International Journal of Radiation Biology publishes peer reviewed research on the biological effects of all types of radiation including medical application.
The journal provides a platform for the study of the biological effects of ionizing, UV and visible radiation, accelerated particles, electromagnetic fields, ultrasound, heat and related modalities.
International Journal of Radiation Biology covers topics that range from radiation chemistry to the spectrum of responses of living organisms and underlying mechanisms, including:
Genetic abnormalities
Repair phenomena
Cell death
Dose modifying agents
Tissue responses
The journal addresses research on the application of basic studies for the medical uses of radiation, including practical problems such as physical and chemical adjuvants which improve the effectiveness of radiation in cancer therapy. Papers on the assessment of low doses of radiation hazards are also considered.
The journal accepts original research, reviews, current topic articles, technical notes and meeting reports.
56 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
19 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
34% acceptance rate
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who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication.
However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s
quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it
should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to
support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside
other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its
readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In
addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and
never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year
and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of
the following metrics
(find out why).
Usage:
the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users
of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the
nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles published in the
journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
Please contact the Managing Editor for book review requests and submission inquiries.
Associate Editors: Michael Abend - Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology, Germany Rebecca Abergel –Berkeley Laboratory, USA Omid Azimzadeh - Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS.), Germany Matthew Buas - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA Igor Belyaev- Slovak Academy of Science, Slovak Republic Jonine Bernstein- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA Jean Cadet - University of Sherbrooke, Canada Marco Durante - GSI Helmhotz Centre for Heavy Ion Research, Germany Ashley Golden - Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), USA Nobuyuki Hamada - Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI), Japan M. Prakash Hande - National University of Singapore, Singapore Hiie Hinrikus - Tallin University of Technology, Estonia George Iliakis - Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany Evagelia Laiakis –Georgetown University, USA Carmel Mothersill - McMaster University, Canada Tatjana Paunesku - Northwestern University, USA Yannick Poirier - University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA Jelena Popovic - Northwestern University, USA Kanokporn (Noy) Rithidech - Stony Brook School of Medicine, USA Dorthe Schaue - David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, USA Paul Schofield - Cambridge University, United Kingdom Myrtil Simko - SciProof International AB, Sweden Bhupinder Singh - ICAR - Indian Agricultural Research Institute, India Ignacia Braga Tanaka - Institute for Environmental Sciences, Japan Jackie Williams - University of Rochester, USA Ruth Wilkins– Health Canada, Canada David Yu - Emory University School of Medicine, USA
Advisory Board: Antone Brooks - Washington State University, USA Charles Gomer - Keck School of Medicine, USA Dudley Goodhead -Medical Research Council, UK Kathy Held - Massachusetts General Hospital, USA Jolyon Hendry - The University of Manchester, UK Colin Hill - Keck School of Medicine, USA Penny Jeggo - Genome Damage and Stability Centre, USA P. C. Kesavan - MS Swaminathin Research Foundation, India Martin Lavin - UQ Centre for Clinical Research, Australia Lorenzo Manti - University of Naples, Italy K. P. Mishra - Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, India Xingchen Peng - Sichuan University, China Sisko Salomaa - University of Eastern Finland, Finland Lijun Wu - Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Ping-kun Zhou - Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, China
Abstracting and indexing
The International Journal of Radiation Biology is included in the following abstracting and indexing services:
Adonis; BIOSIS; Cambridge Scientific Abstracts; CML Lerkaemia and Lymphoma; Chemical Abstacts; Current Awareness in Biological Sciences (CABS); Current Contents: Life Sciences; Educational Research Abstracts online (ERA); EBSCO Online; Excerpta Medica/EMBASE; Index Medicus/MEDLINE; Inspec; Research Alert; Science Citation Index; Scopus; SciSearch; UnCover.
Open access
International Journal of Radiation Biology is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
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Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
International Journal of Radiation Biology
(1988 - current)
Formerly known as
International Journal of Radiation Biology and Related Studies in Physics, Chemistry and Medicine
(1959 - 1987)
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