Introduction of Chinese Journal of Radiological Medicine and Protection
Chinese Journal of Radiological Medicine and Protection (CJRMP) was established in 1981, with the responsible institution of China Association for Science and Technology (CAST), as well as the sponsor of Chinese Medical Association (CMA). Its editorial department is affiliated to National Institute for Radiation Protection, Chinese Center for Diseases Control and Prevention. From 1981 to 2013, it continuously published bimonthly. Since 2014, CJRMP began to be published monthly.
The aim of CJRMP is to document major advances in the field of radiological medicine and protection in China, and promote the development of nuclear energy at home and abroad, and the international exchange of academic information.
The readership of CJRMP the Journal includes specialists, teaching and research professionals, postgraduate students in universities and research institutes, radiotherapists, and physicians in the field of radiological medicine and protection, and personnel engaged in radiation protection, monitoring, and management. The Journal covers the accomplishments of science and technology in biological effects of ionizing radiation, clinical studies, radiotherapy, radiation hygiene, radiation protection and management, environmental radioactivity monitoring, medical emergency response in nuclear accident, and radiation dosimetry, and also clinical therapeutic and managerial experiences.
CJRMP is covered by the following abstracting and indexing services at home and abroad: Chemical Abstract (CA), Biological Abstract (BA), International Nuclear Information System (INIS), JICST(Japan), Western Pacific Region Index Medius (WPRIM) and Applied Health Physics Abstracts and Notes (England), as well as China Scientific Citations Data Bank (Information Center of Academia Sinica), Catalog of Chinese Scientific and Technological Literature (Medicine) (Institute of Medical Information, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences), Chinese Academic Periodicals Compact Disc Edition (National Engineering Research Center), and WANFANG Data. According to the statistical data obtained from China Scientific Citations Data Bank, the Chinese Journal of Radiological Medicine and Protection, beginning in 1996, ranks among the first 100 of 500 cited Chinese periodicals of natural science and technology. And, this Journal has been selected as a core periodical since 1992 by Faculty of Library Science, Peking University, and as a statistical periodical source by China Scientific Citations Data Bank and China Scientific and Technological Papers and Citations Data Bank (Institute of Information, Ministry of Science and Technology).
CJRMP won the Second Prize for Excellent Academic Periodicals awarded by CAST in 1997, and won twice the Prize for Excellent Periodicals at the 80th and 85th anniversaries of the founding of CMA. A number of editors were awarded various prizes for editors. The proportion of the research articles supported by various financial foundations has reached nearly 0.6. In 2013, the journal was supported by CAST Promotion Project for Elite Journals.
At the Sep 2014 conference hosted by the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China (ISTIC) in Beijing, CJRMP was ranked among the top 300 journals classified as “Outstanding S&T Journals of China” for 2014 due to its high academic value and the leading role it plays in advancing the quality of the S&T journals of China. Few journals in China ever receive this ranking.
ISTIC also launched a new project to promote scientific communications and the growing internationalization of Chinese S&T journals of China called the “Project of Frontrunner 5000” (F5000). This project plans to highlight the 5000 top articles picked from among the 300 Outstanding S&T Journals of China—fourteen(14)articles published in CJRMP between 2009-2018 were included in the top 5000.
Among 2029 kinds of S&T core periodicals of China in 2018, CJRMP ranked No.42 according to the comprehensive evaluation scores weighted by total citation and impact factor as well as other bibliometric parameters. Especially, CJRMP ranked the first in 7 kinds of journals majored in military and special medicine.
The website of CJRMP is www.cjrmp.net. As an Open Access journal, all the papers published are free online. The articles can be published online ahead of print.
