Journal profile
Radiation Protection and Environment
ISSN 0972-0464 · eISSN 2250-0995 · Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications · India
Radiation Protection and Environment: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 69 days to acceptance (60 articles, last 24 months); 43 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Radiation Protection and Environment is published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Radioactivity and Radon Measurements, Radiation Dose and Imaging and Nuclear and radioactivity studies, together about 51.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Radiation. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Editor-in-chief D D RaoPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Nigeria 4, India 3 (7 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Radioactivity and Radon MeasurementsHealth Professions23.3%
- Radiation Dose and ImagingMedicine14.9%
- Nuclear and radioactivity studiesEngineering13.4%
- Radioactive contamination and transferEnvironmental Science10.9%
- Radiation Detection and Scintillator TechnologiesPhysics and Astronomy6.6%
- Radioactive Decay and Measurement TechniquesPhysics and Astronomy4.6%
- Advanced Radiotherapy TechniquesPhysics and Astronomy3.4%
- Effects of Radiation ExposureMedicine3.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 21OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 67OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.49OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 679 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21 | 21 | 292 |
| 2025 | 43 | 43 | 310 |
| 2024 | 42 | 42 | 335 |
| 2023 | 38 | 38 | 279 |
| 2022 | 26 | 26 | 299 |
| 2021 | 31 | 31 | 248 |
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
69 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 43 days – 106 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 95 days (60 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 175 days
- Sample
- 60 articles with submission and acceptance dates (63 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)
- about 15 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-SA | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
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
- Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
- Country or region
- India
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0972-0464
- Electronic ISSN
- 2250-0995
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 49, Issue 1 (March 2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Radiation Protection and Environment
How long does peer review take at Radiation Protection and Environment?
Based on the dates recorded on 60 articles published between November 2024 and November 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 69 days (interquartile range 43–106 days); authors report an average review time of about 15 weeks. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Radiation Protection and Environment based?
Of the 7 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Nigeria (4) and India (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Radiation Protection and Environment?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Radiation Protection and Environment is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Radiation Protection and Environment open access, and what is the APC?
Radiation Protection and Environment is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .