Meta-Radiology

Meta-Radiology is a peer-reviewed open access medical imaging journal published by KeAi on behalf of The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, launched in April 2023, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 13.3（Meta-Radiology）是由（KeAi）代表（The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University）出版的同行评审开放获取医学影像期刊，2023 年 4 月创刊，2025 年影响因子为 13.3。

Scope

• It provides a forum for the dissemination of new research results in the field of radiology为放射学领域的新研究成果提供发表平台。
• The medical images of interest include those acquired from magnetic resonance, ultrasound, computed tomography, nuclear medicine and X-ray关注的医学图像来自磁共振、超声、计算机断层扫描、核医学与 X 射线。
• Clinical radiology topics include detection, diagnosis, efficacy prediction and prognosis prediction临床放射学选题包括检测、诊断、疗效预测与预后预测。
• Artificial intelligence topics include segmentation, visualization, feature extraction, image generation, computer-aided diagnosis and detection, and natural language processing in radiology人工智能选题包括分割、可视化、特征提取、图像生成、计算机辅助诊断与检测，以及放射学中的自然语言处理。^[1]
• Molecular imaging topics use nuclear imaging, autoradiography, MRI, ultrasound, radiomics and genomics to address questions in cell and molecular biology分子影像选题利用核医学成像、放射自显影、磁共振、超声、影像组学与基因组学，探讨细胞与分子生物学问题。
• It also covers new medical imaging technology, interventional radiology, radiation biology and physics, and interdisciplinary fields such as medical physics and neuroimaging还涵盖新型医学成像技术、介入放射学、辐射生物学与物理学，以及医学物理、神经影像等交叉领域。
• Beyond imaging, it welcomes work in radiochemistry, radiobiology, radiogenetics and radiotoxicology除成像之外，也欢迎放射化学、放射生物学、放射遗传学与放射毒理学方面的研究。^[2]

History

• The journal was launched in April 2023 by The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University该刊由（The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University）于 2023 年 4 月创办。
• It is published by KeAi Communications, with publishing services provided by Elsevier由（KeAi Communications）出版，（Elsevier）提供出版服务。
• It is a fully open access journal owned by The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, with an article processing charge of 800 US dollars that is waived for articles submitted before the end of 2026该刊为完全开放获取期刊，版权归（The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University）所有，文章处理费为 800 美元，2026 年底前投稿全部豁免。
• It publishes four issues per year每年出版 4 期。
• Its Journal Impact Factor reached 13.3 in 20252025 年影响因子达到 13.3。
• It ranks fifth among 217 journals in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging in the 2025 Journal Citation Reports and is in the Q1 quartile of ESCI在 2025 年期刊引证报告中位列（RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING）类别 217 种期刊第 5 位，属（ESCI）Q1 区。

Editors

• The Editors-in-Chief are Zhihong Li of The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University and Tianming Liu of the University of Georgia共同主编为（The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University）的（Zhihong Li）与（University of Georgia）的（Tianming Liu）。
• Jun Liu of The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University serves as Executive Editor-in-Chief（The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University）的（Jun Liu）担任执行主编。
• Hairong Zheng of the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, is the Honorary Editor-in-Chief（Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences）的（Hairong Zheng）为名誉主编。
• The Associate Editors are Xia-an Bi of Hunan Normal University and Chao Tu of The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University副主编为（Hunan Normal University）的（Xia-an Bi）与（The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University）的（Chao Tu）。
• The editorial board includes Dinggang Shen, Sheng He, Luping Zhou, Mingxia Liu, Xiang Li and Ze Wang编委会成员包括（Dinggang Shen）、（Sheng He）、（Luping Zhou）、（Mingxia Liu）、（Xiang Li）与（Ze Wang）。
• Other board members include Yuankai Huo, Jinglei Lv, Pingkun Yan and Yixuan Yuan其他编委还包括（Yuankai Huo）、（Jinglei Lv）、（Pingkun Yan）与（Yixuan Yuan）。