Journal profile · Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Radiographics
ISSN 0271-5333 · eISSN 1527-1323 · Radiological Society of North America Inc. · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 1981
Radiographics: CAS Zone 1 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 6; subscription journal; review 4–8 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 631 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Radiographics is published by Radiological Society of North America Inc. and is in Zone 1 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Radiology practices and education, Radiation Dose and Imaging and Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications, together about 24.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Launched by the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in 1981, RadioGraphics is one of the premier education journals in diagnostic radiology. Each bimonthly issue features 15–20 practice-focused articles spanning the full spectrum of radiologic subspecialties and addressing topics such as diagnostic imaging techniques, imaging features of a disease or group of diseases, radiologic-pathologic correlation, practice policy and quality initiatives, imaging physics, informatics, and lifelong learning. A special issue, a monograph focused on a single subspecialty or on a crossover topic of interest to multiple subspecialties, is published each October. Each issue offers more than a dozen opportunities to earn continuing medical education credits that qualify for AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM and all online activities can be applied toward the ABR MOC Self-Assessment Requirement.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Radiology practices and educationMedicine11.4%
- Radiation Dose and ImagingMedicine7.1%
- Advanced MRI Techniques and ApplicationsMedicine6%
- Medical Imaging Techniques and ApplicationsMedicine5.9%
- MRI in cancer diagnosisMedicine5.4%
- Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical ImagingMedicine5.1%
- Advanced X-ray and CT ImagingEngineering5%
- Medical Imaging and Pathology StudiesMedicine3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview 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
- 6LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 8.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.82LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.97LetPub ·
- h-index
- 151LetPub ·
- h-index
- 266OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 4,066OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.34OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 4.72%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 124LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 8,288 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 483 | 23 | 90 |
| 2025 | 631 | 23 | 598 |
| 2024 | 668 | 41 | 1,698 |
| 2023 | 292 | 36 | 2,986 |
| 2022 | 288 | 28 | 4,255 |
| 2021 | 253 | 30 | 5,824 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- 4–8 weeksLetPub ·
- 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
- Radiological Society of North America Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1981
- ISSN
- 0271-5333
- Electronic ISSN
- 1527-1323
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Radiographics
What CAS zone is Radiographics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Radiographics is in Zone 1 of Medicine, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Radiographics?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 6; CiteScore 8.8, h-index 266.
How long does peer review take at Radiographics?
Authors report an average review time of 4–8 weeks; 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 Radiographics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Radiographics is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Radiographics open access, and what is the APC?
Radiographics 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: .