BMC Medical Imaging

pISSN: 1471-2342• JCR: BMC MED IMAGINGBioMed CentralUnited Kingdom
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2026 Impact Factor

3.9

Released June 2026 · Based on 2025 citation data

↑ 0.7 (+21.9%) vs last year

Impact Factor History

  1. Metric year 2025

    Released

    3.9
  2. Metric year 2024

    3.2

JCR Category Rankings

Journal Citation Reports category rankings
CategoryIndexesQuartile
RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGINGSCIEQ1
Q1
JCR Quartile
B3
CAS Block

BMC Medical Imaging current release and JCR quartile

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Ranking position in Medicine

Ranked #1,314 in Medicine by impact factor and #1,154 among Q1 Medicine journals. This context helps compare BMC Medical Imaging against journals publishing in the same field.

#1,314
of 6,225 field journals

BMC Medical Imaging publication trend

Published 1,561 papers across the last 5 recorded years with a current impact factor of 3.9.

2026 vs 2025: -405
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Journal Details

Total Articles
2,499
H-Index
71
Open Access
Yes
APC
$2,072 USD
Subject Areas
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingBiomedical EngineeringRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

Article Volume

2022
228
2023
217
2024
355
2025
583
2026
178
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