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EJNMMI Research

EJNMMI Research is a high-visibility open access journal focused on new basic, translational, and clinical research in nuclear medicine and molecular imaging. It publishes original research articles, rapid communications of preliminary data, case reports, editorials, and letters to the editor, with an emphasis on targeted imaging with radiopharmaceuticals, molecular probes, biological processes underlying disease, and new treatment modalities including radionuclide therapy.

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Subject Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Impact Factor 3
Quartile Q2
Open Access Type Open
ISSN 2191-219X
eISSN 2191-219X
Invitation Only No
Cost Range £2290.00 GBP / $3190.00 USD / €2690.00 EUR APC; VAT or local taxes may apply.

Submission Instructions

EJNMMI Research accepts the following article types. Click on an article type to view submission instructions.

Original Research Articles

Cover Letter A cover letter is required. Cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published in EJNMMI Research, address any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved the submission, and confirm the manuscript has not been published or submitted elsewhere.
Abstract An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 350 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must include the headings Background, Results, and Conclusions.
Manuscript Manuscript must include Background, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, and a Declarations section. Manuscript must include 3 to 10 keywords, define abbreviations at first use with a list of abbreviations if used, and document any use of a Large Language Model in the Methods section or another suitable section if Methods is unavailable.
References Only published or in-press articles, clinical trial registration records, abstracts, and publicly available e-print or preprint items may be cited, unpublished abstracts/data and personal communications must not appear in the reference list, journal abbreviations must follow Index Medicus/MEDLINE, and URLs must appear as numbered references with full site title, full URL, and access date.
Figures & Tables Tables must be included in the main manuscript file, with smaller tables placed in the text and larger tables allowed at the end of the document, while figure titles and legends must be provided in the main manuscript and figure files uploaded separately in mention order. Figures must be numbered in order of first mention and submitted as correctly oriented composite files for multi-panel figures, and tables must be numbered and cited in sequence and not submitted as figures or spreadsheet files.
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Preliminary Research Articles

Cover Letter A cover letter is required. Cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published, address any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved the submission, and confirm the manuscript content has not been published or submitted elsewhere.
Abstract An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 350 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must include the headings Background, Results, and Conclusions.
Manuscript Manuscript must include Background, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, and a Declarations heading. Manuscript must include 3 to 10 keywords, a list of abbreviations if abbreviations are used, an Availability of data and materials statement, and documentation of any Large Language Model use in the Methods section or another suitable part of the manuscript.
References References must follow Vancouver style. Only published or in-press articles, clinical trial registration records, and abstracts, or items available through public e-print or preprint servers, may be cited, and datasets supporting the conclusions must be cited with persistent identifiers expressed as full URLs.
Figures & Tables Tables must be included in the main manuscript file, with large tables placed at the end and cited in the text to indicate placement. Figures must be uploaded separately in an accepted format with titles and legends provided in the main manuscript, and tables must not be submitted as figures.
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Reviews

Cover Letter A cover letter is required. The cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published in EJNMMI Research, address any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved submission, and confirm the manuscript content has not been published or submitted elsewhere.
Abstract An abstract is required. The abstract must not exceed 350 words. The abstract must be structured. The abstract must include Background, main body of the abstract, and short conclusion.
Manuscript The manuscript must include Background, Main text, Conclusions, and a Declarations section containing Ethics approval and consent to participate, Consent for publication, Availability of data and material, Competing interests, Funding, Authors' contributions, and Acknowledgements. Reviews must include three to ten keywords, an Availability of data and materials statement, a list of abbreviations if abbreviations are used, documentation of any Large Language Model use in the Methods section or another suitable section if no Methods section is available, and 'Not applicable' under any non-relevant Declarations heading.
References References must follow Vancouver style. Only published or in-press articles, clinical trial registration records, and abstracts available through public e-print or preprint servers may be cited, unpublished abstracts/data/personal communications must not appear in the reference list, web links must be included in the reference list with full details, and journal abbreviations must follow Index Medicus/MEDLINE.
Figures & Tables Tables must be included in the main manuscript file, with tables under one page placed near their first citation and larger tables placed at the end of the text or uploaded as additional files if too wide for a page. Figures must be uploaded separately in permitted formats with titles and legends provided in the main manuscript, and tables must not be submitted as figures and must be created using the word processor's Table object function.
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Case Reports

Cover Letter A cover letter is required. The cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published, note any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved submission, and confirm the manuscript has not been published or submitted elsewhere.
Abstract An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 350 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must use the headings Background, Case presentation, and Conclusions.
Manuscript Manuscript must include Background, Case presentation, Conclusions, and a Declarations section. Case Reports must include three to ten keywords, a list of abbreviations if abbreviations are used, an AI-use disclosure in the Methods section or other suitable part of the manuscript, and under Declarations the headings Ethics approval and consent to participate, Consent for publication, Availability of data and material, Competing interests, Funding, Authors' contributions, Acknowledgements, and optionally Authors' information, with nonrelevant headings marked 'Not applicable'.
References References may include only published or in-press articles, clinical trial registration records, and published or publicly available preprint abstracts, with journal abbreviations following Index Medicus/MEDLINE and web links cited as numbered references with full site title, URL, and access date.
Figures & Tables Tables must be included in the main manuscript file, with shorter tables placed in the text and larger tables allowed at the end while their placement is indicated in the text, and figure titles and legends must appear in the main manuscript rather than in the graphic files. Figures must be numbered and uploaded in order of first mention, multi-panel figures submitted as one composite file, and tables must not be submitted as figures.
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Letters To The Editor

Cover Letter A cover letter is required. Cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published, address any journal policy issues, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved submission, and confirm the manuscript has not been published or submitted elsewhere.
Abstract Letters To The Editor do not require an abstract.
Manuscript The body of the article must not exceed 500 words. Letters To The Editor should start with "To the Editor" and may be divided into subsections with short informative headings. The manuscript must include a Declarations section containing Ethics approval and consent to participate, Consent for publication, Availability of data and material, Competing interests, Funding, Authors' contributions, and Acknowledgements, with any nonrelevant section still included and stated as "Not applicable," and any use of a Large Language Model documented in the Methods section or another suitable part of the manuscript.
References References must follow Vancouver style. Only published or in-press articles, clinical trial registration records, abstracts, and publicly available preprints may be cited in the reference list, unpublished abstracts, unpublished data, and personal communications must be excluded, and web references must include the full site title, full URL, and access date.
Figures & Tables Tables must be included in the main manuscript file, with larger tables cited in the text and their placement indicated, and figures must be uploaded separately in the order first mentioned. Multi-panel figures must be submitted as a single composite file, and figure titles and legends and table titles and legends must be included in the main manuscript with titles limited to 15 words and legends limited to 300 words.
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Short Communications

Cover Letter A cover letter is required. The cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published, address any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved the submission, and confirm the manuscript has not been published or submitted elsewhere.
Abstract Abstract requirements are not specified.
Manuscript The manuscript must contain the body of the article and include a 'Declarations' heading with the sections Ethics approval and consent to participate, Consent for publication, Availability of data and material, Competing interests, Funding, Authors' contributions, Acknowledgements, and optional Authors' information, with non-relevant items marked 'Not applicable'. If abbreviations are used, they must be defined at first use and a list of abbreviations must be provided, and any use of a Large Language Model must be documented in the Methods section or another suitable part of the manuscript.
References References must use Vancouver style. Journal abbreviations must follow Index Medicus/MEDLINE, web links and URLs must be numbered and included in the reference list in full with site title, URL, and access date, and unpublished abstracts, unpublished data, and personal communications must not appear in the reference list.
Figures & Tables Figure titles and legends must be provided in the main manuscript while tables must be included in the main manuscript file, with tables under one page placed near their first mention and larger tables allowed at the end if cited in the text. Figures must be numbered and uploaded in first-mention order as closely cropped files with titles of no more than 15 words and legends of no more than 300 words, and table titles and legends must also be limited to 15 and 300 words respectively.
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Guideline Articles

Cover Letter A cover letter is required for Guideline Articles. The cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published, address any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved submission, and confirm the manuscript has not been published or submitted elsewhere.
Abstract An abstract is required for Guideline Articles. The abstract must not exceed 350 words. The abstract must be structured. The abstract must include the headings Background, Results, and Conclusions.
Manuscript The manuscript must include a title page and the sections Background, Methods, Results, Conclusions, and Declarations. The manuscript must include three to ten keywords, a list of abbreviations if abbreviations are used, documentation of any Large Language Model use in the Methods or another suitable section, and Declarations headings that remain present with 'Not applicable' where relevant.
References References must use Vancouver style. Web links and URLs must be cited with a reference number and included in the reference list in full with the site title, URL, and access date, and journal abbreviations must follow Index Medicus/MEDLINE.
Figures & Tables Figure titles and legends must appear in the main manuscript rather than in the graphic file, tables must be included in the main manuscript file, and tables larger than one page may be placed at the end of the document with their placement indicated in the text. Multi-panel figures must be submitted as a single composite file, figure titles must not exceed 15 words, figure and table legends must not exceed 300 words, table titles must not exceed 15 words, and tables must not be submitted as figures.
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Recent Publications

Incidental [68Ga]Ga-DOTATATE uptake in bone metastases of breast carcinoma in a patient with a secondary carcinoid tumor

Jan Kemle, Sabin G. Pop, Alexander Sauter, Rafael Pereira, Tilly Nothhelfer, Gad Singer, Cornelia Leo, Irene A. Burger

10.1186/s13550-026-01462-4
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Complementary roles of 68Ga-FAPI and 18 F-FDG PET/CT in evaluating IgG4-related disease: a systematic review and pooled analysis

Xue Cai, Qin Wang, Qingfan Hao, Jian Zhang

10.1186/s13550-026-01452-6
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Experimental study of [68Ga]Ga-HER2-RGD, a dual-target molecular probe, for breast cancer PET/CT imaging

Xiujuan Zhao, Meng Dai, Tianyue Li, Nuo Li, Xiaolin Chen, Bo Dong, Yingxiao Guo, Mengyue Wei, Xinming Zhao, Jingmian Zhang

10.1186/s13550-026-01467-z
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Quantitative mid-treatment imaging biomarkers for response prediction after radiotherapy in head and neck cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Yuvnik Trada, Mark T Lee, Michael G. Jameson, Paul Keall, Daniel Moses, Allan Fowler

10.1186/s13550-026-01446-4
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Acute complications of nuclear medicine: an emergency medicine perspective

Mehmet Necmeddin Sutaşır, Banu Arslan, Mohamed Mukhtar Mohamed, Nihat Müjdat Hökenek

10.1186/s13550-026-01464-2
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Frequently asked questions

How long does it take to publish?

Submission to first decision (median): 17 days.

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Is a cover letter required?

A cover letter is required and should explain why the manuscript should be published in EJNMMI Research, address any policy-related issues, declare potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved submission, confirm the work has not been published or submitted elsewhere, and identify the special issue name when applicable. Authors may also suggest preferred and non-preferred peer reviewers in the cover letter.

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What are the publication costs?

The article processing charge is £2290.00 GBP / $3190.00 USD / €2690.00 EUR for each accepted article, excluding applicable VAT or local taxes.

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Research Topics

Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment MRI in cancer diagnosis Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments Radiation Dose and Imaging Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior Orthopedic Infections and Treatments Neurological disorders and treatments Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging Cell Adhesion Molecules Research

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