New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)
Rank Journal TQCC
1 Medical Image Analysis25
2 IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging22
3 Investigative Radiology21
4 Photoacoustics20
5 Journal of Nuclear Medicine15
- Neuroimage15
- Seminars in Nuclear Medicine15
- Radiology15
9 Journal of Digital Imaging13
- Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging13
11 Ultrasonics12
12 Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics11
- Human Brain Mapping11
- Insights Into Imaging11
15 European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging10
- JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging10
- Seminars in Radiation Oncology10
18 Korean Journal of Radiology9
- Dentomaxillofacial Radiology9
- Biomedical Optics Express9
- Cancer Imaging9
22 Radiation Oncology8
- Pediatric Radiology8
- Radiographics8
- European Journal of Radiology8
26 Magnetic Resonance in Medicine7
- International Journal of Hyperthermia7
- Academic Radiology7
- EJNMMI Physics7
- Journal of Biomedical Optics7
31 Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging6
- Medical Physics6
- British Journal of Radiology6
- Circulation-Cardiovascular Imaging6
- Zeitschrift fuer medizinische Physik6
- Journal of Neuroimaging6
- Molecular Imaging and Biology6
- Physics in Medicine and Biology6
- Ultrasonography6
- Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology6
- Japanese Journal of Radiology6
42 Molecular Imaging5
- BMC Medical Imaging5
- Dose-Response5
- EJNMMI Research5
- Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences5
- Journal of Radiation Research5
- Journal of the American College of Radiology5
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging5
- Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences5
- NMR in Biomedicine5
- Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine5
- American Journal of Neuroradiology5
- Seminars in Ultrasound Ct and Mri5
- Strahlentherapie und Onkologie5
- Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal-Journal de l'Association Canadienne des Radiologistes5
- Current Radiopharmaceuticals5
58 Neuroradiology4
- Practical Radiation Oncology4
- Radiation Research4
- Applied Radiation and Isotopes4
- Skeletal Radiology4
- Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals4
- Clinical Imaging4
- Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics4
- Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography4
- Journal of Nuclear Cardiology4
- Journal of Thoracic Imaging4
- Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics Biology and Medicine4
- Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery4
- Annals of Nuclear Medicine4
- Ultrasonic Imaging4
- Clinical Neuroradiology4
- International Journal of Radiation Biology4
- Interventional Neuroradiology4
76 Journal of Medical Ultrasonics3
- Journal of Radiological Protection3
- Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine3
- Quarterly Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging3
- Radiologic Clinics of North America3
- Radioprotection3
- Acta Radiologica3
- American Journal of Roentgenology3
- Cancer Radiotherapie3
- Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology3
- Clinical Nuclear Medicine3
- Neuroimaging Clinics of North America3
- Nuclear Medicine Communications3
- Radiation and Environmental Biophysics3
- Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology3
- Clinical Radiology3
92 Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology2
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America2
- Medical Dosimetry2
- Seminars in Interventional Radiology2
- Seminars in Roentgenology2
- Current Medical Imaging2
- Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology2
- Medical Ultrasonography2
- Radiation Protection Dosimetry2
- Journal of Clinical Ultrasound2
- Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy2
103 Journal of Neuroradiology1
- Health Physics1
- International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics1
- Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology1
- Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology1
- European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Imaging1
- Iranian Journal of Radiology1
110 Nuclear Medicine and Biology0
- Nuklearmedizin-Nuclear Medicine0
- Physica Medica-European Journal of Medical Physics0
- Revista Espanola de Medicina Nuclear e Imagen Molecular0
- Ultraschall in der Medizin0
- Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography0
- Radiotherapy and Oncology0
- RoFo-Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Rontgenstrahlen und der bildgebenden Verfahren0
- Brachytherapy0
- Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology0
- Contrast Media & Molecular Imaging0
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