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BMC Medical Imaging

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1995

ISSN1471-2342eISSN1471-2342

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.851

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.229

Total Worksi

2,527

Total Citationsi

36,934

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.38

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging; Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1995

Annual Volume~ 385 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,527

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2000

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewOpen

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSBritish Library; National Library of the NetherlandsPMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1471-2342 / 1471-2342

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Open

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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?

LOCKSS, British Library; National Library of the Netherlands, PMC

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

104

2.3k

2019

125

2.5k

2020

195

2021

228

4.4k

2022

217

2.3k

2023

355

2024

584

1.6k

2025

583

116

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.

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging

Scopus Categories

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical ImagingMRI in cancer diagnosisAdvanced X-ray and CT ImagingCardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsAI in cancer detectionLung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentAdvanced MRI Techniques and ApplicationsHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and PrognosisMedical Imaging Techniques and ApplicationsGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment

Frequently asked questions about BMC Medical Imaging

Is BMC Medical Imaging a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for BMC Medical Imaging: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 BMC Medical Imaging?

BMC Medical Imaging 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 3.38.

Is BMC Medical Imaging indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

BMC Medical Imaging is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of BMC Medical Imaging?