''Medical Physics'' is a monthly
peer-review
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ed
scientific journal
In academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science, usually by reporting new research.
Content
Articles in scientific journals are mostly written by active scientists such ...
covering research on
medical physics
Medical physics deals with the application of the concepts and methods of physics to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of human diseases with a specific goal of improving human health and well-being. Since 2008, medical physics has been incl ...
.
[
] The first issue was published in January 1974. Medical Physics is an official journal of the
American Association of Physicists in Medicine
The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) is a scientific, educational, and professional organization of Medical Physicists. In 2011, it absorbed the American College of Medical Physics
Their headquarters are located at 1631 Princ ...
, the Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists, the Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine and the
International Organization for Medical Physics
The International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP) is a professional organization for medical physics with nearly 22,000 members in 84 countries.
Objectives and History
IOMP is charged with a mission to advance medical physics practice wo ...
. The
editor-in-chief
An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies.
The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
is John M. Boone (
UC Davis Medical Center
UC Davis Medical Center is part of UC Davis Health and a major academic health center located in Sacramento, California. It is owned and operated by the University of California as part of its University of California, Davis campus. The medical c ...
).
Abstracting and indexing
''Medical Physics'' is indexed in:
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Chemical Abstracts Service
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Print periodicals
''Chemical Abstracts'' is a periodical index th ...
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Index Medicus
''Index Medicus'' (''IM'') is a curated subset of MEDLINE, which is a bibliographic database of life science and biomedical science information, principally scientific journal articles. From 1879 to 2004, ''Index Medicus'' was a comprehensi ...
/
MEDLINE
MEDLINE (Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online, or MEDLARS Online) is a bibliographic database of life sciences and biomedical information. It includes bibliographic information for articles from academic journals covering medic ...
/
PubMed
PubMed is a free search engine accessing primarily the MEDLINE database of references and abstracts on life sciences and biomedical topics. The United States National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the National Institutes of Health maintain ...
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Scopus
Scopus is Elsevier's abstract and citation database launched in 2004. Scopus covers nearly 36,377 titles (22,794 active titles and 13,583 inactive titles) from approximately 11,678 publishers, of which 34,346 are peer-reviewed journals in top-l ...
According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2021
impact factor
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of 4.506, ranking it 44th out of 136 journals in the category "Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging".
References
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External links
Official website
Medical physics journals
American Institute of Physics academic journals
Academic journals established in 1974
English-language journals
Monthly journals