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Molecular Imaging is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 4.7), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by SAGE Publications Inc..
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ISSN 1535-3508Verify ISSN ↗1536-0121Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging | 103 / 361 | 71st | Q2 |
| Condensed Matter Physics | 171 / 446 | 61st | Q2 |
| Biotechnology | 154 / 325 | 52nd | Q2 |
| Biomedical Engineering | 163 / 342 | 52nd | Q2 |
| Molecular Medicine | 113 / 179 | 37th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2002–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 4.7.
Molecular Imaging is Q2 in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging (rank 103 of 361), Q2 in Condensed Matter Physics (rank 171 of 446) and Q2 in Biotechnology (rank 154 of 325), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
Molecular Imaging is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, 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 4.7, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 71st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.559, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 69.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,175 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.
Molecular Imaging is published by SAGE Publications Inc. Its print ISSN is 1535-3508 and its online ISSN is 1536-0121.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Molecular Imaging has an h-index of 77 and a 2-year mean of 5.63 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.7, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #18 of 346 Scopus journals in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.
Molecular Imaging published 4 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 120. 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 71 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from United States (31.3%), China (27.2%) and South Korea (5.3%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (2 per 1,000 papers). 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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