Molecular Imaging and Biology

Molecular Imaging and Biology (MIB) invites original contributions (research articles, review articles, commentaries, etc.) on the utilization of molecular imaging (i.e., nuclear imaging, optical imaging, autoradiography and pathology, MRI, MPI, ultrasound imaging, radiomics/genomics etc.) to investigate questions related to biology and health. The objective of MIB is to provide a forum to the discovery of molecular mechanisms of disease through the use of imaging techniques. We aim to investigate the biological nature of disease in patients and establish new molecular imaging diagnostic and therapy procedures. Some areas that are covered are: Preclinical and clinical imaging of macromolecular targets (e.g., genes, receptors, enzymes) involved in significant biological processes. The design, characterization, and study of new molecular imaging probes and contrast agents for the functional interrogation of macromolecular targets. Development and evaluation of imaging systems including instrumentation, image reconstruction algorithms, image analysis, and display. Development of molecular assay approaches leading to quantification of the biological information obtained in molecular imaging. Study of in vivo animal models of disease for the development of new molecular diagnostics and therapeutics. Extension of in vitro and in vivo discoveries using disease models, into well designed clinical research investigations. Clinical molecular imaging involving clinical investigations, clinical trials and medical management or cost-effectiveness studies.

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Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

Category	Year	Quartile
Cancer Research	1999	Q3
Cancer Research	2000	Q3
Cancer Research	2001	Q3
Cancer Research	2002	Q3
Cancer Research	2003	Q3
Cancer Research	2004	Q3
Cancer Research	2005	Q2
Cancer Research	2006	Q2
Cancer Research	2007	Q2
Cancer Research	2008	Q2
Cancer Research	2009	Q2
Cancer Research	2010	Q2
Cancer Research	2011	Q2
Cancer Research	2012	Q2
Cancer Research	2013	Q3
Cancer Research	2014	Q2
Cancer Research	2015	Q2
Cancer Research	2016	Q3
Cancer Research	2017	Q2
Cancer Research	2018	Q2
Cancer Research	2019	Q3
Cancer Research	2020	Q3
Cancer Research	2021	Q3
Cancer Research	2022	Q3
Cancer Research	2023	Q3
Oncology	1999	Q2
Oncology	2000	Q2
Oncology	2001	Q3
Oncology	2002	Q2
Oncology	2003	Q2
Oncology	2004	Q2
Oncology	2005	Q2
Oncology	2006	Q1
Oncology	2007	Q1
Oncology	2008	Q2
Oncology	2009	Q2
Oncology	2010	Q2
Oncology	2011	Q2
Oncology	2012	Q2
Oncology	2013	Q2
Oncology	2014	Q2
Oncology	2015	Q2
Oncology	2016	Q2
Oncology	2017	Q2
Oncology	2018	Q2
Oncology	2019	Q2
Oncology	2020	Q3
Oncology	2021	Q2
Oncology	2022	Q2
Oncology	2023	Q2
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging	1999	Q2
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging	2000	Q2
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging	2001	Q2
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging	2002	Q2
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging	2003	Q2
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging	2004	Q2
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging	2005	Q1
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging	2006	Q1
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging	2007	Q1
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging	2008	Q1
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging	2009	Q1
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging	2010	Q1
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging	2011	Q1
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging	2012	Q1
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging	2013	Q1
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging	2014	Q1
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging	2015	Q1
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging	2016	Q1
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging	2017	Q1
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging	2018	Q1
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging	2019	Q1
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging	2020	Q2
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging	2021	Q2
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging	2022	Q2
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging	2023	Q2

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
1999	0.353
2000	0.470
2001	0.339
2002	0.522
2003	0.562
2004	0.683
2005	0.934
2006	1.302
2007	1.529
2008	1.020
2009	1.086
2010	1.071
2011	1.191
2012	1.100
2013	1.067
2014	1.057
2015	1.051
2016	1.000
2017	1.142
2018	1.175
2019	0.904
2020	0.846
2021	0.760
2022	0.748
2023	0.752

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
1999	35
2000	72
2001	0
2002	54
2003	36
2004	42
2005	41
2006	36
2007	46
2008	48
2009	67
2010	79
2011	146
2012	88
2013	90
2014	97
2015	101
2016	106
2017	110
2018	113
2019	136
2020	163
2021	102
2022	99
2023	125

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	1999	1.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	0.783
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	0.705
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	1.409
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	1.106
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	2.043
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	2.636
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	3.341
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	4.161
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	3.776
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	3.088
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	3.208
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	3.288
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	3.359
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	3.266
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	3.241
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	2.743
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	2.888
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	3.020
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	3.283
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	2.916
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	3.090
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	3.418
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	3.181
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	2.698
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	1.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	0.783
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	0.705
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	1.421
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	1.183
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	2.122
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	2.636
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	3.681
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	3.958
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	3.472
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	3.246
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	2.969
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	3.345
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	3.291
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	3.454
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	3.244
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	2.745
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	2.896
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	3.286
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	3.543
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	2.997
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	3.003
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	3.413
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	3.157
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	2.745
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	1.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	0.783
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	0.636
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	1.403
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	0.685
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	2.122
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	3.013
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	3.048
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	3.299
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	3.634
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	2.883
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	2.939
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	3.226
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	3.338
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	3.402
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	3.045
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	2.647
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	3.131
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	3.686
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	3.269
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	2.749
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	3.084
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	3.314
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	3.128
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	2.791

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	1999	8
Self Cites	2000	4
Self Cites	2001	0
Self Cites	2002	11
Self Cites	2003	6
Self Cites	2004	8
Self Cites	2005	11
Self Cites	2006	11
Self Cites	2007	12
Self Cites	2008	14
Self Cites	2009	17
Self Cites	2010	16
Self Cites	2011	29
Self Cites	2012	28
Self Cites	2013	28
Self Cites	2014	42
Self Cites	2015	38
Self Cites	2016	39
Self Cites	2017	44
Self Cites	2018	45
Self Cites	2019	37
Self Cites	2020	55
Self Cites	2021	26
Self Cites	2022	22
Self Cites	2023	29
Total Cites	1999	25
Total Cites	2000	47
Total Cites	2001	93
Total Cites	2002	152
Total Cites	2003	149
Total Cites	2004	191
Total Cites	2005	348
Total Cites	2006	438
Total Cites	2007	471
Total Cites	2008	427
Total Cites	2009	422
Total Cites	2010	478
Total Cites	2011	649
Total Cites	2012	961
Total Cites	2013	1081
Total Cites	2014	1051
Total Cites	2015	755
Total Cites	2016	834
Total Cites	2017	999
Total Cites	2018	1123
Total Cites	2019	986
Total Cites	2020	1078
Total Cites	2021	1406
Total Cites	2022	1266
Total Cites	2023	999

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	1999	0.680
External Cites per document	2000	0.717
External Cites per document	2001	0.705
External Cites per document	2002	1.318
External Cites per document	2003	1.135
External Cites per document	2004	2.033
External Cites per document	2005	2.553
External Cites per document	2006	3.588
External Cites per document	2007	3.857
External Cites per document	2008	3.358
External Cites per document	2009	3.115
External Cites per document	2010	2.870
External Cites per document	2011	3.196
External Cites per document	2012	3.195
External Cites per document	2013	3.364
External Cites per document	2014	3.114
External Cites per document	2015	2.607
External Cites per document	2016	2.760
External Cites per document	2017	3.141
External Cites per document	2018	3.401
External Cites per document	2019	2.884
External Cites per document	2020	2.850
External Cites per document	2021	3.350
External Cites per document	2022	3.102
External Cites per document	2023	2.665
Cites per document	1999	1.000
Cites per document	2000	0.783
Cites per document	2001	0.705
Cites per document	2002	1.421
Cites per document	2003	1.183
Cites per document	2004	2.122
Cites per document	2005	2.636
Cites per document	2006	3.681
Cites per document	2007	3.958
Cites per document	2008	3.472
Cites per document	2009	3.246
Cites per document	2010	2.969
Cites per document	2011	3.345
Cites per document	2012	3.291
Cites per document	2013	3.454
Cites per document	2014	3.244
Cites per document	2015	2.745
Cites per document	2016	2.896
Cites per document	2017	3.286
Cites per document	2018	3.543
Cites per document	2019	2.997
Cites per document	2020	3.003
Cites per document	2021	3.413
Cites per document	2022	3.157
Cites per document	2023	2.745

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
1999	5.71
2000	8.33
2001	0
2002	11.11
2003	8.33
2004	7.14
2005	9.76
2006	22.22
2007	13.04
2008	4.17
2009	23.88
2010	35.44
2011	27.40
2012	32.95
2013	25.56
2014	32.99
2015	26.73
2016	31.13
2017	25.45
2018	41.59
2019	36.76
2020	39.26
2021	33.33
2022	23.23
2023	26.40

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	1999	0
Non-citable documents	2000	0
Non-citable documents	2001	0
Non-citable documents	2002	0
Non-citable documents	2003	6
Non-citable documents	2004	7
Non-citable documents	2005	10
Non-citable documents	2006	6
Non-citable documents	2007	6
Non-citable documents	2008	7
Non-citable documents	2009	7
Non-citable documents	2010	13
Non-citable documents	2011	13
Non-citable documents	2012	12
Non-citable documents	2013	10
Non-citable documents	2014	11
Non-citable documents	2015	12
Non-citable documents	2016	10
Non-citable documents	2017	6
Non-citable documents	2018	8
Non-citable documents	2019	10
Non-citable documents	2020	14
Non-citable documents	2021	19
Non-citable documents	2022	20
Non-citable documents	2023	18
Citable documents	1999	25
Citable documents	2000	60
Citable documents	2001	132
Citable documents	2002	107
Citable documents	2003	120
Citable documents	2004	83
Citable documents	2005	122
Citable documents	2006	113
Citable documents	2007	113
Citable documents	2008	116
Citable documents	2009	123
Citable documents	2010	148
Citable documents	2011	181
Citable documents	2012	280
Citable documents	2013	303
Citable documents	2014	313
Citable documents	2015	263
Citable documents	2016	278
Citable documents	2017	298
Citable documents	2018	309
Citable documents	2019	319
Citable documents	2020	345
Citable documents	2021	393
Citable documents	2022	381
Citable documents	2023	346

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	1999	15
Uncited documents	2000	33
Uncited documents	2001	76
Uncited documents	2002	46
Uncited documents	2003	67
Uncited documents	2004	29
Uncited documents	2005	43
Uncited documents	2006	31
Uncited documents	2007	28
Uncited documents	2008	34
Uncited documents	2009	27
Uncited documents	2010	27
Uncited documents	2011	39
Uncited documents	2012	49
Uncited documents	2013	56
Uncited documents	2014	57
Uncited documents	2015	50
Uncited documents	2016	64
Uncited documents	2017	64
Uncited documents	2018	64
Uncited documents	2019	79
Uncited documents	2020	70
Uncited documents	2021	73
Uncited documents	2022	81
Uncited documents	2023	82
Cited documents	1999	10
Cited documents	2000	27
Cited documents	2001	56
Cited documents	2002	61
Cited documents	2003	59
Cited documents	2004	61
Cited documents	2005	89
Cited documents	2006	88
Cited documents	2007	91
Cited documents	2008	89
Cited documents	2009	103
Cited documents	2010	134
Cited documents	2011	155
Cited documents	2012	243
Cited documents	2013	257
Cited documents	2014	267
Cited documents	2015	225
Cited documents	2016	224
Cited documents	2017	240
Cited documents	2018	253
Cited documents	2019	250
Cited documents	2020	289
Cited documents	2021	339
Cited documents	2022	320
Cited documents	2023	282