Launched in 1981, RadioGraphics is the premier education journal in diagnostic radiology and the second major radiology journal published by the RSNA. RadioGraphics joins Radiology as one of the top U.S. imaging journals. Readers consider the Journal "must reading," with 75% ranking RadioGraphics as number 1 among North American imaging journals in terms of usefulness in clinical practice.

Its six 300-page issues cover the broad spectrum of radiologic subspecialties, as well as special features on radiologic-pathologic correlation, continuous quality improvement, informatics in radiology, and education techniques for lifelong learning. A seventh monograph issue on a subspecialty topic is published every October. With each issue, readers can participate in up to 13 CME exercises that qualify for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM.

Most articles published in RadioGraphics are based on education exhibits from the RSNA annual meeting. There is a three-tiered process for selecting the exhibits that ultimately are published in RadioGraphics. The 5000+ abstracts for proposed exhibits are reviewed first by the subspecialty subcommittees (eg, Breast, Cardiac, Chest, Emergency Radiology) of the Education Exhibits Committee. About 2100 exhibits are accepted for each year's RSNA meeting. The final exhibits are then reviewed during the annual meeting by the subspecialty committees of the RadioGraphics editorial board, a process similar to tryouts for a national competition, with the goal being to select the very best exhibits for consideration for publication. Exhibits are judged on scientific accuracy and educational quality (clarity of focus, pictorial quality, teaching value, and general interest). The committees choose the top 10%–12% of exhibits—those that best combine educational value, current topics, and great images. Submitted manuscripts based on exhibits undergo the in-depth peer review traditionally used by scholarly journals. The editor accepts those manuscripts that provide an excellent review of a subject, a clarification of difficult concepts or a unique way of looking at old information to make it more understandable, and widest appeal for the most number of radiologists. (Some manuscripts are rejected if the final material is judged not worthy of publication.) So the exhibits that appear in RadioGraphics are truly the very best of the RSNA education exhibits.