Journal metric profile

RADIOLOGY Impact Factor 2025

RADIOLOGY has a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 15.2 and is listed in Q1 with a JCR category rank of 1/212.

JCR-based Impact Factor 15.2 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 14.3 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 1/212 Recorded category rank

RADIOLOGY impact factor and ranking

This profile summarizes the journal metrics and publication information available in the current directory record.

Page reviewed August 6, 2026

RADIOLOGY metric snapshot

RADIOLOGY has a bibliometric profile in this directory for 2025. The publisher recorded for the journal is RADIOLOGICAL SOC NORTH AMERICA (RSNA). Its listed Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor is 15.2. The five-year Journal Impact Factor is 14.3, giving a second citation window for comparison. The journal is recorded in quartile Q1 for its listed JCR category.

Category position and quartile

The recorded JCR category position is 1 out of 212 journals. Based on that rank position, the journal sits within approximately the top 0.5% of the listed category. Its listed quartile is Q1. Category ranks and quartiles are field-specific and are not measures of the quality of an individual article.

How the citation indicators compare

The five-year Journal Impact Factor (14.3) is 0.9 points lower than the standard Journal Impact Factor (15.2). Without journal self-citations, the Impact Factor is 14.4, a difference of 0.8 points from the listed standard value. The Journal Citation Indicator (JCI) is recorded as 4.16. These measures use different definitions or citation windows, so they are most useful when read together rather than treated as interchangeable scores.

Citation and publication counts

For 2025, the directory record for RADIOLOGY lists total cites: 60,450; total articles: 219; citable items: 247. These fields describe different parts of the JCR record and should not be combined into an article-level quality score.

Citation half-life profile

The cited half-life is 9 years, indicating the median age of items that contributed citations to the journal in the reporting framework. The citing half-life is 5.6 years, indicating the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Identifiers and verification

RADIOLOGY is identified in this directory by print ISSN 0033-8419. The publisher is recorded as RADIOLOGICAL SOC NORTH AMERICA (RSNA). When making submission, library, or research-evaluation decisions, verify the title and identifiers against the journal publisher and the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports record.

Complete journal information

Use this table to verify the individual metric values, identifiers and publication details stored for this journal.

Journal nameRADIOLOGY
Abbreviated journalRADIOLOGY
PublisherRADIOLOGICAL SOC NORTH AMERICA (RSNA)
Metric year2025
Overall rank258
ISSN0033-8419
eISSNNot available
Total cites60,450
Total articles219
Citable items247
Cited half-life9 years
Citing half-life5.6 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor15.2
5-Year Impact Factor14.3
Impact Factor without journal self-cites14.4
Journal Citation Indicator4.16
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank1/212
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of RADIOLOGY?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for RADIOLOGY is 15.2 for the 2025 metric year.

What are the JCR quartile and category rank of RADIOLOGY?

RADIOLOGY is listed with quartile Q1 and category rank 1/212. These values are category-specific and should be verified against the official JCR record when used for formal assessment.

What is the five-year Journal Impact Factor of RADIOLOGY?

The five-year Journal Impact Factor recorded for RADIOLOGY is 14.3. It uses a longer citation window than the standard Journal Impact Factor.

Who publishes RADIOLOGY?

RADIOLOGY is listed in this directory as being published by RADIOLOGICAL SOC NORTH AMERICA (RSNA).

Journals in the same approved specialty or subject are shown first, followed by same-publisher or similar-metric records when needed.

Research Area

Subject: Medicine
Specialty: Radiology & Medical Imaging

Subject assignments on this website are used for navigation and are separate from official Journal Citation Reports categories.