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Medical Image Analysis

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 1981

ISSN1361-8415eISSN1361-8423

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

3.43

H-Indexi

213

SNIPi

3.912

Total Worksi

3,932

Total Citationsi

274,598

2yr Mean Citednessi

8.91

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Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Medical Image Analysis provides a forum for new research results in medical and biological image analysis. It emphasizes applications of computer vision, virtual reality, and robotics to biology, and approaches utilizing biomedical image datasets from molecular/cellular to tissue/organ scales.

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General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1981

FrequencyEight No. A Year, 2012-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,932

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1361-8415 / 1361-8423

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

173

21k

2019

249

22k

2020

333

20k

2021

302

20k

2022

311

14k

2023

304

7.8k

2024

420

3.3k

2025

305

149

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided DesignQ1

Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionQ1

Health InformaticsQ1

Radiological and Ultrasound TechnologyQ1

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Artificial IntelligenceComputer Science, Interdisciplinary ApplicationsEngineering, BiomedicalRadiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging

Scopus Categories

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided DesignComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionHealth InformaticsRadiological and Ultrasound Technology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Medical Image Segmentation TechniquesAI in cancer detectionRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical ImagingAdvanced MRI Techniques and ApplicationsMedical Imaging Techniques and ApplicationsAdvanced Neuroimaging Techniques and ApplicationsAdvanced Neural Network ApplicationsMedical Imaging and AnalysisFunctional Brain Connectivity StudiesCOVID-19 diagnosis using AI

Frequently asked questions about Medical Image Analysis

Is Medical Image Analysis a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Medical Image Analysis: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Medical Image Analysis?

Medical Image Analysis is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 8.91.

Is Medical Image Analysis indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Medical Image Analysis is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.