The Journal of Nuclear Medicine’s impact factor increased 12% from 2016 to 2017

Michael Walter | | Radiology Business | Practice Management
SNMMI

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) announced this week that the impact factor of its flagship publication, The Journal of Nuclear Medicine (JNM), increased by 12 percent in 2017.

Impact factors indicate a journal’s significance within an industry by tracking citations. According to new data from Clarivate Analytics, JNM’s impact factor was 6.646 in 2016 and 7.439 in 2017. It is now No. 5 in the overall rankings for medial imaging journals.

“JNM’s increasing impact factor demonstrates the journal’s influential role in molecular imaging, and we are honored that it is the journal of choice for many distinguished researchers,” Johannes Czernin, MD, the journal’s editor-in-chief, said in a prepared statement. “Among nuclear medicine journals, JNM continues to have the highest number of citations, the highest average five-year impact factor, the highest number of citable articles, and the highest influence score.”

He also gave credit to JNM’s previous editor-in-chief, Dominique Delbeke, MD, PhD, nothing that the Clarivate Analytics data was from 2016.

“We are continuing to build on her success, focusing on providing the highest quality in basic, translational and clinical sciences,” Delbeke said in the same statement.

Michael Walter
Michael Walter, Managing Editor

Michael has more than 18 years of experience as a professional writer and editor. He has written at length about cardiology, radiology, artificial intelligence and other key healthcare topics.

Related Content

US Radiology Specialists affiliate expands into new market
Navigating the radiology workforce shortage: 6 potential solutions
Radiologist rails against insurer’s refusal to cover key interventional service
Blue Cross Blue Shield affiliate rejects MRI contrast coverage, labeling it ‘investigational’
Radiology experts say state Medicaid rates must increase to improve imaging access
Can large language models break language barriers in radiology reports?

Around the web

Health Imaging
Nearly $800,000 settlement offered to family of man who died during MRI exam

The patient, who was being cared for in the ICU, was not accompanied or monitored by nursing staff during his exam, despite being sedated.

Cardiovascular Business
Global shortage of nuclear imaging isotopes may be over

The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.

Cardiovascular Business
‘A huge win’: CMS significantly increases Medicare payments for cardiac CT

CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.