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Journal of Imaging is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 7.3), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI).
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ISSN 2313-433XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging | 41 / 361 | 88th | Q1 |
| Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design | 24 / 131 | 82nd | Q1 |
| Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition | 35 / 183 | 81st | Q1 |
| Electrical and Electronic Engineering | 196 / 1030 | 81st | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2015–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 7.3.
Journal of Imaging is Q1 in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging (rank 41 of 361), Q1 in Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design (rank 24 of 131) and Q1 in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (rank 35 of 183), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of Imaging is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 7.3, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 88th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.726, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 65.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,172 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Journal of Imaging is published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). Its ISSN is 2313-433X.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Imaging has an h-index of 74 and a 2-year mean of 4.16 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 7.3, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #38 of 346 Scopus journals in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.
Journal of Imaging published 471 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 94 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (34%), United States (7.8%) and Italy (6.7%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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