Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine is a quarterly peer-reviewed journal from Springer, published for the Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine, and devoted to the application of physics and engineering to medicine and biology.《医学物理与工程科学》由施普林格出版，是澳大利亚与新西兰医学物理学家与工程师学院的会刊，为季刊并实行同行评议，专注物理学与工程学在医学和生物学中的应用。

Its 2025 Journal Impact Factor stands at 2.4, the five-year value at 2.7, and the title ranks in the second quartile of the JCR radiology, nuclear medicine and medical imaging category.该刊 2025 年影响因子为 2.4，五年影响因子为 2.7，在 JCR 放射学、核医学与医学影像类目位列第二四分位。

Scope

• Work published here sits at the interface of the physical sciences and clinical practice, and medical physics holds the centre of the remit.刊物发表的稿件处在物理科学与临床实践的交界处，医学物理占据收稿范围的中心。
• Radiotherapy physics forms a long-standing strand, covering treatment planning and beam modelling as well as image guidance and the verification of dose delivery in external beam and brachytherapy practice.放射治疗物理是长期存在的方向，涉及治疗计划与射束建模，也包括影像引导和外照射与近距离治疗中的剂量投照验证。
• Diagnostic imaging physics is treated with comparable weight, from radiography and CT to mammography, fluoroscopy, ultrasound and magnetic resonance.诊断影像物理受到同等重视，涵盖 X 射线摄影与 CT，也涵盖乳腺摄影与透视，另有超声与磁共振。
• Nuclear medicine and molecular imaging appear through tracer dosimetry and through performance testing of gamma cameras and PET systems, together with internal radiation protection.核医学与分子影像方向涉及示踪剂剂量学、伽马相机与 PET 系统的性能测试以及内照射防护。
• Clinical biomedical engineering is the second pillar, spanning medical device design, patient monitoring, rehabilitation technology and the safety of equipment used at the bedside.临床生物医学工程是第二大支柱，覆盖医疗器械设计与患者监护，也包括康复技术和床旁设备的安全。
• Physiological measurement and signal processing attract papers on biosignal acquisition, wearable sensing and cardiorespiratory monitoring, and on validation of measurement chains in volunteers and patients.生理测量与信号处理方向收录生物信号采集、可穿戴传感与心肺监护的研究，也收录在志愿者和患者身上验证测量链路的论文。
• Radiation dosimetry and radiation protection are covered at the level of both the individual patient and the occupationally exposed worker.辐射剂量学与辐射防护既面向个体患者，也面向职业受照人员。
• Nanotechnology in medicine, named explicitly in the journal aims, brings work on nanoparticle contrast agents and targeted delivery into the same pages as clinical physics.医学中的纳米技术被刊物宗旨明确列出，纳米颗粒造影剂与靶向递送的研究因此与临床物理同刊发表。
• Computational modelling covers Monte Carlo radiation transport, finite element biomechanics and physiological simulation, and model validation is expected alongside the reported results.计算建模涵盖蒙特卡罗辐射输运、有限元生物力学与生理仿真，作者在报告结果之外还需给出模型验证。
• Machine learning has become a visible theme, particularly for image segmentation and radiomics and for the quality assurance of automated analysis pipelines.机器学习已成为显见主题，尤其在图像分割与影像组学方面，也在自动化分析流程的质量保证方面。
• Work on medical device standards and regulatory science is also in scope, including conformity assessment and the clinical evaluation of new technology.医疗器械标准与监管科学同样在收稿范围内，包括合格评定与新技术的临床评价。
• Quality assurance and dosimetric audit studies are welcome, a natural fit for readers who run routine checks in hospital physics departments.质量保证与剂量审计研究受到欢迎，这与在医院物理科室承担日常检测的读者群相合。
• Education and professional training in medical physics and clinical engineering are treated as legitimate subjects rather than as commentary.医学物理与临床工程的教育和职业培训被视为正当选题，并未被降格为附属评论。
• Health technology assessment and the management of equipment life cycles round out the scope, alongside reviews that map a field for readers outside it.卫生技术评估与设备生命周期管理补足了收稿范围，另有为圈外读者梳理某一领域的综述。

History

• The present title began with volume 43 in 2020, when the journal was renamed and the volume sequence was carried over rather than restarted.现名自 2020 年第 43 卷启用，刊物当时更名，卷号序列延续而非重新起算。
• Its predecessor, Australasian Physical & Engineering Sciences in Medicine, ran through 2019, and its last volume was numbered 42.其前身《Australasian Physical & Engineering Sciences in Medicine》出版至 2019 年，末卷编号为第 42 卷。
• The renaming therefore reads as a change of title and not as the founding of a separate journal, a point the continuous volume numbering makes plain.因此这次更名属于题名变更，并未另办新刊，连续的卷号把这一点表达得清楚。
• The National Library of Medicine records 2020 as the first year of the current title, and MEDLINE indexes the journal from volume 43 onward.美国国家医学图书馆以 2020 年作为现名的起始年，MEDLINE 自第 43 卷起收录该刊。
• The journal is the official organ of the Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine, the professional body of medical physicists and biomedical engineers in Australia and New Zealand.该刊是澳大利亚与新西兰医学物理学家与工程师学院的官方刊物，该学院是澳新地区医学物理师与生物医学工程师的专业团体。
• Two further bodies are associated with it, the College of Biomedical Engineers of Engineers Australia and the Asia-Oceania Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics.另有两家机构与之关联，即澳大利亚工程师协会的生物医学工程分会与亚太医学物理组织联合会。
• Springer has published the title since the rename, lists Switzerland as its place of publication, and operates a hybrid open access model.更名以来该刊由施普林格出版，出版地记为瑞士，采用混合开放获取模式。
• Four issues appear each year, and Crossref records four issues for every volume from 43 to 48, with volume 48 also carrying a supplement.该刊每年出版 4 期，Crossref 记录显示第 43 至 48 卷每卷均为 4 期，其中第 48 卷另有一期增刊。
• That supplement collected papers from AOCMP-SEACOMP 2024, the joint congress of medical physics societies in Asia, Oceania and Southeast Asia.该增刊收录 AOCMP-SEACOMP 2024 的会议论文，这是亚洲、大洋洲与东南亚医学物理团体的联合大会。
• Volume 49 opened in March 2026 and its third issue appeared in September, keeping the quarterly rhythm intact.第 49 卷于 2026 年 3 月开卷，第 3 期于 9 月出版，季刊节奏保持不变。
• The 2022 Journal Impact Factor reached 7.099 before falling to 2.4 in 2023 and 2.0 in 2024, then returning to 2.4 in 2025.2022 年影响因子达到 7.099，2023 年降至 2.4，2024 年为 2.0，2025 年回到 2.4。
• Springer reports 356.3 thousand downloads for 2025 and a median of 13 days from submission to first decision.施普林格公布的 2025 年下载量为 35.63 万次，投稿到首次决定的中位时间为 13 天。
• Authors may follow the subscription route or pay for immediate gold open access, and the publisher states that no publication charges apply apart from optional services.作者既可走订阅出版路径，也可付费选择立即金色开放获取，出版方声明除可选服务外不收取发表费用。
• Colour artwork carries no charge in either the print or the online edition, a policy stated on the journal homepage.印刷版与网络版中的彩图均不另收费，这一政策写在该刊首页。
• The title is abstracted in Science Citation Index Expanded, MEDLINE, Scopus, EMBASE and EI Compendex, among other services.该刊被 Science Citation Index Expanded 与 MEDLINE 收录，也在 Scopus、EMBASE 和 EI Compendex 之列。

Editors

• Clive Baldock, based at the University of Wollongong in Australia, holds the post of Editor-in-Chief.主编由（Clive Baldock）担任，其所在单位为澳大利亚的伍伦贡大学（University of Wollongong）。
• Forty-five associate editors handle the review load, listed alphabetically on the journal editorial board page.副编辑共 45 人，承担稿件评审，名单按字母顺序列在刊物编委页上。
• Their affiliations run from Australian teaching hospitals such as Royal North Shore Hospital and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre to overseas centres including MD Anderson in Houston.这些副编辑分布于皇家北岸医院（Royal North Shore Hospital）与彼得·麦卡勒姆癌症中心（Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre）等澳大利亚教学医院，也分布于休斯敦的 MD 安德森癌症中心（MD Anderson）等海外中心。
• Europe is represented by the Polytechnic University of Turin, Ulster University, the University of Salerno and the University of Campania.欧洲方面有意大利都灵理工大学与英国阿尔斯特大学，还有萨莱诺大学和坎帕尼亚大学。
• Asian members come from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Fudan University and the University of Malaya.亚洲编委来自上海交通大学与南京航空航天大学，也来自复旦大学和马来亚大学。
• Robin Hill of the Institute of Medical Physics at the University of Sydney and Kwan Hoong Ng of the University of Malaya both appear on the list.悉尼大学医学物理研究所的（Robin Hill）与马来亚大学的（Kwan Hoong Ng）均在名单之列。
• One associate editor, Ashley Gillman, carries a MACPSEM post-nominal in the board listing.编委名单中（Ashley Gillman）的署衔带有 MACPSEM 后缀。
• Manuscripts are checked against a pre-submission checklist and the submission guidelines, and must satisfy the publisher ethics and disclosure requirements before review.稿件在送审前需对照投稿前检查清单与投稿指南，并满足出版方的伦理与声明要求。
• Article types accepted include reviews, scientific papers, notes and letters to the editor, a spread that lets short technical findings sit beside long surveys.接受的稿件类型包括综述与研究论文，也包括简报和致编辑信，短篇技术发现因此能与长篇综述并存。
• Editorial policy sets the remit at the physical sciences applied to medicine, and clinical relevance is the test that most submissions must pass.编辑方针把收稿范围限定在应用于医学的物理科学，临床相关性是多数稿件必须通过的检验。
• The board composition reflects the regional base of the sponsoring college while keeping a working presence in North America, Europe and Asia.编委构成体现主办学院的区域根基，同时在北美、欧洲与亚洲保持实际存在。