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Abstract
The International Journal of Radiation Biology (IJRB) celebrates its 60th birthday this year. Ahead of this very special issue, we wanted to produce strong representations of the journal’s publication history in order to celebrate the current status of the journal and to look forward to its future. This was accomplished using ‘reference maps’. Reference data were used from 1959 onward from the highest-cited paper in IJRB, for each respective year, to create a figure displaying when those articles were cited in IJRB since their publication. This was done to show the relative impact of historical IJRB papers to future research. Common themes of research were also examined by decade. Additionally, to show the historical impact of the journal outside of its immediate area of research and its practical applications, information on IJRB articles cited by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) was collected. It was in 1959 when IJRB published the first issue, and when ICRP also issued Publication 1. Among all Publications (1–139), 43 publications have thus far cited 320 IJRB papers and each of which have been cited 1–7 times. Most notably, Publications 90, 99, 118, and 131 cited more than 40 IJRB papers. Further research was done into references for IJRB’s contemporary journal: Radiation Research. The most highly cited IJRB articles for each year together since its inception were cited 16,760 times since they were published and cited 1385 times in Radiation Research. Together, these three datasets and their representations show the diversity of historical IJRB publications, the impact of historical IJRB articles in both future research in the journal and outside of it, and articles which new prospective authors contributing to IJRB might find useful in their own research.
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Andrej Rusin
Andrej Rusin is a research assistant studying under Dr. Carmel Mothersill and Dr. Colin Seymour at McMaster University in Canada. Andrej is currently working to complete his honours bachelor of science degree specializing in Molecular Biology and Genetics. His research interests include the radiation-induced bystander effect, cell biology, radioecology, radiation protection, and human genetics. He has published several articles in IJRB to date. Nobuyuki Hamada, RT, PhD, is a corresponding member of ICRP Task Groups 102 and 111, a member of NCRP PAC 1, Chair of Scientific Advisory Board for the European CONCERT LDLensRad project, and a member of IRPA Phase 3 Task Group on the implementation of the eye lens dose limits. He has published >100 papers in peer reviewed international journals, and has received 18 awards including the 2013 Michael Fry Research Award of the US Radiation Research Society.
Nobuyuki Hamada
Andrej Rusin is a research assistant studying under Dr. Carmel Mothersill and Dr. Colin Seymour at McMaster University in Canada. Andrej is currently working to complete his honours bachelor of science degree specializing in Molecular Biology and Genetics. His research interests include the radiation-induced bystander effect, cell biology, radioecology, radiation protection, and human genetics. He has published several articles in IJRB to date. Nobuyuki Hamada, RT, PhD, is a corresponding member of ICRP Task Groups 102 and 111, a member of NCRP PAC 1, Chair of Scientific Advisory Board for the European CONCERT LDLensRad project, and a member of IRPA Phase 3 Task Group on the implementation of the eye lens dose limits. He has published >100 papers in peer reviewed international journals, and has received 18 awards including the 2013 Michael Fry Research Award of the US Radiation Research Society.