Current News Archive

Brant Ulsh, CHP, PhD, Health Physics Editor in Chief

Beginning with the January 2019 issue of Health Physics, we are updating our Instructions for Authors (IFAs). The most significant change is the formatting of submitted manuscripts so author information is separated from the main article. We are doing this to guard against conflict of interest as we move to double-blind peer review (authors don't know the identity of reviewers and reviewers don't know the identity of authors). This measure is intended to allow authors to suggest qualified peer-reviewers, hopefully accelerating the peer-review process. We have also made a number of other changes intended to give authors more freedom and make the publishing process a little less challenging. So if you are a returning author, don't just assume everything is the same as it has always been! We encourage all prospective authors to review the updated IFAs carefully before submitting new manuscripts. Watch for these changes on the Health Physics website in January.