Imaging Immune Responses – 1st ESMI Collection
Submissions close on 26 September 2026!
This 1st ESMI Collection explores immune cell imaging in vivo and in humans. Showcasing innovations across immunology, imaging sciences, and clinical research, the papers demonstrate how visualizing immune dynamics can advance diagnostics, guide therapy monitoring, and accelerate the development of precision immunotherapies through a multidisciplinary approach.
Editors:
- Jolanda de Vries – ESMI President 2025/26
- Dominik Sonanini, Tübingen
ESMI x npj Imaging – A Shared Vision
This partnership reflects a shared commitment to scientific excellence, open access, and community-driven research. Together, the ESMI & npj imaging aim to build a publishing platform that truly serves the multidisciplinary imaging science community: a publishing home for your research!
A Word on (Future) JIF
The principle: The Journal Impact Factor (JIF) reflects citations received in a given year by articles published in the previous two years, divided by the number of citable papers published during that period. npj Imaging is expected to receive its first Impact Factor in 2027. This will reflect citations received in 2026 for articles published in the previous two years.
“The journal is growing rapidly, the quality of the science is outstanding, and our early citation metrics are extremely encouraging. With our first Impact Factor on the horizon, this is a fantastic time to publish your best imaging science in our journal – you can really make a difference!” says Tim Witney, Editor-in-Chief
About the Journal
npj Imaging is a high-quality, peer-reviewed journal that highlights innovative imaging-based research across disciplines: from biology and medicine to physics and materials science. The journal welcomes original research, methods, guidelines, and reviews that advance how we capture, analyse, and interpret imaging data at all scales and across the translational pipeline.
With an emphasis on multidisciplinary collaboration and scientific rigor, npj Imaging aims to become a central platform for high-impact imaging science. Learn more about the journal’s scope here.
Editor-in-Chief: Tim Witney, London (see here for complete list of Associate Editors & Editorial Board)
Your Member Benefit: 30% on APC
As part of this partnership, ESMI members receive a 30% discount on Article Processing Charges (APCs), currently set at 2,390€.
Eligibility for 30% reduction & process
- Eligibility: At least the first and/or last author need to be an ESMI member at the time of first submission to npj imaging.
How to claim your discount: Once your article has been accepted for publication in npj imaging, contact Irene via membership@esmi-insight.eu and provide the following information:
- Title of accepted article
- List of authors
- Proof of acceptance
You will then receive a discount code to apply during the Springer Nature payment process – that’s it!
MIB Journal
The ESMI maintains its long-standing partnership with Molecular Imaging and Biology as a continued part of its publishing strategy – read more here.
npj imaging | content types
- Article
- Brief Communication
- Comment
- Editorial
- Matters Arising
- Perspective
- Protocol
- Review