Medical Physics

《Medical Physics》是 1974 年创刊的月刊，由美国医学物理学家协会主办，Wiley 出版。

刊物发表医学影像、放射治疗与图像引导介入中的物理学与工程研究，重点在能够进入临床的技术进展。

2025 年期刊影响因子为 3.2，五年影响因子为 3.7，在放射学、核医学与医学影像 217 种期刊中排第 64 位。

Scope

• Radiation therapy physics is the longest-running strand, covering external beam planning, brachytherapy, proton and heavy-ion delivery, and dose calculation.放射治疗物理是延续最久的主线，涵盖外照射计划、近距离治疗、质子与重离子投照以及剂量计算。
• Medical imaging physics takes in computed tomography, magnetic resonance, positron emission tomography, ultrasound and optical imaging, from acquisition through reconstruction to image quality assessment.医学影像物理涉及计算机断层、磁共振、正电子发射断层、超声与光学成像，从采集、重建一直到图像质量评价。
• Image-guided and adaptive radiotherapy papers examine immobilisation, target tracking, online replanning and the accumulation of dose over a course of treatment.图像引导与自适应放疗论文考察固定、靶区追踪、在线重新计划以及疗程中的剂量累积。
• Detector and instrumentation work reports new detectors, calorimeters, ionisation chambers and calibration procedures for clinical beams.探测器与仪器研究报道新型探测器、量热计、电离室以及临床束流的校准流程。
• Monte Carlo simulation is used for dose engines, imaging physics and detector response, and papers are expected to validate the model against measurement.蒙特卡洛模拟被用于剂量引擎、成像物理与探测器响应，论文须用实测数据验证模型。
• Machine learning appears in image reconstruction, segmentation, artefact correction and treatment planning, with attention to generalisation across institutions.机器学习出现在图像重建、分割、伪影校正与治疗计划中，并关注跨机构推广时的泛化能力。
• Radiobiological modelling is tied to plan optimisation, including biologically effective dose, fractionation schedules and normal tissue constraints.放射生物学建模与计划优化相联系，包括生物有效剂量、分次方案与正常组织约束。
• Quality assurance and acceptance testing are routine subjects, from commissioning and end-to-end tests to audits of clinical workflows.质量保证与验收测试是常规题目，从设备调试、端到端测试到临床流程审计。
• Dosimetry studies report independent dose checks, multi-institution comparisons and reference dosimetry for new beam qualities.剂量学研究报道独立剂量核查、多机构比对以及新束流品质的参考剂量学。
• Nuclear medicine physics covers quantitative SPECT and PET reconstruction, attenuation correction and dosimetry for radionuclide therapy.核医学物理涵盖定量 SPECT 与 PET 重建、衰减校正以及放射性核素治疗的剂量学。
• Magnetic resonance physics includes sequence design, motion correction, quantitative imaging and the integration of MRI into radiotherapy workflow.磁共振物理包括序列设计、运动校正、定量成像以及把磁共振整合进放疗流程。
• Ultrasound and photoacoustic methods are published where they contribute to diagnosis, treatment monitoring or device guidance.超声与光声方法在有助于诊断、治疗监测或器械引导时被发表。
• Radiation protection and patient dose studies address shielding, occupational exposure and diagnostic reference levels.辐射防护与患者剂量研究讨论屏蔽、职业照射与诊断参考水平。
• Computational modelling connects physical models to clinical workflow rather than stopping at numerical demonstration.计算建模把物理模型与临床流程相连，而不是停留在数值演示。
• Technical notes are accepted for new devices, software tools and implementation details that other physics groups can reuse.技术说明类稿件被接受，用于报告其他物理组可以复用的新设备、软件工具与实现细节。
• Review and position papers discuss the direction of the discipline, training requirements and standards of professional practice.综述与立场文章讨论学科方向、培训要求与专业实践标准。
• Authors are expected to make methods reproducible, and dosimetry papers must state uncertainty and traceability of calibration.刊物要求作者把方法写到可复现的程度，剂量学论文须说明不确定度与校准的溯源关系。
• Imaging biomarkers and quantitative metrics are reported with repeatability data when they are proposed for clinical decisions.当影像生物标志物与定量指标被用于临床决策时，论文须给出重复性数据。

History

• The first issue appeared in January 1974, published for the American Association of Physicists in Medicine.该刊于 1974 年 1 月出版第一期，为美国医学物理学家协会而办。
• The association was founded in 1958, and the journal became its official organ alongside the Canadian organisations and the international federation.协会成立于 1958 年，刊物成为其正式会刊，并与加拿大相关组织及国际联合会共同署名。
• For its first four decades the journal was produced with the American Institute of Physics, while editorial control stayed with the association.最初四十年间刊物由美国物理联合会制作出版，编辑权一直留在协会手中。
• In 2013 the journal moved from a subscription model to hybrid open access, letting authors pay for immediate public release.2013 年刊物从订阅模式转为混合开放获取，作者可以付费让文章立即公开。
• Publication moved to Wiley in 2017, with the editorial office and the association retaining control of peer review.2017 年出版工作转至 Wiley，编辑部与协会继续掌握同行评审。
• The journal issues twelve numbers a year, and the fiftieth volume fell in 2023.刊物每年出版十二期，第五十卷落在 2023 年。
• Impact factors ran at 4.071 in 2021, 4.506 in 2022, then 3.2 in 2023, 2024 and 2025.影响因子在 2021 年为 4.071，2022 年为 4.506，2023 年至 2025 年均为 3.2。
• The 2025 report counted 33984 citations, 706 articles and 710 citable items for the journal.2025 年报告统计该刊被引 33984 次，论文 706 篇，可引用条目 710 项。
• About 36 percent of recent content is gold open access, while the rest remains available by subscription.近期内容约有 36% 为金色开放获取，其余内容仍通过订阅获取。
• The journal has begun a transition to double-blind review, with author identities withheld from reviewers during assessment.刊物已开始向双盲评审过渡，评审阶段对审稿人隐去作者身份。
• The association opened a public search for the next editor-in-chief in 2025, signalling a change at the top of the editorial office.协会于 2025 年公开征集下一任主编，编辑部高层由此进入交接。
• The published median time to first decision is about 47 days, and submission to acceptance about 173 days, with an acceptance rate near 41 percent.官方公布的首轮决定中位时间约为 47 天，投稿到接受约为 173 天，录用率约为 41%。
• The journal is indexed in MEDLINE and PubMed, the Science Citation Index Expanded and Scopus, among other services.该刊被 MEDLINE 与 PubMed、科学引文索引扩展版以及 Scopus 等数据库收录。

Editors

• John M. Boone of the University of California at Davis is editor-in-chief, with breast imaging, computed tomography and radiation dosimetry as his research fields.加州大学戴维斯分校的 John M. Boone 是现任主编，研究乳腺成像、计算机断层与辐射剂量学。
• Boone directs an imaging research centre at Davis and has written on image quality and dose in mammography and CT.Boone 主持戴维斯分校的影像研究中心，在乳腺摄影与 CT 的图像质量与剂量方面著述较多。
• Associate editors are organised by therapy physics, diagnostic imaging and nuclear medicine physics, and each handles manuscripts in that area.副编辑按治疗物理、诊断影像与核医学物理分工，各自处理本领域的稿件。
• Jian-Yue Jin, now at Capital Medical University in Beijing, is an associate editor and works on treatment planning and stereotactic radiotherapy.现任职于北京首都医科大学的金见悦是副编辑，从事治疗计划与立体定向放疗研究。
• Editorial board members come from hospital physics departments, university engineering faculties and national metrology institutes across North America, Europe and Asia.编委来自北美、欧洲与亚洲的医院物理科、大学工程院系与国家计量机构。
• The association's publications committee oversees journal policy and joins the search for a new editor, but does not decide individual manuscripts.协会的出版委员会监督期刊政策并参与主编遴选，但不裁决单篇稿件。
• Reviewers are drawn from the membership and from related technical committees, and clinical papers usually receive a physicist and a clinician report.审稿人从协会会员与相关技术委员会中挑选，临床论文通常同时收到物理师与临床医生的评审意见。
• Statistical review is arranged for papers that make quantitative claims, so that uncertainty and model assumptions are checked separately.对作出定量结论的论文另设统计审阅，以便单独核查不确定度与模型假设。
• Authors may request double-blind handling, and the editorial office removes identifying material before review.作者可以申请双盲处理，编辑部在送审前移除身份信息。
• The editorial office keeps the workflow built during the American Institute of Physics years, adapted to the Wiley submission system.编辑部保留了美国物理联合会时期建立的流程，并把它接入 Wiley 的投稿系统。
• Special reports and vision papers are commissioned by the editor to frame debates about training, staffing and the scope of clinical physics.特别报告与展望文章由主编约稿，用以组织关于培训、人员配置与临床物理范围的讨论。
• Editors meet regularly with the association's journal staff to review turnaround times and the balance of therapy and imaging content.编辑定期与协会的期刊团队会面，审视处理周期以及治疗与影像内容的平衡。