cancer diagnosis and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, together about 24.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery (QIMS, Quant Imaging Med Surg, Print ISSN 2223-4292; Online ISSN 2223-4306) publishes peer-reviewed original reports and reviews in medical imaging, including X-ray, ultrasound, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy, nuclear medicine and related modalities, and their application in medicine and surgery. While focus is on clinical investigations, papers on medical physics, image processing, or biological studies which have apparent clinical relevance are also published. This journal encourages authors to look at the medical images from a quantitative angle. This journal also publishes important topics on imaging-based epidemiology, and debates on research methodology, medical ethics, and medical training. Descriptive radiological studies of high clinical importance are published as well.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Editorial board by country: 14 in mainland China (about 19%); most named United States 25, Mainland China 14, Hong Kong, China 5, South Korea 4, United Kingdom 3 (72 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical ImagingMedicine9.7%
- MRI in cancer diagnosisMedicine8.1%
- Cardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsMedicine6.8%
- Advanced MRI Techniques and ApplicationsMedicine6.7%
- Advanced X-ray and CT ImagingEngineering6.6%
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine5.8%
- Cardiovascular Function and Risk FactorsMedicine5.3%
- Medical Imaging Techniques and ApplicationsMedicine4.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePMCPublisher 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
- 2.77LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.67LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.94LetPub ·
- h-index
- 13LetPub ·
- h-index
- 68OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,195OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.85OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 17.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.91%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 904LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,077 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 732 | 732 | 79 |
| 2025 | 1,050 | 1,050 | 1,462 |
| 2024 | 784 | 784 | 3,212 |
| 2023 | 792 | 792 | 5,400 |
| 2022 | 374 | 374 | 3,931 |
| 2021 | 521 | 521 | 7,753 |
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
122 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 107 days – 151 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 29 days (100 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 153 days
- Sample
- 100 articles with submission and acceptance dates (1,955 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".
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 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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, License & copyright, Open access
- AI use Large language models for analyzing contrast-enhanced ultrasound reports of pancreatic cystic lesions
Yuming Shao, Yang Gui, Xiaoyi Yan, Tianjiao Chen, Xueqi Chen, Li Tan, Jing Zhang, Hua Liang, Wanying Jia, Huijia Zhao, Baoquan Chen, Yuxin Jiang, Ke Lv Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery 2026; 16 (9) :726 . (01 September 2026) PDF Full Text (43) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
For open access publishing, this journal uses an exclusive licensing agreement. Authors will transfer copyright to AME Publishing Company, but will have the right to share their article in the same way permitted to third parties under the relevant user license, as well as certain scholarly usage rights.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Statement
This journal is a peer reviewed, open access journal. All content of the journal is published under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). All articles published open access will be immediately and permanently free for all to read, download, copy and distribute as defined by the applied license.
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
- AME Publishing Company
- Country or region
- China
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2223-4292
- Electronic ISSN
- 2223-4306
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery
What CAS zone is Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.77; CiteScore 3.9, h-index 68.
How long does peer review take at Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery?
Based on the dates recorded on 100 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 122 days (interquartile range 107–151 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery based?
Of the 72 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 14 (about 19%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (25), Mainland China (14) and Hong Kong, China (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and PMC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery open access, and what is the APC?
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .