International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

The International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, known throughout the specialty as the Red Journal, is the official scientific publication of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, published by Elsevier since 1975 and issued fifteen times a year, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 7.4 and a rank of 13th among 217 radiology, nuclear medicine and medical imaging journals《国际放射肿瘤学·生物学·物理学杂志》（International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics）在学界通称「红刊」，是（American Society for Radiation Oncology）的官方科学出版物，自 1975 年起由（Elsevier）出版，每年出 15 期，2025 年影响因子 7.4，在 217 种放射学、核医学与医学影像期刊中列第 13 位。

Scope

• High impact prospective clinical trials are the journal's priority, with randomised and single arm studies reported in full together with their statistical design高影响力的前瞻性临床试验是该刊的首选，随机与单臂研究连同其统计设计一并完整报告。
• Outcomes research and interrogation of large databases are published where they answer questions that trials cannot, including comparative effectiveness and practice variation结局研究与大型数据库分析只要回答试验无法回答的问题即被刊载，包括比较效果与执业差异。
• Imaging and treatment delivery innovations are covered from planning through verification, including image guidance, motion management and adaptive radiotherapy影像与治疗实施创新覆盖从计划到验证的全过程，包括图像引导、运动管理与自适应放疗。
• Laboratory studies on tumour physiology, molecular biology and normal tissue radiation response provide the biological counterweight to the clinical content关于肿瘤生理学、分子生物学与正常组织放射反应的实验室研究，为临床内容提供生物学支撑。
• Dosimetry and conformal treatment planning, brachytherapy and particle irradiation each have a standing place, reflecting the journal's origins in medical physics剂量学与适形治疗计划、近距离治疗与粒子照射各有固定位置，体现该刊源于医学物理的传统。
• Health policy, professionalism, biomedical ethics, practice management and educational innovation are published as contributions in their own right rather than as ancillary material卫生政策、职业精神、生物医学伦理、执业管理与教育创新作为独立稿件发表，而非附属材料。
• Critical reviews of timely topics and guidelines from international bodies such as the International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society are among the most cited content the journal publishes时效性强的批判性综述以及（International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society）等国际团体的指南，是该刊被引最多的内容之一。

History

• The first volume appeared in October 1975, when radiation oncology was consolidating as a specialty separate from diagnostic radiology, and the journal became the society's scientific voice首卷于 1975 年 10 月问世，当时放射肿瘤学正从诊断放射学中独立成科，该刊随之成为学会的科学喉舌。
• It has been published by Elsevier for its entire life, appearing fifteen times a year in print and online, with a global print circulation of roughly 6,500 copies该刊始终由（Elsevier）出版，纸本与在线合计每年 15 期，全球纸本发行量约 6,500 份。
• Covers have carried artwork contributed by radiation oncologists since 2012, a feature that has become one of the journal's identifiable marks自 2012 年起封面采用放射肿瘤学家投稿的艺术作品，这一栏目已成为该刊的识别标志之一。
• Standing features include Oncology Scan, which surveys the wider oncology literature, and Around the Globe, which compares practice across health systems and reimbursement regimes常设栏目包括综述肿瘤学文献的「肿瘤学扫描」与比较不同医疗体系及支付制度下执业差异的「环球视野」。
• A podcast hosted by the editor-in-chief discusses individual papers with their authors, and each year the journal names twenty-five reviewers for outstanding service由主编主持的播客与作者讨论单篇论文，期刊每年还评选 25 位表现突出的审稿人。
• Its impact factor was 7.038 in 2021, 8.013 in 2022, 6.5 in 2024 and 7.4 in 2025, and the journal sits in the first quartile of both oncology and radiology该刊影响因子 2021 年为 7.038，2022 年为 8.013，2024 年为 6.5，2025 年为 7.4，在肿瘤学与放射学两个类别均居第一四分位。

Editors

• Sue S. Yom of the University of California, San Francisco, a head and neck radiation oncologist, is editor-in-chief and hosts the journal's podcast现任主编为（University of California San Francisco）的头颈放射肿瘤学家（Sue S. Yom），她同时主持该刊播客。
• Claire Vanpouille-Box of Weill Cornell Medicine serves as associate editor for biology, covering radiation immunology and the biological mechanisms behind treatment response（Weill Cornell Medicine）的（Claire Vanpouille-Box）任生物学副编辑，负责放射免疫学与治疗反应背后的生物学机制。
• The editorial structure follows the journal's three founding disciplines, with clinical radiation oncology, radiation biology and medical physics each served by dedicated editors编辑结构沿袭该刊的三个创始学科，临床放射肿瘤学、放射生物学与医学物理各有专任编辑。
• The editorial office sits with the society in the United States and correspondence is routed through a dedicated journal address, with manuscripts handled in the publisher's online system编辑部设于美国学会所在地，通讯经由期刊专用邮箱，稿件在出版方在线系统中处理。
• Because the journal is the society's official publication, members receive a subscription through their dues, which ties readership closely to the practising radiation oncology community作为学会官方出版物，会员通过缴纳会费即获订阅，使读者群与执业放射肿瘤学界紧密绑定。