Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

This journal is dedicated to provide open-access, high-quality, peer-reviewed Radiology case reports. We encourage everybody to submit interesting Radiology cases or Radiology teaching related articles. Medical/surgical articles with emphasis on diagnostic imaging are also welcome. Blinded review of cases allows a fair and unbiased publication of Radiology case reports.


The "Journal of Radiology Case Reports" is a new kind of journals for Radiology case reports. The peer review and editorial process conforms to international standards of peer reviewed scientific journals. However there are significant differences: This journal is dedicated solely to Radiology case reports. Case reports are usually "neglected" by large or traditional journals, mainly due to competition with "higher value" articles (review, original research etc.) for valuable space in the hardcopy version of the journal. As a consequence, it becomes increasingly difficult to publish interesting casuistics in a peer-reviewed environment. This was one reason why this online journal was born - to give the opportunity to publish Radiology case reports.


Interactivity is unique and allows to view the cases as seen on workstations - with scroll functions and ability to "window and level" (soon available).
Traditionally, case reports provide only selected images which demonstrate the pathology (or only pertinent findings). This has not only a limited learning value, because the user only receives selected information and cannot "find out" the answer him/herself. But, what is more important is, that this kind of provided information does not resemble the "real life" at the radiologist's workstation. When we open a study, the pathology does not jump immediately in our eyes on the first image. We have to scroll through the stack of images and have to find the pathology ourselves. Furthermore, scolling through the stack of images helps to obtain an overview of the entire environment.


Review process is blinded and exceptional by taking usually no more than 7 days - compared to months (and even years with revisions) in traditional journals, which can be very frustrating for authors.


As in traditional journals, the published articles are fully citable in this journal. Each article receives a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) - these days every modern journal assigns its articles a DOI for easier referencing. Medline/PubMed indexing of the articles is in process. The articles will be available in multiple formats (Abstract, HTML, PDF, Interactive)


What kind of articles are suited for this jounal?
Any kind of medical imaging related articles (case report, case series, review, original research, tutorial) are welcomed, which:



  • report and explain unusual or unexpected findings.

  • promote knowledge about known and new disease processes.

  • expand or refresh knowledge about anatomy in imaging.

  • help, better understand technical aspects of medical imaging.

  • new scientific data on a smaller scale (studies on small populations, few patients) which could e.g. help, contributing to larger meta-analysis studies.

  • other uptodate knowledge in medical imaging.

 

Section Policies

General Radiology

Editors
  • Roland Talanow, EduRad, The Cleveland Clinic
Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed

Neuroradiology

This section is dedicated to imaging of the central and peripheral nervous system.

Editors
  • Frederik Giesel, DKFZ Heidelberg
  • Sumer Sethi, VIMHANS, Delhi & Teleradiology Providers
Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed

Pediatric Radiology

This section is dedicated to medical imaging of the childhood and adolescence.

Editors
  • Wolfgang Hirsch
  • Roland Talanow, EduRad, The Cleveland Clinic
Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed

Musculoskeletal Radiology

This section is dedicated to medical imaging of the musculoskeletal system.

Editors
  • Moshe Graif, Tel Aviv University
  • Stephen Hatem, The Cleveland Clinic
Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed

Genitourinary Radiology

This section is dedicated to imaging of the genitourinary system.

Editors
  • Olaf Strattner
Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed

Gastrointestinal Radiology

This section is dedicated to imaging of gastrointestinal system.

Editors
  • Norio Nakata, Japanese Radiological Society
Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed

Obstetric & Gynecologic Radiology

This section is dedicated to imaging of the female reproductive system and imaging of the unborn life.

Editors
  • Bernadette Beranger
Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed

Interventional Radiology

This section is dedicated to interventional procedures in Radiology.

Editors
  • Gabriel O'Neil
Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed

Thoracic Radiology

This section is dedicated to thoracic imaging.

Editors
  • Hans-Holger Jend, Klinikum Bremen-Ost
  • Hans-Ulrich Kauczor, University Clinic Heidelberg
  • Tan-Lucien Mohammed, Cleveland Clinic
Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed

Breast Imaging

This section is dedicated to imaging of the female and male breast.

Editors
  • Michael Knopp, Ohio State University
  • Norio Nakata, Japanese Radiological Society
Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed

Cardiac Imaging

This section is dedicated to imaging of the cardiovascular system.

Editors
  • Li Wu
Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed

Emergency Radiology

This section is dedicated to medical imaging in the acute, emergency setting.

Editors
  • Moshe Graif, Tel Aviv University
  • Stephen Hatem, The Cleveland Clinic
  • Roland Talanow, EduRad, The Cleveland Clinic
Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed

Nuclear Medicine / Molecular Imaging

This section is dedicated to nuclear medicine, functional and molecular imaging.

Editors
  • Bohdan Bybel, Health Sciences Centre Winnipeg
  • Frederik Giesel, DKFZ Heidelberg
  • Donald Neumann
  • Eliot Siegel, University of Maryland
  • Roland Talanow, EduRad, The Cleveland Clinic
Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed

Protocols & Contrast Media

This section is dedicated to protocolling diagnostic and therapeutic exams in medical imaging as well as to topics about contrast material.

Editors
  • Frederik Giesel, DKFZ Heidelberg
  • Michael Knopp, Ohio State University
Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed

Technical/IT & Innovative

This section is dedicated to articles about new innovations or technical aspects in medical imaging.

Editors
  • Frederik Giesel, DKFZ Heidelberg
  • Michael Knopp, Ohio State University
  • Elizabeth Krupinski, University of Arizona
  • Norio Nakata, Japanese Radiological Society
  • Eliot Siegel, University of Maryland
  • Roland Talanow, EduRad, The Cleveland Clinic
Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed

Miscellaneous

This section is dedicated to topics which do not fit into other available sections.

Editors
  • Roland Talanow, EduRad, The Cleveland Clinic
Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed

Editorial

Editors
  • Roland Talanow, EduRad, The Cleveland Clinic
Unchecked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Unchecked Peer Reviewed

Letter to the Editor / Opinion

Editors
  • Roland Talanow, EduRad, The Cleveland Clinic
Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed

Interesting Image

This is a section devoted to interesting images. Interesting images are cases, in which either unusual imaging findings of an usual entity or extremely rare imaging findings are seen. Extremely rare imaging findings include also esthetic images, which either might itself appear as art or the findings might mimick something totally unrelated (e.g. coronal image of the pelvis demonstrates a uterus which resembles a smilie face). No abstract is required. Simply send a word document with title, an unstructured text, containing not more than 100 words, and including appropriate images and accompanying legends of explanation. References may be included if appropriate. There is no limitation in number of images.

Editors
  • Roland Talanow, EduRad, The Cleveland Clinic
Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed

Signs in Radiology

This section is dedicated to "signs" in medical imaging. Articles in this section explain in detail radiological findings which are so characteristic, that they received a specific term. Examples are the "Scimitar" sign or vertebral "scalloping". Beside some historic background (who named it, when and why?), a detailed description accompnied by several example images should be provided.

Editors
  • Roland Talanow, EduRad, The Cleveland Clinic
Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed
 

Peer Review Process

Before a decision will be made about a possible publication, three independent reviewers are asked to judge the submission based on the journal criteria. The review process is blinded and should be finished within 7 days. Selection of reviewers is based on their field of expertise and review interests.

 

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

 

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...

 

Journal of Radiology Case Reports - a peer-reviewed radiology case report journal

Interactive, high quality, open-access and peer-reviewed radiology cases.