John Wiley & Sons, Inc., today announced the launch of Journal
of Medical Radiation Sciences (JMRS), combining The
Radiographer (now in its 60th volume) from the Australian Institute
of Radiography (AIR) and Shadows (in its 56th Volume) from
the New Zealand Institute of Medical Radiation Technology (NZIMRT). The
new, combined journal joins Wiley as part of the Wiley Open Access
program. Wiley will also publish AIR’s monthly newsletter, Spectrum.
JMRS is an international and multidisciplinary peer-reviewed
journal that accepts manuscripts related to medical imaging / diagnostic
radiography, radiation therapy, nuclear medicine, medical ultrasound /
sonography, and the complementary disciplines of medical physics,
radiology, radiation oncology, nursing, psychology and sociology. The
combined editorial boards have come together under the leadership of the
Editor-in-Chief, Cherry Agustin, Radiation Therapist Educator at The
Crown Princess Mary Cancer Centre Westmead, Sydney, and the deputy
editors Dr Ann Poulos (Adjunct Associate Professor, Discipline of
Medical Radiation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University
of Sydney) and Hannah Thompson (Senior Clinical Tutor, Radiation
Therapist, Midcentral Health Ltd. Palmerston North, New Zealand) to
bring this publication to the professions worldwide.
AIR President, Bruce Harvey, commented, “Imaging and treatment equipment
in Australia and New Zealand is state of the art, and the specialist
practitioners must constantly keep up-to-date by researching and
communicating their findings to their colleagues. The peak professional
associations for radiographers, sonographers and radiation therapists in
Australia and New Zealand have therefore joined their peer reviewed
journals into one new international publication, the Journal of
Medical Radiation Sciences to enable faster communication and
greater collaboration between the countries and specialties.”
Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences is the latest addition to
Wiley’s portfolio of Radiography, Radiology & Imaging journals and will
benefit from relationships with widely respected titles including the Journal
of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology and Journal
of Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
“It’s terrific to be starting a working relationship with AIR and NZIMRT
in publishing the Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences in a
new open access model, and again with AIR on their monthly magazine Spectrum,”
said Mark Robertson, Wiley’s VP and Publishing Director, Scientific,
Technical, Medical and Scholarly, Asia-Pacific, and Executive Director
of Wiley Australia.
Journal
of Medical Radiation Sciences is open to submissions now. Please
visit the journal’s website www.jmrsjournal.com
for further information and future updates.
