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IEEE Transactions on Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. · United States · Est. 2016

ISSN2469-7311eISSN2469-7303

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1 · Scopus CiteScore 7.2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.803

H-Indexi

CiteScorei

7.2

SNIPi

1.559

Total Worksi

1,237

Total Citationsi

13,607

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.47

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The scope of the  IEEE Transactions on Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences  (TRPMS) encompasses technology and application areas related to radiation- and plasma-based medical sciences. These areas include radiation detectors for medical and biological applications; imaging system design/optimization/performance; therapy-related system design/optimization/performance; radiation-application-based image reconstruction, data analysis and image processing; medical radiation therapy applications; clinical/preclinical evaluation of imaging and therapy systems, plasma applications in medicine and biology; simulations for imaging and therapy applications. Educational material such as technical/clinical review papers covering the above subjects of interest is also included.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2016

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,237

Publisher OrgInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewsingle and/or double anonymous peer review

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2469-7311 / 2469-7303

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

single and/or double anonymous peer review

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

105

1.7k

2019

150

3.4k

2020

114

2.1k

2021

784

2022

120

1.1k

2023

160

632

2024

187

236

2025

138

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

InstrumentationQ1

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsQ2

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging

Scopus Categories

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsInstrumentation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Medical Imaging Techniques and ApplicationsRadiation Detection and Scintillator TechnologiesAdvanced X-ray and CT ImagingRadiation Therapy and DosimetryAdvanced Radiotherapy TechniquesAdvanced MRI Techniques and ApplicationsRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical ImagingNuclear Physics and ApplicationsRadiation Dose and ImagingAtomic and Subatomic Physics Research

Frequently asked questions about IEEE Transactions on Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences

Is IEEE Transactions on Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for IEEE Transactions on Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of IEEE Transactions on Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences?

IEEE Transactions on Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 7.2.

Is IEEE Transactions on Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

IEEE Transactions on Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.