Practical Radiation Oncology

Practical Radiation Oncology is published by Elsevier BV 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, Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy and Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, together about 34.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

An official journal of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)The overarching mission of Practical Radiation Oncology is to improve the quality of radiation oncology practice. PRO's purpose is to document the state of current practice, providing background for those in training and continuing education for practitioners, through discussion and illustration of new techniques, evaluation of current practices, and publication of case reports. PRO strives to provide its readers content that emphasizes knowledge "with a purpose." The content of PRO includes:Original articles focusing on patient safety, quality measurement, or quality improvement initiativesOriginal articles focusing on imaging, contouring, target delineation, simulation, treatment planning, immobilization, organ motion, and other practical issuesASTRO guidelines, position papers, and consensus statementsEssays that highlight enriching personal experiences in caring for cancer patients and their families PRO is the sister publication to the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics and Advances in Radiation Oncology. Learn more about which types of papers the journals typically accept.DisclaimerThe views expressed in Practical Radiation Oncology (the "Journal") are those of the individual authors and are not necessarily those of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) or the Publisher. The information contained in the Journal is not medical advice and is not intended to replace the judgment of a practitioner with respect to particular patients, procedures, or practice. No responsibility is assumed by the Publisher nor by the Society for any injury and/or damage to persons or property as a result of (i) any actual or alleged libellous statements or infringement of intellectual property or privacy rights, (ii) product liability or negligence; (iii) an author's statements or other materials; or (iv) the use or operation of any ideas, instructions, procedures, products, or methods contained in the Journal. Due to rapid advances in the medical sciences, independent verification of diagnoses and drug dosages should always be made. In any jurisdiction that does not permit such a disclaimer of liability, the liability of ASTRO and the Publisher shall be limited to the greatest extent allowed by applicable law.Publication of an advertisement in the Journal does not constitute on the part of the Publisher or the Society a guarantee or endorsement of the quality or value of the advertised products or services described therein or of any of the representations or the claims made by the advertisers with respect to such products or services.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

Editor-in-chief Robert AmdurPublisher website

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 2, Canada 2, Israel 2, United Kingdom 1, Lebanon 1 (8 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-09-30

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor

3.78LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher)

3.9Publisher website · 2026-09-30

CiteScore 2026-06

5.8LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher)

5.8Publisher website · 2026-09-30

SJR 2026-06

1.16LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.31LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

71OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

846OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.89OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

5.1%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

7.65%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

107LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

Other sources

Submission to first decision

4 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

First decision after review

43 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

Submission to acceptance

70 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

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A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.

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Publisher

Elsevier BV

Country or region

Netherlands

Language

English

ISSN

1879-8500

Electronic ISSN

1879-8519

Society / sponsor

American Society for Radiation Oncology

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website