London, 29 May 2007 World-leading scientific and medical publisher Elsevier is pleased to announce the formation of a publishing partnership with the European Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics (EFOMP), a Federation of professional societies representing more than 6000 physicists and engineers in the field of medical physics in Europe, and the Associazione Italiana di Fisica Medica.
Under the agreement, Elsevier will assume publication of Physica Medica, European Journal of Medical Physics (EJMP), official journal of EFOMP (http://www.efomp.org/) and Associazione Italiana di Fisica Medica (http://www.fisicamedica.org/aifm), beginning with the March 2007 issue.
EJMP (http://intl.elsevierhealth.com/journals/ejmp/) provides an international forum for research and reviews on medical physics. The major topics addressed by the journal are: Medical Imaging, Radiation Therapy, Radiation Protection, Measuring Systems and Signal Processing and Education and Training in Medical Physics. Associate Editors have been appointed to help ensure the journal publishes the highest quality articles in these areas. The journal's audience includes scientists, engineers and technologists, working in hospitals, health centres, university departments and industry in a wide range of specialist areas.
Each quarterly issue of EJMP presents the latest peer-reviewed clinical research on medical physics, complemented by expert reviews of critical topics in the field. Other features include conference papers, technical notes and book reviews. To read articles from the March 2007 issue free of charge visit http://www.physicamedicaonline.com.
Alberto Del Guerra, Editor-in-Chief, said, "I am very proud that, Elsevier has accepted to publish Physica M
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29-May-2007