The Journal of Radiation Oncology is pleased to announce that the journal is now encouraging and accepting submissions of clinical trial proposals as a featured manuscript type for publication. There are several advantages to publishing your clinical trial’s proposal, before its accrual and data maturation:

  • It provides an opportunity for an extramural review of your trial proposal, to ensure that all aspects have been vetted and solidified by the recommendations and suggestions of multiple expert reviewers.

  • It shares with the radiation oncology community the direction of your clinical program and may inspire or assist others in their own clinical trial design.

  • It assures that the clinical questions you seek to address are cutting-edge and in-step with the overall direction of the field at large.

  • Lastly, it may foster potential multi-institutional collaborations among the Journal of Radiation Oncology’s readership, improving the statistical robustness and generalizability of your clinical trial’s eventual findings.

As you are finalizing your proposal or are near the initiation of accrual, we hope you consider submitting your clinical trial proposal to the Journal of Radiation Oncology for pre-trial publication. The editors and reviewers for the journal are not only world-renown within the disciplines of clinical radiation oncology, radiobiology and medical physics, but comprise the international leadership for specific disease sites and cancer types. Your work will therefore doubly benefit from both a thorough critique and a greater and earlier exposure to the field.

The Journal of Radiation Oncology Editorial Board