Medical Physics is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research on medical physics.[1] The first issue was published in January 1974. Medical Physics is an official journal of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, the Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists, the Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine and the International Organization for Medical Physics. The editor-in-chief is John M. Boone (UC Davis Medical Center).[2]
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| Discipline | Physics, medicine |
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| Language | English |
| Edited by | John M. Boone |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1974–present |
| Publisher | Wiley (US) |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Hybrid | |
| 4.506 (2021) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Med. Phys. |
| Indexing | |
| CODEN | MPHYA6 |
| ISSN | 0094-2405 (print) 2473-4209 (web) |
| LCCN | 74645246 |
| OCLC no. | 01794379 |
| Links | |
In 2013, the journal announced that it was changing from a traditional to a hybrid open-access format.[3] In 2017, the journal transferred from being published by the American Institute of Physics to Wiley.[4]
Abstracting and indexing
editMedical Physics is indexed in:
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 4.506, ranking it 44th out of 136 journals in the category "Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging".[8]
References
edit- ^ "Medical Physics". American Institute of Physics. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
- ^ "Editorial Leadership". medphys.org. American Association of Physicists in Medicine. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
- ^ Hendee, William; Armato, Sam (2013). "Medical Physics becomes a hybrid gold open‐access journal". Medical Physics. 40 (1): 010401. doi:10.1118/1.4772400. ISSN 0094-2405.
- ^ Williamson, Jeffrey F.; Das, Shiva K.; Goodsitt, Mitchell M. (2017). "Welcome to our new publisher: Wiley". Medical Physics. 44 (1): 1–2. doi:10.1002/mp.12035. ISSN 0094-2405.
- ^ "CAS Source Index". Chemical Abstracts Service. American Chemical Society. Archived from the original on 2010-02-11. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
- ^ "Medical physics". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
- ^ "Scopus title list" (Microsoft Excel). www.elsevier.com/online-tools/scopus/content-overview, Scopus coverage lists. Elsevier. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
- ^ "Journals Ranked by Impact: Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging". 2021 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate. 2022.