Skeletal Radiology

Skeletal Radiology is published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg 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 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment, Bone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments and Musculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments, together about 25.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Skeletal Radiology, the Journal of the International Skeletal Society, and the Official Journal of the Society of Skeletal Radiology and the Australasian Musculoskeletal Imaging Group, serves as a forum for the dissemination of current knowledge and information dealing with disorders of the musculoskeletal system including the spine. Although the radiological aspects are emphasized, the journal adopts an interdisciplinary approach. Thus, the anatomical, pathological, physiological, clinical, metabolic and epidemiological aspects of the many entities affecting the musculoskeletal system each receive appropriate consideration.The journal publishes several different types of material. Carefully selected case reports are chosen because they illuminate new aspects of known entities, or because they are the earliest evidence of potential new entities. Case reports that include histological sections are favored, and a bibliography of the important references is always expected. Many, but by no means all, of the cases published are selected from the material presented at the annual meetings of the International Skeletal Society. Nonmembers are encouraged to send such cases for editorial consideration. Scientific articles are selected by the editors-in-chief with the input of a distinguished board of reviewers and editorial consultants, international in scope, representing multiple disciplines concerned with disorders of the bones, joints and soft tissues. Although emphasis is placed on manuscripts related to diagnostic imaging, articles submitted in other disciplines related to the musculoskeletal system are also encouraged. Most issues of the journal contain one or more scholarly review articles that are intended to condense, clarify and summarize an area of study that has undergone recent change or advances. Review articles in Skeletal Radiology differ in this way from purely educational material such as might be found in a textbook. Submissions of review articles are welcomed. The editors may occasionally solicit this type of article from noted authorities.The Journal also publishes “Test Yourself” cases in which a diagnostic dilemma is presented. Readers are invited to think of a diagnosis, and the answer is provided, followed by a discussion. Rounding out the list are a few subjective opinion pieces published as “Perspectives” and “Browsers Notes” and a very small number of carefully selected letters to the Editor.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging

Editor-in-chief William E. PalmerPublisher website

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 43, United Kingdom 5, Switzerland 5, Japan 3, Italy 3 (78 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

Indexing the journal's website claims

MEDLINEEmbaseCurrent ContentsPublisher website

Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic Scholar

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Impact

Impact factor

2.52LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

2.5Publisher website · 2026-09-29

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

2.5Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore 2026-06

5LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.82LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.31LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

81LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

140OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

4,927OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

2.44OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

8%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

25.22%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

218LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher) 2025

1,200,000Publisher website · 2026-09-29

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.

Other sources

Average review time (community reports)

3–8 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

EasyLetPub · 2026-09-13

Submission to first decision

16 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

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.

A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

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.

Publisher

Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Country or region

UNITED STATES

Language

English

Frequency

Bimonthly

Founded

1976

ISSN

0364-2348

Electronic ISSN

1432-2161

Society / sponsor

Society of Skeletal Radiology and the Australasian Musculoskeletal Imaging Group

Latest issue on the website

Volume 55, Issue 11 (November 2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗LetPub
• Author guidelines ↗LetPub
• Special issues ↗Publisher website