Radiology is a monthly, peer reviewed

Peer review

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, medical journal

Medical journal

A public health journal is a scientific journal devoted to the field of public health, including epidemiology, biostatistics, and health care . Public health journals, like most scientific journals, are peer-reviewed...

, owned and published by the Radiological Society of North America

Radiological Society of North America

The Radiological Society of North America, Inc. is a professional membership society committed to excellence in patient care through education and research...

. The editor is Herbert Y. Kressel (Harvard Medical School

Harvard Medical School

Harvard Medical School is the graduate medical school of Harvard University. It is located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts....

). The focus of Radiology is research, and other investigations in clinical radiology

Radiology

Radiology is a medical specialty that employs the use of imaging to both diagnose and treat disease visualized within the human body. Radiologists use an array of imaging technologies to diagnose or treat diseases...

, and related disciplines.

Publishing formats

Publishing formats are original research articles (3000 words), technical developments (2000), invited perspectives (2500) review articles (6500), special report, invited editorial

Editorial

An opinion piece is an article, published in a newspaper or magazine, that mainly reflects the author's opinion about the subject. Opinion pieces are featured in many periodicals.-Editorials:...

, invited controversies, diagnoses with brief description of the case

Case study

A case study is an intensive analysis of an individual unit stressing developmental factors in relation to context. The case study is common in social sciences and life sciences. Case studies may be descriptive or explanatory. The latter type is used to explore causation in order to find...

, solicited science to practice (commentary on a novel basic science investigation or technical development), letter to the editor

Letter to the editor

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, and book review.

Abstracting and indexing

According to the Journal Citation Reports

Journal Citation Reports

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, Radiology has a 2009 impact factor

Impact factor

The impact factor, often abbreviated IF, is a measure reflecting the average number of citations to articles published in science and social science journals. It is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field, with journals with higher impact factors deemed...

 of 6.341. In addition, the journal is indexed in the following databases:

• Science Citation Index
  Science Citation Index
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• SciSearch
• Chemical Abstracts
• Current Contents
  Current Contents
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  /Clinical Medicine
• Current Contents/Life Sciences
• BIOSIS Previews
  BIOSIS Previews
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• Computer & Control Abstracts
• Electrical & Electronics Abstracts
• Physics Abstracts - Science Abstracts
• CIS Abstracts
• Life Sciences Collection
• Energy Research Abstracts
• Biological Abstracts
  Biological Abstracts
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• Chemical Abstracts
• Index Medicus
  Index medicus
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• International Aerospace Abstracts
• International Nursing Index
• Nuclear Science Abstracts