期刊名称：JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Journal of Radiological Protection publishes articles (in English) on all aspects of radiological protection, including non-ionising as well as ionising radiations. Fields of interest range from research, development and theory to operational matters, education and training. The very wide spectrum of its topics includes: dosimetry, instrument development, specialized measuring techniques, epidemiology, biological effects (in vivo and in vitro) and risk and environmental impact assessments.
Paper. Full reports of original research on a theoretical or practical subject. The work covered should be substantive in nature and the description should be comprehensive, allowing the reader to follow the study throughout all its stages, so that the work could be repeated from the description given in the paper. The context of the study within the general body of knowledge of the subject should also be given. A paper should not normally exceed the equivalent of 8500 words, including tables and illustrations.
Review. An authoritative article which comprehensively summarizes the current state of knowledge in a particular area of relevance to radiological protection.
Note. A brief report of a single piece of work or technique or a short discussion of some aspect of radiological protection which adds to the existing literature. Notes can add information to previously published papers, or contain the early important results from work which is later written up as a paper. A note should not normally exceed the equivalent of 2500 words, including tables and illustrations.
Practical matter article. An account of a particular radiological protection problem encountered in industry, medicine or the environment, and a description of the resolution of this problem. Practical Matter articles are intended to provide assistance to those operational health physicists, hospital physicists, etc, who may encounter the same, or a similar, problem in their work.
Opinion article. Allows the discussion of an issue of topical interest in radiological protection which is broader and less formal than would be acceptable in a Paper or Review. Opinion articles should be concise and deal with a specific matter of relevance.
Memorandum. A report from an authoritative committee or organisation which provides information for those working in radiological protection.
Letter to the Editor. Comments upon work published previously in the Journal, or comments upon matters of interest, such as proposed changes to legislation or to international recommendations. A title for the Letter should be included. Letters to the Editor should be clearly marked 'For Publication'. If a Letter to the Editor comments upon an article previously published in the Journal (with the exception of another Letter to the Editor), then the author(s) of that article will be invited to reply to the Letter, and the Reply will normally appear in the same issue of the Journal in which the Letter is published
Instructions to Authors
If you have not submitted to this journal before, please see the Journal scope for information on the type of articles accepted and for length limits of contributions.
A submission to Journal of Radiological Protection
- must be the original work of the author(s) and
- must not be published elsewhere or be under consideration for another publication in its submitted or a substantially similar form in any language
All persons listed as authors should have made a substantial contribution to the manuscript. Other contributors should be listed, with their permission, in the Acknowledgments section.
A letter signed by all the authors should accompany each submitted manuscript. This letter should give the category of the manuscript (Paper, Note etc) and the electronic format in which it is, or will be, available (see below). It should also state that the manuscript (or a similar version) has not been published and is not being considered for publication elsewhere. If the article has been published previously, for example in another language, then full details must be given and a copy of the original article and appropriate permissions (including that of the copyright holder) enclosed with the manuscript. Copyright permission for the use of previously published material (e.g. figures) in a manuscript should accompany the submission and the source of reproduced material must be acknowledged in the manuscript. Any conflict of interest should be declared in the covering letter, as should any other special circumstances relating to the manuscript. By submitting a manuscript to Journal of Radiological Protection authors are acknowledging that they are meeting their obligations as set out in these instructions. Full contact details including telephone and fax numbers and e-mail addresses should be given for the corresponding author.
Hard copy submissions of Papers, Reviews, Notes, Letters to the Editor, Memoranda, Practical Matter and Opinion articles should be sent to:
Dr R Wakeford
British Nuclear Fuels plc
1100 Daresbury Park
Daresbury
Cheshire WA4 4GB, UK
Fax: +44 (0) 1925 654539
E-mail: r.wakeford@bnfl.com
You should send 3 copies of the typescript, at least one of which must be single-sided and contain original figures and tables.
All news and information items including meeting reports and book reviews should be sent to the Deputy Editor at the address given on the title page of the journal. Items should not normally be in excess of 1000 words.
Submitting accepted articles electronically
On acceptance you should send in the final version of your article electronically.
For comprehensive information on how to prepare your files for electronic submission, please consult our general Guidelines for authors.
E-mail
Send a single compressed file, as an attachment, to jrp@iop.org stating electronic submission in the subject line.
On acceptance authors should also e-mail to the Journal Production Editor and the Editor-in-Chief a one paragraph (100 words or fewer) general description of their article (unless it is a Letter to the Editor) containing its essence for the non-specialist reader. This will appear in the front of the journal in the section Summaries of articles in this issue.
Typescripts
For Papers, Reviews, Notes and Practical Matter and Opinion articles, three copies of the typescript, at least one of which must be single-sided and contain original tables and figures, should be submitted. Contributions should be typed on A4 (210mm x 297mm) or similar paper with double-spacing and with margins of at least 25mm in width on all sides. Pages should be numbered consecutively.
An article may also be submitted in electronic form (see above) provided hard-copy versions of the manuscript and covering letter are also initially submitted. Once accepted for publication, an electronic version should be provided if at all possible.
Each copy of the typescript should include:
- A title page with title of the article, name(s) of the author(s) and address(es) of the establishment(s) where the work was carried out, an indication of (and e-mail address for) the corresponding author, a short title which should not exceed 50 characters and, if not a Paper, the classification of the article;
- An abstract, one paragraph in length, which should not normally exceed 200 words, which is a stand-alone, concise description of the content of the article;
- Text broken into numbered sections, e.g. 1. Introduction, 2. Materials and Methods, 3. Results, 4. Discussion, etc and, where necessary, subsections numbered 2.1 etc;
- A list of references on a separate sheet;
- A set of tables with captions;
- A list of captions for illustrations (on a separate sheet);
- A set of illustrations with lettering added.
Mathematical equations should be written on a separate line and numbered serially within the article (1), (2), etc, or within each section, e.g. (1.1), (1.2), etc on the right-hand side of the page, where reference is made to them in the text.
Footnotes should be avoided whenever possible. If required, they should be used only for brief notes that do not fit conveniently into the text.
Any acknowledgments should appear in an unnumbered Acknowledgments section immediately following the last numbered section of the article. Persons acknowledged must have given permission for their name to appear. Sources of funding and any conflict of interest should be declared in the Acknowledgments section.
Abbreviations should be defined in full where first used.
Appendices should be avoided whenever possible. If required, e.g. to describe an unusual methodology which has not been defined elsewhere, numbered appendices should be included on separate sheets.
Copyright
Upon acceptance, authors will be asked to complete a form assigning the copyright in their articles to IOP Publishing Ltd.
References and figures
Please see our Guidelines for authors.
Tables
Tables should be typed on separate sheets and numbered with Arabic numerals. Authors should ensure that data are arranged clearly in tables. Vertical rules should be avoided. Each table should have an explanatory caption appearing above it which should be as concise as possible. Explanatory footnotes (if any) should be placed immediately beneath the table.
Units
The International System of Units (SI) should be used. If it is necessary to refer to quantities in other units then the SI equivalent should also be given.
Radionuclides
Radionuclides should be written as, e.g., 129I, 99mTc, 239Pu etc except at the beginning of a sentence when the mass number should follow the element, e.g. 'Strontium-90 concentrations were measured ...'.
Special requirements
Journal of Radiological Protection subscribes to the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). Authors should consult the latest version of the Uniform Requirements that may be found at www.icmje.org.
Authors of all articles are required upon submission to disclose any potential conflict of interest with regard to the work reported (e.g. through employment, consultancies, industrial research contracts, stock ownership, equity interests, patent-licensing arrangements, honoraria, expert testimony etc) in their covering letter. This information may be made available, in confidence, to the referees during the peer review process. Further details on conflict of interest can be found at the ICMJE website. Authors should include all relevant information on conflict of interest in the Acknowledgments section of the manuscript.
Manuscripts reporting studies of humans or animals should pay due attention to the ethical aspects of the study. Such studies must conform with local statutory requirements. Journal of Radiological Protection endorses fully the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki on Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects, the latest version of which may be found at www.wma.net/e/policy/b3.htm. Where appropriate a statement should be made that the study has been carried out with ethical committee approval. Studies involving experimental animals must attend to the welfare of the animals; the guidelines of the United Kingdom Coordinating Committee on Cancer Research (UKCCCR) provide a basis for welfare considerations. Authors should also be aware of Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals by the Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources, which may be found at www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/labrats. Please state if the work has been subject to animal ethics committee approval.
Once an article has been submitted it should not be discussed publicly, particularly with the media, until published. This is to ensure that any article that attracts publicity is fully available to those wanting further information. Pre-publication discussion at scientific meetings not open to the public and circulation of preprints to professional colleagues is permissible, provided the status of the article is made clear. Pre-publication presentation of results to interested parties, such as the subjects of an epidemiological study, is acceptable, but the confidential nature of the results prior to publication should be emphasised. Articles should not be discussed with journalists before publication unless this has been agreed by the Editor. All material relating to articles to be published is embargoed until the day of publication. Further details can be found at www.icmje.org.
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
R Wakeford, British Nuclear Fuels plc, Warrington, UK
Deputy Editor
J Gray, The Environment Agency, Bristol, UK
Editorial Board
P Allisy-Roberts, BIPM, S¨¨vres, France
K H Chadwick, formerly of European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
M Crick, UNSCEAR, Vienna, Austria
J Dalgleish, DSTL, Institute of Naval Medicine, Alverstoke, Hants, UK
B Davies, Singleton Hospital, Swansea,UK
P Day, Manchester University, UK
Chr J Huyskens, Eindhoven University, The Netherlands
K S Leonard, CEFAS, Lowestoft, UK
M C Renouf, BNFL Sellafield, UK
J Swanson, National Grid Company, Leatherhead, UK
P Tattersall, HPA-RPD, Chilton, UK
M C Thorne, Consultant, Sowerby Bridge, W Yorks, UK
F Turvey, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland
G A M Webb, Radiation Safety Consultant, Brighton, UK
International Editorial Advisors
M Andersson, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark
M I Balonov, IAEA, Vienna, Austria
D Blanc, Toulouse, France
J D Boice Jr, International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, MD, USA
E Cardis, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
Chen Xing-an, Ministry of Public Health, Beijing, China
K Fujimoto, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
L-E Holm, Swedish Radiation Protection Authority, Stockholm, Sweden
R L Kathren, Washington State University, Richland, WA, USA
G N Kelly, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
P C Kesavan, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, India
H Khoury, The Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil
G J Koteles, National Research Institute for Radiobiology and Radiohygiene, Budapest, Hungary
M C Lee, Seoul National University, Korea
I A Likhtarev, Scientific Centre for Radiation Medicine, Kiev, Ukraine
K Mabuchi, Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Hiroshima, Japan
K Martignoni, Bundesamt f¨¹r Strahlenschutz, Oberschleisseim, Germany
G C Mason, Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency, Yallambie, Australia
J-C N¨¦not, Institut de Radioprotection et de Suret¨¦ Nucl¨¦aire, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
R Osborne, formerly of Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd, Chalk River, Canada
D Preston, Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Hiroshima, Japan
R Ramos de la Plaza, Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear, Madrid, Spain
M Repacholi, World Health Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland
S Risica, National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy
R Touzet, E-mail: rtouzet@sede.arn.gov.ar
T Tynes, Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority, Oslo, Norway
J Valentin, ICRP, Stockholm, Sweden
J van der Steen, KEMA Nederland BV, Arnhem, The Netherlands
B C Winkler, formerly of Council for Nuclear Safety, Hennopsmeer, South Africa
A D Wrixon, IAEA, Vienna, Austria
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