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1、该刊只有国际刊号。
2、投稿方式：在线投稿。
3、刊内网址：https://qims.amegroups.com/
（202602期）
4、投稿系统：
https://qims.amegroups.org/author/submit
5、官网邮箱：qims@amepc.org
6、出刊日期：月刊，一年出版12期。
2026年1月29日星期四
Guidelines for Authors
【官网信息】
Thank you for your interest in the Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery (QIMS, Quant Imaging Med Surg, Print ISSN 2223-4292; Online ISSN 2223-4306). QIMS adheres to the Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly work in Medical Journals, issued by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) (1), and the Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors (2), issued by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Please refer to the following guidelines to help you prepare your manuscript. Feel free to contact the editorial office by email (qims@amepc.org) should you have any questions. To ensure a swift peer review and publication process, manuscripts that do not adhere to the following instructions will be returned to the corresponding author for technical revision at preliminary review. The author instruction is updated on January 16, 2026.
1. ABOUT THE JOURNAL
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery (QIMS, Quant Imaging Med Surg, Print ISSN 2223-4292; Online ISSN 2223-4306) publishes peer-reviewed original reports and reviews in medical imaging, including X-ray, ultrasound, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy, nuclear medicine and related modalities, and their application in medicine and surgery. While focus is on clinical investigations, papers on medical physics, image processing, or biological studies which have apparent clinical relevance are also published. This journal encourages authors to look at the medical images from a quantitative angle. This journal also publishes important topics on imaging-based epidemiology, and debates on research methodology, medical ethics, and medical training. Descriptive radiological studies of high clinical importance are published as well.
As an open access, international peer-reviewed journal, QIMS is published quarterly (Dec. 2011- Dec. 2012), bimonthly (Feb. 2013 - Feb 2018) and monthly (Mar. 2018 - ) and openly distributed worldwide.
QIMS is indexed in PubMed/PubMed Central, Scopus and Web of Science [Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)]. Its latest impact factor is: 2.3.
QIMS is published by AME Publishing Company, with support from Wolters Kluwer (the journal content will be made available on Wolters Kluwer Health’s Lippincott and Ovid platforms).
2. MANUSCRIPT CATEGORIES
2.1 Original Article
Word limit: there is no fixed word limit for research articles, but authors must use the most concise language possible, as well as succinct, structured sentences. The word count for the main text (excluding the abstract, references, tables, boxes, or figures) should be provided when the manuscript is submitted.
Abstract: Structured (Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusions), 200-450 words max.
Keywords: 3~5.
References: No limit.
Figures/Tables: No limit, but 10 figures are deemed sufficient.
Data Sharing Statement: If a submitted article includes any data that are not publicly available, the authors are required to fill in a data-sharing statement form, which should be submitted along with their manuscript. If the article is accepted for publication, the Data Availability Statement (form) will be published online alongside the article. See the “Data Sharing Statement” section for details.
Description: Original articles should take the following format: Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusions. Original articles must have originality and clinical impact.
Original articles should include a section describing the contribution made by each author to the manuscript. See the “3.4 Author Contributions” section for details.
When a manuscript documents any experiment(s) involving human subjects or animals, the authors must indicate an ethical statement both in the methods section and the footnote. See the “3.7.3 Ethical Statement” section for details.
Please note that systematic review with meta-analysis will be categorized as Original Article.
2.1.1 Reporting Checklist
Apart from following the general format as indicated above, it is encouraged that Original Articles are prepared according to the EQUATOR research reporting guidelines (3), as listed below, and each submission includes a checklist (a reformatted version has been created for the journal) as a supplementary material. The relevant page/line and section/paragraph number in the manuscript are stated for each item in the checklist. A statement can be included at the end of the “Introduction” to indicate which reporting checklist was followed (e.g., “We present this article/case in accordance with the CONSORT reporting checklist.” ). The manuscript can include a Reporting Checklist statement in the footnote (see the “3.7 Footnote”).
Please note that the application of a checklist is aimed for transparent and clear reporting to allow critical appraisal of the manuscript. The final format of the manuscript follow the author instruction requirements.
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