Journal profile · RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING
Sonography
ISSN 2202-8323 · eISSN 2054-6750 · Wiley-Blackwell
Sonography: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.4 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,900; median 94 days to acceptance (90 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 76% (journal website); 94 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Sonography is published by Wiley-Blackwell 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 Ultrasound in Clinical Applications, Radiology practices and education and Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, together about 30.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Sonography promotes sonographic excellence through the publication of research that advances and promotes best clinical sonographic/ultrasound practice, and tests and develops new equipment and techniques. We are the official journal of the Australasian Sonographers Association.Sonography publishes original articles, reviews, case reports, Editorials and education articles on all areas of diagnostic medical sonography, including medical physics, sonographic measurement (including reliability studies), education, clinical guidelines, sonographer health and wellbeing, service delivery and professional issues. We accept manuscripts on the basis of their impact on evidence-based practice and relevance to sonographers and other users of diagnostic medical ultrasound.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING
Editor-in-chief Kerry ThoirsPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Australia 12, United Kingdom 2, New Zealand 1 (15 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Ultrasound in Clinical ApplicationsMedicine14%
- Radiology practices and educationMedicine8.1%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance8.1%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering7.7%
- Educational Robotics and EngineeringComputer Science6.6%
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine5.2%
- Congenital Heart Disease StudiesMedicine3.9%
- Peripheral Nerve DisordersMedicine3.1%
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceEmbaseCINAHLPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO
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 (publisher)
- 0.4Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.17LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.25LetPub ·
- h-index
- 14OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 22OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.48OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 25%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 24.14%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 68LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 78Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 132,305Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 731 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 84 | 32 | 1 |
| 2025 | 94 | 50 | 39 |
| 2024 | 97 | 59 | 92 |
| 2023 | 60 | 28 | 52 |
| 2022 | 50 | 17 | 74 |
| 2021 | 56 | 22 | 73 |
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 Crossref · to
94 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 66 days – 138 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 14 days (93 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 112 days
- Sample
- 90 articles with submission and acceptance dates (184 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
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 76%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 76%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 31 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 31 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 91 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 12 daysPublisher website ·
- 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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,900 / EUR 2,390 / GBP 1,930 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Reference style
- Vancouver
Article types accepted15
- book review or media reviewBook Review or Media Review A review of the aims, contents and features of a new book or media resource.Length not stated
- case reportCase ReportLength not stated
- case report, case seriesCase Report, Case Series A case report is a detailed presentation of a single case which may be an unusual presentation of a common condition, a rarely seen con…Length not stated
- editorialEditorial An invited commentary on an article, articles or related topics published in the same journal issue.Length not stated
- guidelineGuidelineLength not stated
- letter to the editorA letter, or response to a letter, sent to the journal and which is intended to be published. Can be submitted on any topic which is of interest to readers of S…Length not stated
- original articleOriginal ArticleLength not stated
- original articlesOriginal Articles An original article is a report of a research project relating to sonography/medical ultrasound that provides new information derived from ori…Length not stated
- otherOtherLength not stated
- perspectivePerspectiveLength not stated
- pictorial essayPictorial Essay A pictorial essay is an education piece which provides a unique and informative gallery of images.Length not stated
- practice and policyPractice and Policy A public statement, of what a representative group of experts agree to be evidence-based and state-of-the-art knowledge on an aspect of prac…Length not stated
- reviewReviewLength not stated
- review articleReview Article A review article synthesises and summarises multiple sources of existing knowledge through a thorough literature review on a particular area of c…Length not stated
- systematic reviewSystematic Review A systematic review addresses a focussed and clearly formulated question relating to medical ultrasound/sonography by using systematic and exp…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Authorship
Authorship policy follows ICMJE definition of authorship. Model summary
Please refer to the journal’s authorship policy in the Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations section for details on eligibility for author listing.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest Statement
For details on what to include in this section, see the section ‘Conflict of Interest’ in the Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations section below. Submitting authors should ensure they liaise with all co-authors to confirm agreement with the final statement.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Accessibility
Data sharing encouraged via public repositories with data accessibility statement. Model summary
The journal encourages authors to share the data and other artefacts supporting the results in the paper by archiving it in an appropriate public repository. Authors should include a data accessibility statement, including a link to the repository they have used, in order that this statement can be published alongside their paper.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics
Member of COPE; observes Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing. Model summary
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and observes the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing.Wiley’s Publication Ethics Guidelines can be found here and read Wiley'sTop 10 Publishing Ethics Tips for Authors here.Note this journal uses iThenticate’s CrossCheck software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted ma…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Your Open Access fees might be covered
1. Submission2. Aims and Scope3. Manuscript Categories and Requirements4. Preparing the Submission5. Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations6. Author Licensing7. Publication Process After Acceptance8. Post Publication9. Disclaimer 1. SUBMISSION Thank you for your interest in Sonography. Please consult the following instructions for help in preparing your manuscript, and feel free to consult …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review and Acceptance
Double-anonymous peer review by two anonymous reviewers and the editor. Model summary
The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to our readership. Except where otherwise stated, manuscripts are double-anonymous peer reviewed by two anonymous reviewers and the editor. Final acceptance or rejection rests with the editorial board, which reserves the right to refuse any material for publication.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Uses iThenticate CrossCheck for plagiarism detection. Model summary
Note this journal uses iThenticate’s CrossCheck software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Preprint policy refers to Wiley preprint policy. Model summary
Please find the Wiley preprint policy here.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Reporting guidelines
Authors are recommended to consult and follow the appropriate reporting guideline and checklist for their study design which are available through the EQUATOR network for (1) randomised controlled trials (CONSORT), (2) observational studies - cohort, case-control studies and cross-sectional studies (STROBE), (3) Systematic reviews (PRISMA) (4) qualitative research (COREQ), (5) diagnostic prognosti…
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 2202-8323
- Electronic ISSN
- 2054-6750
- Society / sponsor
- Australasian Sonographers Association
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 13, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Sonography
What CAS zone is Sonography in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Sonography 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 Sonography?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.4 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.6, h-index 14.
How long does peer review take at Sonography?
Based on the dates recorded on 90 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 94 days (interquartile range 66–138 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 76% (2025). 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Sonography?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Reference style: Vancouver. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Sonography based?
Of the 15 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Australia (12), United Kingdom (2) and New Zealand (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Sonography?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Sonography is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, Embase and CINAHL; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Sonography open access, and what is the APC?
Sonography is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,900.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .