Radiological Physics and Technology - Journal News

2024

AFOMP Journal Prize 2023 for the Best Paper was conferred to: Dr. Akihiro Nohtomi (Japan) : First optical observation of ¹⁰B-neutron capture reactions using a boron-added liquid scintillator for quality assurance in boron neutron capture therapy published in Radiological Physics and Technology, Vol.15, pages 37–44 (2022). Click here to see the announcement on the official AFOMP website. Congratulations!
(January 15, 2024)

Submission guidelines were updated.
- All original research must include a data availability statement.
(July 27, 2023)
Submission guidelines were updated.
- English editing is no longer included in the peer review process. Manuscripts submitted after May 31, 2023, will not be forwarded to the language editor for initial or final polishing.
(June 14, 2023)

AFOMP Journal Prize 2022 for the Best Paper was conferred to: Dr. Takafumi Nemoto (Japan): Effects of sample size and data augmentation on U-Net-based automatic segmentation of various organs published in Radiological Physics and Technology, Vol.14, pages 318–327 (2021). Click here to see the announcement on the official AFOMP website. Congratulations!
(September 29, 2022)
Radiological Physics and Technology is likely to receive its first Journal Impact Factor in June 2023, according to this Clarivate’s announcement. RPT is part of the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)™.
(July 27, 2022)
Submission guidelines were updated on 28 April 2022. With this update:
- New article type “Special Report” introduced
- Article type “Clinical Procedures and Techniques” changed to “Clinical Techniques”
- Submission of “Prerequisites for Publication Form” no longer required
(April 28, 2022)

AFOMP Journal Prize 2021 for the Best Paper was conferred to: Yoshiro Ieko (Japan): The impact of 4DCT-ventilation imaging-guided proton therapy on stereotactic body radiotherapy for lung cancer published in Radiological Physics and Technology, Vol.13 (3): 230–237, 2020. Click here to see the announcement on the official AFOMP website. Congratulations!
(August 30, 2021)
International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP) has become a Supporting organization for Radiological Physics and Technology.

The Japan Society of Medical Physics (JSMP) and the Japanese Society of Radiological Technology (JSRT) signed the Memorandum of Understanding with the International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP) on 1^st July 2021.
(July 8, 2021)

AFOMP Journal Prize 2020 for the Best Paper was awarded to: Prof. Masatoshi Saito (Japan): Simulation of photon-counting detectors for the conversion of dual-energy-subtracted computed tomography number to electron density published in Radiological Physics and Technology, Vol.12 (1): 105-117, 2019. Click here to see the announcement on the official AFOMP website. Congratulations!
(December 10, 2020)