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South African Journal of Radiology is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.6), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by AOSIS (Pty) Ltd.
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ISSN 1027-202XVerify ISSN ↗2078-6778Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: AOSIS (Pty) Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging | 243 / 361 | 32nd | Q3 |
| Radiological and Ultrasound Technology | 45 / 64 | 30th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2014–2025, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.6.
South African Journal of Radiology is Q3 in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging (rank 243 of 361) and Q3 in Radiological and Ultrasound Technology (rank 45 of 64), by CiteScore 2025.
South African Journal of Radiology 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 1.6, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 32nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.266, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 13.
South African Journal of Radiology is published by AOSIS (Pty) Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1027-202X and its online ISSN is 2078-6778.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
South African Journal of Radiology has an h-index of 20 and a 2-year mean of 0.96 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.6, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #222 of 346 Scopus journals in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.
South African Journal of Radiology published 27 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 66. 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 96 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from South Africa (51.2%), India (36.3%) and United States (2.8%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
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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