Instructions to Authors

Scope

The scope of this journal covers all aspects of the application of physics to biological sciences, radiotherapy, radiodiagnosis, nuclear medicine, and radiation dosimetry and radiation protection. Manuscripts dealing with the aspects of physics related to cancer therapy / radiobiology also fall within the scope of the journal. Apart from the original research work, papers which are of practical importance to medical physicists e.g., those describing practices (performance and quality assurance tests, clinical investigations and follow-ups with novel ideas), radiation accidents and emergencies are also published in the journal. Reviews of other publications (e.g., ICRP / ICRU reports) also find a place in the journal. Theoretical papers with no or oblique relevance to the scope and limited application may not find place. 
 

Refereeing Process

Language of Manuscript

Manuscripts should be typewritten in English and should be typed double-spaced with 1 inch margin on all sides and a font size of 12. All pages should be numbered.  

Online Submission of the Manuscripts

Step 1 – Go to http://www.journalonweb.com/jmp 

1. Click “signup as author” 
2. Fill the registration form and submit

Step 2 - Open your email box

1. Click “verify my email”
2. Go again to http://www.journalonweb.com/jmp
3. Login as author with your user name and password
4. Follow the instructions on the window 

Format of the Manuscript

Title of the manuscript and a minimum of 3 Key Words related to the contents need to be provided in the relevant columns of the submission form. Type of article has to be selected such as Editorial, Original Article, Review Article, Letter to the Editors, News, Book Review etc. Except for the News and Book Reviews handled by the News and Book Review Editors, respectively, the manuscripts have to be prepared in two files (first page file and article file). Large size Images should be submitted separately.

1. First Page File: 'First Page' file should contain 1- the title of the manuscript (in running letters except the first letter of the first word), 2- names of authors (titles such as Dr., Mr. etc. and degrees such as PhD, MD, MSc etc must not be gevin), 3- institution mailing address and also 4- the mailing address and the email address of the corresponding author. The text / contents of the article should not be included in this file. All information which can reveal the identity of the authors such as Acknowledgements etc. should be included here in this page / file. Use text / rtf / doc / pdf files. Do not zip the files. 
2. Article file: 'Article Text File' should contain the title (as in the First Page File), and text from abstract onwards. The abstract not exceeding 200 words (with no subheads) should briefly summarize the aim, the approach or methods, the important findings supported by data and the inferences. Proprietary terms and abbreviations should not be used. The text following the abstract should be under sections such as Introduction, Experimental / Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion and Conclusions and if needed the Subsections to any Section may be added for the clarity of the presentation. In the text, use of First Person (I, We, Us, Our, My, Mine etc) may be avoided as much as possible. Tables, Graphs or Figures could be included in this file, if the size of the file remains less than 400 kb. If the size exceeds, the Graphs / Gigues can be submitted separately in Image file without incorporating them in the article file (no repetition). No information which can reveal contributors' identity (e.g. acknowledgements or any other information such as your name in page headers, etc.) should be included in the Article or Image File. Use text / rtf / doc / pdf files. Do not zip the files.
3. Tables: Tables should be numbered consecutively with Roman numerals. Each table should have a title. The tables should be typed double-spaced. The proportion of the printed page should be considered in designing the table. Footnotes to tables should be identified with superscript lower case letters a, b, etc. and placed at the bottom of the page containing the table.
4. Legends: Legends / captions for the figures/images should be included at the end of the article file.
5. Images: Submit good quality color images. Each image should be less than 400 kb in size. Size of the image can be reduced by decreasing the actual height and width of the images (keep up to 1024x760 pixels or 5 inches). All image formats (jpeg, tiff, gif, bmp, png, eps, etc.) are acceptable; jpeg is most suitable. Do not zip the files.

The contributors’ form and copyright transfer form has to be submitted. When required, hard copies of the images (one set), should be sent to the journal office at the time of submission of a revised manuscript.  

S1 Units

Tables

Figures and Images

References

References should be numbered consecutively in the order in which they are referred (not in alphabetic order) as superscripts in Arabic numerals in square bracket as superscript in text, tables, and legends at the appropriate places. References cited only in tables or figure legends should also be numbered in accordance with the sequence established in the text. Use the style of the examples below, which are based on the formats used by the NLM in Index Medicus. The titles of journals should be abbreviated according to the style used in Index Medicus. For non-indexed journals, use complete name of the journal. References to the abstracts (published as abstracts only) may be avoided. Information from manuscripts submitted but not accepted should be cited in the text as “unpublished observations” with written permission from the source. Avoid citing a “personal communication” unless it provides essential information not available from normal sources, in which case the name of the person and date of communication should be cited in parentheses in the text. For scientific articles, contributors should obtain written permission and confirmation of accuracy from the source of a personal communication. The accuracy of references is the responsibility of the authors. The commonly cited types of references are shown below, for other types of references such as electronic media; newspaper items, etc. please refer to ICMJE Guidelines (http://www.icmje.org or http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_requirements.html).

(a) Journal paper

1. Pradhan AS. Photon energy response of luminescence dosimeters and its impact on assessment of Hp(10) and Hp(0.07) in mixed fields of varying energies of photons and beta radiation. Radiat. Prot. Dosim. 2002; 101: 173-178.
2. Sharma DS, Sharma SD, Sanu KK, Saju S, Deshpande DD, Kannan S. Performance evaluation of a dedicated computed tomography scanner used for virtual Performance evaluation of a dedicated computed tomography scanner used for virtual simulation using in-house fabricated CT phantoms, J. Med. Phys.2006; 31: 28-35.

List the first six contributors followed by et al.

(b) Conference Proceedings

1. Iyer PS, Bhutani ML, Pradhan AS,  Sasane JB and Sawant SG. Current trend of diagnostic radiology practices and associated radiation safety in India. Med. Physik, Edited by Jurgen Richter, Roentgen Gedachtnis Kongress, Deutschen Gesselschat fur Med. Physik, Wurzburg, Germany; 1995. p.130-131.

(c) Books and Other Monographs

1. Huang HK, Elements of Digital Radiology. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cifts. New Jersey; 1987.

(d) Article /Chapter in book

1. Casten L, Tritium in the environment. In: Advances in Radiation Biology (J.T. Lett and H. Adler. Eds.,) Vol. 8, 419-456, Academic Press. New York; 1979. 

Accuracy of references is the responsibility of the authors. 

Proofs

Proofs will be sent to the corresponding author and these should be returned as early as possible, preferably within 3 days. Significant alterations in the proofs by the authors would not be permitted.

Reprints

Every effort would be made to provide a few reprints and these will be sent within one month after the publication / printing of the hard copies of each issue.

Copyright transfer

The contributors’ form and copyright transfer form has to be submitted. When required, hard copies of the images (one set), should be sent to the journal office at the time of submission of a revised manuscript.

Journal office

Journal Office
Editor-in-Chief, 
Journal of Medical Physics, 
Association of Medical Physicists of India, 
C/o. Radiological Physics & Advisory Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, 
CT & CRS Building, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai 400 094, India.