Diagnostics

Diagnostics is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal on medical diagnosis published semimonthly online by MDPI. The British Neuro-Oncology Society (BNOS), the International Society for Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (ISIDOG) and the Swiss Union of Laboratory Medicine (SULM) are affiliated with Diagnostics and their members receive a discount on the article processing charges.
  • Open Access— free for readers, with article processing charges (APC) paid by authors or their institutions.
  • High Visibility: indexed within Scopus, SCIE (Web of Science), PubMed, PMC, Embase, Inspec, CAPlus / SciFinder, and other databases.
  • Journal Rank: JCR - Q1 (Medicine, General and Internal) / CiteScore - Q2 (Internal Medicine)
  • Rapid Publication: manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a first decision is provided to authors approximately 21 days after submission; acceptance to publication is undertaken in 2.6 days (median values for papers published in this journal in the first half of 2025).
  • Recognition of Reviewers: reviewers who provide timely, thorough peer-review reports receive vouchers entitling them to a discount on the APC of their next publication in any MDPI journal, in appreciation of the work done.
  • Companion journals for Diagnostics include: LabMed and AI in Medicine.
Impact Factor: 3.3 (2024); 5-Year Impact Factor: 3.3 (2024)
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Topic in Biomedicines, Cancers, Current Oncology, Diagnostics, JCM
Advances in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Its Role in Radiation Therapy Topic Editors: Indra J. Das, Minsong Cao
Deadline: 31 October 2025
Topic in AI, Algorithms, Diagnostics, Emergency Care and Medicine
Trends of Artificial Intelligence in Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Topic Editors: Zhongheng Zhang, Yucai Hong, Wei Shao
Deadline: 30 November 2025
Topic in Biophysica, CIMB, Diagnostics, IJMS, IJTM
Molecular Radiobiology of Protons Compared to Other Low Linear Energy Transfer (LET) Radiation Topic Editors: Francis Cucinotta, Jacob Raber
Deadline: 20 December 2025
Topic in BioMed, Cancers, Diagnostics, JCM, J. Imaging
Machine Learning and Deep Learning in Medical Imaging Topic Editors: Rafał Obuchowicz, Michał Strzelecki, Adam Piórkowski, Karolina Nurzynska
Deadline: 31 December 2025
Special Issue in Diagnostics
Machine-Learning-Based Disease Diagnosis and Prediction Guest Editor: Fakhar Abbas
Deadline: 30 September 2025
Special Issue in Diagnostics
Advances in Musculoskeletal (MSK) Radiology Guest Editor: Haron Obaid
Deadline: 30 September 2025
Special Issue in Diagnostics
Diagnosis and Management of Postural Disorders Guest Editor: Maciej Płaszewski
Deadline: 30 September 2025
Special Issue in Diagnostics
Confocal Microscopy: Clinical Impacts and Innovation, 2nd Edition Guest Editor: Cleopatra Charalampaki
Deadline: 30 September 2025
Topical Collection in Diagnostics
Biomedical Optics: From Technologies to Applications Collection Editor: Mengyang Liu
Topical Collection in Diagnostics
Artificial Intelligence in Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis Collection Editor: Tim Duong
Topical Collection in Diagnostics
Diagnostic Sensors Collection Editors: Xavier Muñoz-Berbel, Michele Dei, Miguel A. Pellitero
Topical Collection in Diagnostics
Advances in Cancer Imaging Collection Editor: Yukako Yagi
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