Health Physics
Last updated ISSN 0017-9078
Health Physics is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins in health professions. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Health Physics concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Radioactivity and Radon Measurements
- Radioactive contamination and transfer
- Radiation Dose and Imaging
- Nuclear and radioactivity studies
- Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies
- Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry
- Nuclear Physics and Applications
- Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies
- Effects of Radiation Exposure
- Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy
Key facts
| Publisher | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0017-9078, 1538-5159 |
| Subject area | Health Professions |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 12,748 |
| Publishing since | 1871 |
| Journal website | journals.lww.com/health-physics/pages/default.aspx |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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