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Frontiers in Nuclear Medicine

Frontiers Media SA · Switzerland · Est. 1980

ISSN2673-8880eISSN2673-8880

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.621

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.408

Total Worksi

229

Total Citationsi

988

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.56

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1980

Annual Volume~ 43 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications229

Publisher OrgFrontiers Media

OA Since2020

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Frontiers Media SA

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2673-8880 / 2673-8880

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

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

126

1980

2021

366

2022

314

2023

271

2024

2025

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 ImagingQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging

Scopus Categories

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Medical Imaging Techniques and ApplicationsRadiopharmaceutical Chemistry and ApplicationsRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical ImagingMedical Imaging and Pathology StudiesAdvanced MRI Techniques and ApplicationsPeptidase Inhibition and AnalysisCardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsNeuroendocrine Tumor Research AdvancesProstate Cancer Treatment and ResearchRadiation Dose and Imaging

Frequently asked questions about Frontiers in Nuclear Medicine

Is Frontiers in Nuclear Medicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Frontiers in Nuclear Medicine: 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 Frontiers in Nuclear Medicine?

Frontiers in Nuclear Medicine 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 2.56.

Is Frontiers in Nuclear Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Frontiers in Nuclear Medicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Frontiers in Nuclear Medicine?