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. 2025 Sep 8;31(5):440–455. doi: 10.4274/dir.2025.243182

Table 3. Baseline characteristics of eligible papers included in the study-level analysis.

Variable

Category

Value

Radiology subfield, count (%)

Neuro

222 (53%)

Musculoskeletal

73 (17%)

Chest

49 (12%)

General or multi-system

33 (8%)

Pediatric

21 (5%)

Genitourinary

9 (2%)

Cardiovascular

8 (2%)

Dental

6 (1%)

Publication type, count (%)

Journal article

403 (96%)

Preprint

14 (3%)

Conference paper

4 (1%)

Scope of journals, count (%)

Radiology or imaging-related

170 (40%)

No

251 (60%)

Focus of journals, count (%)

AI-focused

14 (3%)

No

407 (97%)

h-5 index of journal, median (IQR; 25th–75th percentiles)

-

67 (70; 44–113)

Impact factor quartile, count (%)

Q1

222 (53%)

Q2

116 (28%)

Q3

29 (7%)

Q4

17 (4%)

No

37 (9%)

Top 10 most frequent publication platform, count (%)

International journal of imaging systems and technology

21 (5%)

European radiology

11 (3%)

IEEE access

11 (3%)

Insights into imaging

10 (2%)

PloS one

10 (2%)

Arxiv

9 (2%)

Radiology

9 (2%)

Computerized medical imaging and graphics

9 (2%)

Computer methods and programs in biomedicine

9 (2%)

Computers in biology and medicine

8 (2%)

IQR, interquartile range; AI, artificial intelligence.