Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging journals by time to acceptance (2025)
95 journals with 2025 figures · median days from submission to acceptance, measured from PubMed dates · data as of Sep 15, 2026
Sorted by median days from submission to acceptance in 2025. Faster is not better — this is a planning aid, not a ranking of quality. Click a column to re-sort.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seminars in Nuclear Medicine | 6 (4–10) | 95 | 25 | ≈$5,090 | — | 0.0 |
| Diagnostics | 40 (30–53) | 3,282 | 3 | ≈$3,178 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.13 |
| Antibodies | 41 (33–59) | 107 | 5 | ≈$2,200 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Investigative Radiology | 47 (35–61) | 87 | 276 | — | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Ophthalmology and Therapy | 52 (38–69) | 207 | 22 | $7,675 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Tomography | 52 (39–69) | 141 | 4 | ≈$2,933 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology | 53 (23–100) | 111 | 1 | ≈$3,470 | — | 0.0 |
| Academic Radiology | 54 (34–83) | 550 | 21 | ≈$3,510 | — | 0.0 |
| EJNMMI Radiopharmacy and Chemistry | 54 (41–74) | 90 | 20 | $2,290 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of the American College of Radiology | 57 (7–87) | 341 | 6 | ≈$3,810 | — | 0.0 |
| Polish Journal of Radiology | 59 (19–93) | 82 | 83 | — | Open access | 0.0 |
| International Journal of Retina and Vitreous | 62 (47–83) | 150 | 15 | $1,990 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Ophthalmology | 64 (17–113) | 236 | 10 | ≈$4,990 | — | 0.0 |
| Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology | 65 (35–99) | 57 | 6 | $1,950 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology | 67 (33–93) | 98 | 113 | — | — | 0.0 |
| European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging | 69 (46–93) | 623 | 19 | ≈$3,490 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Revista Española de Medicina Nuclear e Imagen Molecular (English Edition) | 73 (52–95) | 85 | 44 | ≈$3,400 | — | 0.0 |
| Frontiers in Radiology | 73 (57–100) | 82 | 19 | ≈$2,383 | Open access (DOAJ) | 4.74 |
| Clinical Nuclear Medicine | 74 (54–96) | 586 | 42 | — | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Annals of Nuclear Medicine | 76 (58–102) | 128 | 15 | ≈$4,390 | — | 0.0 |
| World Journal of Radiology | 76 (54–100) | 86 | — | — | Open access | 0.0 |
| Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging | 78 (53–119) | 72 | 24 | ≈$4,090 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging | 82 (65–102) | 219 | 17 | ≈$3,680 | — | 0.0 |
| Japanese Journal of Radiology | 82 (55–120) | 183 | 19 | ≈$4,090 | — | 0.0 |
| European Journal of Radiology Open | 82 (60–114) | 83 | 7 | $2,730 | Open access (DOAJ) | 2.66 |
| Journal of Radiological Protection | 86 (58–122) | 102 | 12 | ≈$3,325 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Nuclear Medicine Communications | 87 (60–118) | 79 | 20 | — | Hybrid | 1.39 |
| Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography | 89 (65–117) | 75 | 12 | ≈$3,410 | — | 0.0 |
| Clinical ophthalmology | 90 (75–113) | 466 | 16 | $3,940 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of medical imaging and radiation sciences | 91 (50–133) | 127 | 25 | ≈$2,900 | — | 0.0 |
| Nuclear Medicine and Biology | 91 (68–115) | 67 | 2 | ≈$3,740 | — | 0.0 |
| Clinical Imaging | 92 (73–127) | 160 | 3 | ≈$3,310 | — | 0.0 |
| Technical Innovations & Patient Support in Radiation Oncology | 92 (76–120) | 69 | 3 | $1,410 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Magnetic Resonance Imaging | 93 (68–133) | 200 | 2 | ≈$3,380 | — | 0.0 |
| Radiological Physics and Technology | 96 (75–137) | 124 | 13 | ≈$3,990 | — | 0.0 |
| Radiography | 99 (72–128) | 318 | 17 | ≈$2,990 | — | 0.97 |
| Lasers in Surgery and Medicine | 99 (56–174) | 77 | 11 | ≈$4,620 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Imaging Informatics in Medicine | 100 (78–125) | 425 | 21 | ≈$4,690 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of lasers in medical sciences | 103 (70–159) | 77 | 80 | — | Open access | 0.0 |
| Cornea | 104 (78–141) | 241 | 35 | — | Hybrid | 0.75 |
| Journal of Biomedical Optics | 104 (77–135) | 190 | 26 | $1,675 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| EJNMMI Research | 107 (81–139) | 171 | 23 | $3,190 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of Medical Physics | 109 (77–144) | 97 | 71 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| BMC Ophthalmology | 111 (77–171) | 743 | 19 | $3,090 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Radiotherapy and Oncology | 111 (76–155) | 390 | 5 | ≈$3,770 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Journal of Nuclear Medicine | 111 (82–148) | 341 | 82 | — | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Korean Journal of Radiology | 111 (74–171) | 86 | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Optometry | 112 (85–148) | 56 | 34 | $1,850 | Open access (DOAJ) | — |
| European Journal of Radiology | 114 (80–163) | 604 | 1 | ≈$3,440 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Journal of Nuclear Cardiology | 114 (84–162) | 108 | 11 | ≈$4,190 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography | 115 (75–149) | 112 | 41 | — | — | 0.0 |
| Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express | 118 (93–149) | 303 | 13 | ≈$2,400 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Cancer Imaging | 119 (71–181) | 162 | 13 | $2,890 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Neurophotonics | 119 (98–151) | 103 | 26 | $1,675 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Lasers in Medical Science | 121 (79–198) | 487 | 13 | ≈$3,590 | — | 0.0 |
| JACC. Cardiovascular imaging | 122 (65–209) | 77 | 64 | ≈$5,000 | — | 0.0 |
| Physics in Medicine and Biology | 123 (97–161) | 556 | 14 | ≈$3,325 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| BMC Medical Imaging | 124 (86–185) | 588 | 14 | $3,290 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.65 |
| Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics Biology and Medicine | 124 (97–165) | 87 | 23 | ≈$5,090 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia | 124 (87–170) | 66 | 127 | — | Open access | 0.0 |
| Magnetic Resonance in Medicine | 127 (98–160) | 442 | 21 | ≈$3,680 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics | 131 (102–176) | 426 | 33 | $1,010 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Insights into Imaging | 132 (92–189) | 293 | 32 | $3,390 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology | 132 (84–252) | 93 | 15 | ≈$3,700 | — | 0.0 |
| European Radiology | 135 (102–178) | 713 | 33 | ≈$2,890 | Hybrid | 0.51 |
| Ophthalmology Science | 135 (98–174) | 305 | 7 | $2,500 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| European Radiology Experimental | 135 (111–173) | 125 | 33 | $3,090 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| The Ocular Surface | 135 (101–175) | 86 | 2 | ≈$5,330 | — | 0.0 |
| Dose-Response | 135 (94–178) | 55 | 27 | $2,650 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery | 137 (73–191) | 212 | — | ≈$3,000 | — | 0.0 |
| International Ophthalmology | 138 (84–213) | 503 | 19 | ≈$3,790 | — | 0.46 |
| Molecular Imaging and Biology | 140 (103–192) | 93 | 17 | ≈$4,190 | — | 0.0 |
| Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics | 144 (106–192) | 195 | 10 | ≈$3,180 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance | 144 (94–209) | 157 | 4 | $3,000 | Open access (DOAJ) | 1.79 |
| BMJ Open Ophthalmology | 144 (99–208) | 132 | 22 | ≈$3,223 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| NeuroImage | 147 (100–210) | 660 | 1 | $3,540 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology | 149 (112–201) | 197 | 4 | $2,080 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of medical imaging | 149 (117–188) | 122 | 23 | — | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| International Journal of Ophthalmology | 154 (95–227) | 268 | 151 | $1,800 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Radiation and Environmental Biophysics | 160 (100–228) | 78 | 15 | ≈$3,290 | — | 0.0 |
| Clinical Radiology | 164 (114–222) | 274 | 5 | ≈$3,530 | — | 0.0 |
| La radiologia medica | 165 (125–232) | 195 | 24 | ≈$4,190 | — | 0.0 |
| Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery | 166 (129–224) | 962 | 52 | — | Open access | 0.3 |
| Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences | 167 (113–223) | 65 | 16 | $2,930 | Open access (DOAJ) | 2.79 |
| EJNMMI Physics | 170 (124–238) | 113 | 27 | $2,590 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Radiation Research | 171 (104–308) | 111 | — | — | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Physica Medica | 175 (132–239) | 269 | 9 | ≈$2,780 | Hybrid | 0.85 |
| npj Imaging | 176 (117–217) | 56 | 40 | $2,890 | Open access (DOAJ) | — |
| Medical Physics | 177 (127–226) | 743 | 19 | ≈$3,360 | Hybrid | 0.3 |
| British Journal of Radiology | 180 (118–263) | 292 | — | ≈$3,005 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Glaucoma | 184 (119–258) | 161 | 11 | — | — | 0.0 |
| NMR in Biomedicine | 186 (117–237) | 211 | — | ≈$3,640 | — | 0.0 |
| Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine | 197 (134–273) | 174 | 21 | ≈$3,690 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Veterinary Cardiology | 236 (160–329) | 80 | 6 | ≈$3,360 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Medical Image Analysis | 252 (178–357) | 397 | 11 | ≈$4,170 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
Journals are listed where at least 25% of their articles' topics fall in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging (OpenAlex).
Latest available year: 2024
7 journals without enough usable 2025 data. Their 2024 figures are shown separately so they are never compared with 2025 figures.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan Journal of Ophthalmology | 62 (45–89) | 77 | 87 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine | 86 (57–130) | 83 | 137 | — | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology | 101 (68–157) | 107 | 134 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of Current Ophthalmology | 129 (97–208) | 58 | 278 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Eye and Vision | 173 (147–190) | 50 | 30 | $2,790 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Imaging Neuroscience | 182 (142–250) | 354 | 37 | $1,600 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of Ophthalmic and Vision Research | 209 (146–282) | 55 | 258 | $300 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
Latest available year: 2023
4 journals without enough usable 2025 data. Their 2023 figures are shown separately so they are never compared with 2025 figures.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radiología (English Edition) | 60 (45–82) | 85 | 316 | ≈$2,500 | — | 0.0 |
| Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging | 63 (21–80) | 60 | 14 | ≈$3,520 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Zeitschrift für Medizinische Physik | 132 (87–173) | 62 | 32 | $2,500 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Radiology Cardiothoracic Imaging | 156 (91–214) | 66 | 38 | — | Hybrid | 0.0 |
Latest available year: 2022
4 journals without enough usable 2025 data. Their 2022 figures are shown separately so they are never compared with 2025 figures.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contrast Media & Molecular Imaging | 42 (32–56) | 628 | 27 | ≈$1,700 | — | 332.45 |
| Journal of Clinical Imaging Science | 64 (36–111) | 67 | 21 | — | — | 3.75 |
| Frontiers in Neuroimaging | 68 (56–93) | 54 | 30 | ≈$2,383 | Open access (DOAJ) | — |
| Radiology Artificial Intelligence | 224 (153–277) | 56 | 20 | — | Hybrid | 0.0 |
Latest available year: 2021
6 journals without enough usable 2025 data. Their 2021 figures are shown separately so they are never compared with 2025 figures.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Der Ophthalmologe | 66 (38–94) | 82 | 30 | ≈$3,090 | — | — |
| Journal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering | 69 (46–111) | 66 | — | $650 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Radiologia Brasileira | 72 (52–96) | 56 | — | — | Open access | 0.0 |
| Acta Radiologica Open | 77 (38–150) | 60 | 33 | ≈$1,079 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Beyoglu Eye Journal | 103 (69–164) | 61 | 83 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Therapeutic Advances in Ophthalmology | 141 (94–206) | 78 | 39 | $2,650 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
Latest available year: 2020
5 journals without enough usable 2025 data. Their 2020 figures are shown separately so they are never compared with 2025 figures.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Journal of Nuclear Medicine | 49 (32–71) | 99 | 111 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Ophthalmic surgery, lasers & imaging retina | 107 (54–155) | 82 | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| Translational Vision Science & Technology | 117 (79–167) | 405 | 52 | $1,850 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.55 |
| Indian journal of radiology and imaging - new series/Indian journal of radiology and imaging/Indian Journal of Radiology & Imaging | 118 (72–181) | 116 | 130 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of Refractive Surgery | 139 (92–193) | 107 | — | — | Hybrid | 0.0 |
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Among 95 Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging journals with enough dated articles in 2025, the shortest median time from submission to acceptance was 6 days (Seminars in Nuclear Medicine). The middle journal's median was 112 days. Speed is not a measure of quality; check scope, indexing and fees too.
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Data sources. Submission, acceptance and publication dates: Courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine (PubMed, entries through Sep 15, 2026). NLM does not endorse Journal Clock, and these figures may not reflect the most current PubMed data. Journal fees and open-access listing: DOAJ (CC0, retrieved Sep 16, 2026). Fees paid by institutions: OpenAPC (Open Database License, retrieved Sep 16, 2026). Retractions: Retraction Watch Database via Crossref (retrieved Sep 16, 2026). Journal identifiers and topics: OpenAlex (CC0). Currency conversion: ECB reference rates (Sep 15, 2026). How these numbers are calculated · For organisations.