Journal profile

Physics in medicine and biology

Publisher: IOP Publishing
ISSN0031-9155 | 1361-6560 FormatPrint StatusCurrently indexed

Journal Citation Impact

Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.

Impact Factor
4.07
Citation rate 3.90 4,593 total citations
h5-index 58 h5 depth signal
Cited share 84.3% 1,039 of 1,232
Total citations 4,593 Citation footprint
Metric signal 3.40 External metric anchor
Self-citation 11.5% 529 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

United States 2,240
China 1,221
Germany 742
Canada 475
United Kingdom 433

Citing Fields of Research

Biomedical Physics 2,501
Prostate Cancer 2,494
Medical Physics 1,276
Brain Imaging 823
Diagnostic & Therapeutic Ultrasound 611

Publishing Activity & Reach

Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.

All-time article footprint 19,053 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set 1,232 1,039 cited publications
Last 12 months 706 58.8 publications/month
Open access share 55.2% 390 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country United States 2,240 citing publications
Leading citing field Biomedical Physics 2,501 citing publications
Latest tracked publication 16 October 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE
v11n1,Jan. 1966-
PubMed
v11n1,Jan. 1966-
OLDMEDLINE
Active Coverage
Index medicus
Active Coverage

Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

Prostate Cancer Biomedical Physics Brain Imaging Medical Physics

Issuing & Sponsoring Bodies

Contributor
Hospital Physicists' Association

Broad Categories

Biophysics Diagnostic Imaging Nuclear Medicine Physics Prostate Cancer Biomedical Physics Brain Imaging

MeSH Descriptors

Biophysics Physics

Latest Publications

Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.

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Zhan Shen, Hao Ding, Jiayi Sun et al.
Objective: Conventional photoacoustic tomography (PAT) reconstruction algorithms often suffer from performance degradation under complex media and non-ideal detection conditions. To tackle these limitations, we propose a novel reconstruc...
10
William S Thomas, Xu Cao, David J Gladstone et al.
Objective. Ultra-high dose-rate (UHDR) irradiation reduces normal-tissue toxicity as compared conventional dose-rate irradiation, known as the FLASH effect, yet the underlying radiochemical mechanisms remain poorly understood. Direct mea...

Bibliographical & Catalog Notes

Journal of the Hospital Physicists' Association.

Print issues ceased with v. 62 (2017).

Also issued online.

Vol. 25, no. 1 (1980)19920909 Notice published Printed on acid-free paper