Journal profile · Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Medical Physics
ISSN 0094-2405 · eISSN 2473-4209 · John Wiley and Sons Ltd · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 1974
Medical Physics: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.2; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,360; median 154 days to acceptance (103 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 807 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Medical Physics is published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques, Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications and Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry, together about 48.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Medical Physics publishes high-quality articles across radiological imaging, nuclear medicine, radiation oncology, and clinical radiation effects. Topics include new methodologies, imaging or treatment device development, artificial intelligence applications, and clinical or theoretical studies. Radiological imaging covers modalities like CT, MRI, and ultrasound, with a focus on computational analysis such as radiomics and CAD. Nuclear medicine emphasizes isotope development and imaging technologies. Radiation therapy encompasses techniques like brachytherapy, particle therapy, and innovative treatments (e.g., FLASH). Articles must exhibit scientific rigor, quantitative analysis, innovative concepts, and technical clarity. Writing should be concise, precise, and adhere to a high technical standard. Examples of topics include (but are not limited to): Experimental, computational ionizing, and non-ionizing (radiofrequency, ultrasound, optical) dosimetry, including instrumentation and algorithm development Image reconstruction, image analysis, computer-aided detection/diagnosis, radiomics, biomarkers, artificial intelligence, image registration, and feature extraction Treatment optimization, treatment outcomes analysis, and mathematical modeling of treatment biological effects Novel imaging and treatment delivery platforms and instrumentation (including MRI-guided radiation therapy, multimodality imaging, x-ray phase-contrast imaging, and nanoparticles) and devices for thermal therapies, ultrasound ablation, and image guided therapy Observer studies and methodologies, and virtual clinical trials Archived datasets for imaging and therapy research Medical Physics deposits all articles in PMC (PubMed Central).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Editor-in-chief Jeffrey F. WilliamsonPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advanced Radiotherapy TechniquesPhysics and Astronomy25.3%
- Medical Imaging Techniques and ApplicationsMedicine11.4%
- Radiation Therapy and DosimetryMedicine11.4%
- Radiation Dose and ImagingMedicine9.6%
- Advanced X-ray and CT ImagingEngineering7%
- Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical ImagingMedicine5%
- Digital Radiography and Breast ImagingMedicine4.6%
- Advances in Oncology and RadiotherapyMedicine2.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 3.2LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.95LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.34LetPub ·
- h-index
- 159LetPub ·
- h-index
- 270OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 12,273OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.9OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 36.22%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 710LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 45,408 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 446 | 313 | 110 |
| 2025 | 807 | 511 | 1,786 |
| 2024 | 662 | 492 | 3,656 |
| 2023 | 760 | 578 | 7,055 |
| 2022 | 745 | 366 | 10,415 |
| 2021 | 745 | 356 | 13,280 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
154 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 114 days – 215 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 23 days (103 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 183 days
- Sample
- 103 articles with submission and acceptance dates (1,433 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- 2–3 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 34%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 35 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,360 / EUR 2,780 / GBP 2,230 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 200 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- USD 200
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- AMA
Article types accepted12
- aapm scientific reportAn AAPM Scientific Report is a consensus report prepared by a task group or other formal committee-like entity of the American Association of Physicists in Medi…Length not stated
- conference paperPresenters of papers at the AAPM Annual Meeting, COMP Annual Meeting, and RSNA Annual Meeting are encouraged to submit their papers to Medical Physics. Presente…Length not stated
- editorialA Research Article is a report of experimental, theoretical, clinical or translational research, or experimental replication of previously reported research wit…Length not stated
- erratumAn Erratum is a statement by the authors of an original paper that briefly describes necessary correction(s) resulting from errors or omissions.Length not stated
- full articleA Research Article is a report of experimental, theoretical, clinical or translational research, or experimental replication of previously reported research wit…Length not stated
- medical physics dataset articles (mpdas)Medical Physics Dataset Articles (MPDAs) describe available open-access datasets and software code that may be useful for research in medical physics.Length not stated
- point/counterpoint articleA Point/Counterpoint Article is an invited article consisting of pro and con positions on an important issue pertinent to the field of medical physics.Length not stated
- research articleA Research Article is a report of experimental, theoretical, clinical or translational research, or experimental replication of previously reported research wit…Length not stated
- reviewA Research Article is a report of experimental, theoretical, clinical or translational research, or experimental replication of previously reported research wit…Length not stated
- review articleA Research Article is a report of experimental, theoretical, clinical or translational research, or experimental replication of previously reported research wit…Length not stated
- special reportA Special Report is a scientific report sponsored by an organization other than the AAPM that the editors have determined is of general interest to the field of…Length not stated
- technical noteA Research Article is a report of experimental, theoretical, clinical or translational research, or experimental replication of previously reported research wit…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- AI use Generative AI and Large Language Models
The use of any AI manuscript preparation tools must be declared in the Methods section of the manuscript, following COPE guidelines.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Author Contribution Statement
IMPORTANT — All manuscripts are required to describe the contributions of each person listed as an author. Please see the Authorship criteria section above for additional information. The contribution statement must be included on the Title Page.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest Statement
A Conflict-of-Interest (COI) statement is required for manuscript submission and should appear below the Acknowledgement section. The submitting author needs to obtain accurate COI information for all authors listed and provide this COI information in the manuscript text. If there are no conflicts of interest, this should be stated such as “The authors have no relevant conflicts of interest to dis…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Misconduct
Original work attestation Model summary
Duplicate Submissions Submission of a manuscript indicates that it has not been published previously nor concurrently submitted for publication elsewhere, and this must be confirmed during submission. Please disclose if your manuscript is similar to another work using the same data that is under consideration or in press with another journal. Any previously published proceedings papers (as well as…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Open Access option Model summary
Authors may choose to publish under the terms of the journal’s standard copyright agreement, or switch to Open Access under the terms of a Creative Commons License at any time.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer-Review
Double-blind review process Model summary
After submission, the Editor-in-Chief (EiC) or Editor (“Editors”) evaluate each manuscript to assess that the content of the manuscript falls within the scope of Medical Physics, although sometimes the deputy editors (DEs) or associate editors (AEs) will suggest that determination to the EiC (See the full Editorial Board). During submission, the authors can select from 1 to 3 of the 15 DEs that th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
Plagiarism is a serious concern in publishing, and the Medical Physics Board of Editors have adopted policies and procedures to address plagiarism. All manuscripts submitted for publication are screened for plagiarism using iThenticate/CrossCheck software, which is very effective at finding duplicate documents, parts of documents, or identical sentences and phrases in other published works. Blatan…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Preprints on non-commercial servers acceptable Model summary
Manuscripts posted as preprints on non-commercial servers are acceptable.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical Trial Registration
The journal requires that clinical trials be prospectively registered in a publicly accessible database and clinical trial registration numbers should be included in all papers that report their results. Authors are asked to include the name of the trial registry and the clinical trial registration number at the end of the abstract.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1974
- ISSN
- 0094-2405
- Electronic ISSN
- 2473-4209
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 53, Issue 10 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Medical Physics
What CAS zone is Medical Physics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Medical Physics is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Medical Physics?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.2; CiteScore 6, h-index 270.
How long does peer review take at Medical Physics?
Based on the dates recorded on 103 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 154 days (interquartile range 114–215 days); authors report an average review time of 2–3 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 34%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Medical Physics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Medical Physics is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Medical Physics open access, and what is the APC?
Medical Physics is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,360.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .