Journal profile · Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Radiation Research
ISSN 0033-7587 · eISSN 1938-5404 · Radiation Research Society · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 1954
Radiation Research: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.4; subscription journal; median 177 days to acceptance (93 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 110 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Radiation Research is published by Radiation Research Society 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 Effects of Radiation Exposure, Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry and Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment, together about 43.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Radiation Research publishes original articles dealing with radiation effects and related subjects in the areas of physics, chemistry, biology and medicine, including epidemiology and translational research. The term radiation is used in its broadest sense and includes specifically ionizing radiation and ultraviolet, visible and infrared light as well as microwaves, ultrasound and heat. Effects may be physical, chemical or biological. Related subjects include (but are not limited to) dosimetry methods and instrumentation, isotope techniques and studies with chemical agents contributing to the understanding of radiation effects.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Effects of Radiation ExposureMedicine20%
- Radiation Therapy and DosimetryMedicine13.8%
- Carcinogens and Genotoxicity AssessmentBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9.3%
- DNA Repair MechanismsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9.1%
- Radiation Effects and DosimetryAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.4%
- Radiation Dose and ImagingMedicine5.4%
- Advanced Radiotherapy TechniquesPhysics and Astronomy3.6%
- Plant Genetic and Mutation StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.3%
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 | Biophysics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Biology | Zone 3 |
| 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 | Biology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Biophysics | 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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Biophysics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Biology | Zone 3 |
| 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
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
- 2.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.63LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.75LetPub ·
- h-index
- 113LetPub ·
- h-index
- 207OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 8,593OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.23OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 81LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 13,439 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 83 | 11 | 15 |
| 2025 | 110 | 28 | 164 |
| 2024 | 125 | 41 | 529 |
| 2023 | 111 | 58 | 764 |
| 2022 | 104 | 48 | 1,120 |
| 2021 | 133 | 52 | 1,303 |
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
177 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 112 days – 266 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 47 days (95 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 235 days
- Sample
- 93 articles with submission and acceptance dates (211 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 1 monthLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
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
- Radiation Research Society
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1954
- ISSN
- 0033-7587
- Electronic ISSN
- 1938-5404
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Radiation Research
What CAS zone is Radiation Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Radiation Research is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Biophysics / Biology / 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 Radiation Research?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.4; CiteScore 4.4, h-index 207.
How long does peer review take at Radiation Research?
Based on the dates recorded on 93 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 177 days (interquartile range 112–266 days); authors report an average review time of about 1 month; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 Radiation Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Radiation Research is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Radiation Research open access, and what is the APC?
Radiation Research is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .