Health Physics
Overview
Health Physics is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that focuses on the field of radiation protection and its impact on human health. It covers a wide range of topics including radiation measurement, dosimetry, environmental and occupational radiation safety, radiation biology, and medical applications. The journal provides valuable insights and research findings to professionals in the field of health physics, radiology, nuclear medicine, and related disciplines.
Details
Details
Abbr.
Health Phys
Start
1958
End
Continuing
Frequency
Monthly
p-ISSN
0017-9078
e-ISSN
1538-5159
Country
United States
Language
English
Specialties
Environmental Health
Nuclear Medicine
Nuclear Medicine
Metrics
Metrics
h-index / Ranks: 4133
83
SJR / Ranks: 9440
464
CiteScore / Ranks: 7421
3.60
JIF / Ranks: 4835
2.2
Recent Articles
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Evans W
Health Phys
. 2025 Mar;
PMID: 40085722
There has long been a need for an objective assessment of the performance of quantitative methods used for continuous particulate air monitors. These methods attempt to estimate the input to...
2.
Lewis D, Williams C, Kanter S
Health Phys
. 2025 Mar;
PMID: 40085688
Federal regulations mandate that all radiological workers in the United States, as well as those individuals who may receive non-trivial occupational doses of radiation, must have their external radiation doses...
3.
Somer N, Harvel G, Waller E
Health Phys
. 2025 Mar;
PMID: 40085686
During the decommissioning of nuclear power plants, radioactive contaminants may be released into the work environment in the form of aerosols, which can expose workers through inhalation, ingestion, and submersion...
4.
MacDonald T
Health Phys
. 2025 Mar;
PMID: 40085684
Those responsible for radiological protection in the workplace come to the role through many different pathways. In the process of training radiation safety officers and x-ray safety officers, instructors at...
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Hofer E
Health Phys
. 2025 Feb;
PMID: 40008980
Establishing a relationship between disease and dose requires each individual in the population under investigation to be known by disease status and by the value of the dose received. Frequently,...
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Foster K, Maxson D, Zollman P
Health Phys
. 2025 Feb;
128(4):332-336.
PMID: 39999412
This Note briefly reviews, at a level that is intended to be accessible to non-specialists, the similarities and differences between waveforms of 4G Long-Term Evolution (4G LTE) and 5G New...
8.
Eckhardt L
Health Phys
. 2025 Feb;
128(4):291-297.
PMID: 39999411
The author provides a literature review examining the clinical risks of cosmic radiation exposure and incidence of cancer in aircrews including pilots, flight attendants, and flight engineers or navigators. The...
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Burgos C, Read D, Grier T, Khan M, Weisskopf M, Taylor K, et al.
Health Phys
. 2025 Feb;
128(4):273-278.
PMID: 39999410
Lead exposure poses severe health risks to individuals, impacting cognitive function, growth, learning, and behavior. Current lead detection methods, primarily blood testing and x-ray fluorescence (XRF) of bone, have limitations....
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Akyea-Larbi K, Gbeddy G, Amoatey E, Manteaw P, Otoo F
Health Phys
. 2025 Feb;
PMID: 39992223
Introduction: Medical workers account for about 75% of all workers exposed to ionizing radiation; therefore, occupational radiation protection is still a challenge in clinical practices and, consequently, measures should be...