MRM Letter from the Editor: August 2025

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Dear Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Subscribers,

Firstly, a quick reminder if you are about to submit to Magn Reson Med. We have now started using Wiley’s Research Exchange (ReX) Submission tool for authors who submit new papers to the journal. You should be redirected to the new submission portal if you visit the old site, but you will find it directly at wiley.atyponrex.com/journal/MRM. Note that you will also need to set up a Wiley ScienceConnect account if you don’t already have one.

For revisions, authors are asked to check their decision letter for specific instructions on how to proceed, including which submission portal to use. Eventually all submissions and revisions will use Wiley’s new ReX Submission portal, but please accept our apologies for the use of both systems in the interim (until all papers submitted using the old Manuscript Central site have received a final decision).

Finally, for authors who are funded by NIH, you will be aware of the new NIH mandate for making your work available to the public with zero embargo. This became effective for papers accepted from 1 July 2025. Information on how to comply with NIH’s requirement when publishing in Magn Reson Med can be found here. Please note that authors whose corresponding author is an ISMRM member are eligible to receive a 50% discount on the standard Article Processing Charge when publishing Gold Open Access. For more details see the Journal Homepage.

Best wishes,
Peter Jezzard, PhD

HEADLINES

  • The Top 5 most cited papers from 2022 (contributing to the latest Impact Factor) appear below:

5: Velocity-selective arterial spin labeling perfusion MRI: A review of the state of the art and recommendations for clinical implementation

4: Cerebral oxygen extraction fraction MRI: Techniques and applications

3: Magnetic field strength dependent SNR gain at the center of a spherical phantom and up to 11.7T

2: Recent Technical Developments in ASL: A Review of the State of the Art

1: Review and consensus recommendations on clinical APT-weighted imaging approaches at 3T: Application to brain tumors

  • Don’t forget to keep checking Study Group Virtual Special Issues that can be found at the journal homepage. Most ISMRM Study Groups have created Virtual Special Issues, with the aim of summarising the latest research in these topic areas. The idea is to update these at least annually to ensure that they remain “living documents” and hopefully will be a valuable resource to Study Group members. We have recently added or updated ones from the Pulmonary MR Study Group; the Quantitative MR Study Group; the Placental and Fetal MRI Study Group; the MR in Radiation Therapy Study Group; and the Motion Detection and Correction Study Group!
  • In partnership with the Reproducible Research Study Group (RRSG) we are now offering authors the option of a Code Review of any code they provide in a Data Availability Statement. If authors request it in their cover letter, the RRSG will download the code and check that it installs and can be run. For details see here and an editorial on the experiences of the first year of its use here.

AUGUST ISSUE

Attached you will find, in PDF format, the Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Table of Contents (TOC) for the Volume 94, Number 2, August 2025 issue. Additionally, clicking on a title in the attached PDF will take you directly to its abstract. To view the entire article, please use either your log-in information for the Wiley website or your institutional access. Note that many papers in Magnetic Resonance in Medicine are published as Open Access articles and can be freely downloaded by anyone.

July’s Cover Art: This month’s cover art is from:

Simulated radiation levels and patterns of MRI without a Faraday shielded room, by Ehsan Kazemivalipour, Bastien Guerin, Lawrence L. Wald

August’s Editor’s Picks: Each month, we highlight articles from the current issue that might be of particular interest to our readers. The articles will be available online to anyone for a period of two years, regardless of their subscription status. This month’s selections are:

FEATURES

*The MRM Highlights Magazine, Volume 10, is available online!

Recent Q&A articles and special features:

Selection: Open Science Initiative for Perfusion Imaging (OSIPI)

Selection: Wirelessly interfacing sensor-equipped implants and MR scanners for improved safety and imaging

Selection: Fast measurement of the gradient system transfer function at 7 T

Special Features:

We’re accepting YIA submissions for the 2026 ISMRM Annual Meeting in Cape Town, South Africa

Our ScholarOne site is open for manuscript submissions in conjunction with the 2026 I.I. Rabi Award for Basic Science and the Prince-Meaney Award in Translational Science to be awarded at the ISMRM 34th Annual Meeting & Exhibition in in Cape Town, South Africa, 09-14 May 2026. The submission deadline will be 12 September 2025. For more information about the YIA competition, please visit here.

Full Issue PDFs

Full Issue PDFs are now available for download. Please follow the link available at the journal home page. You will be prompted for your ISMRM login information.

LINKS OF INTEREST

August Articles
Early View
ISMRM Journal Page
Journal Home Page
Highlights Page
Highlights Print Supplements, including:

Cover Gallery
Virtual Special Issues
YouTube Channel
Previous Editor’s Picks
Full Issue PDFs (ISMRM login required)

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