Host: The Japan Radiation Research Society, Chairman of the 52nd Annual Meeting, Toshiteru Okubo (Radiation Effects Research Foundation)
The Journal of Radiation Research (JRR) comes to issue Vol.50 in this year. The journal has been bearing the key role on transmitting academic informations to the world from society member's since it established. Papers from the nonmember were accepted after 1998. JRR has been opened on internet to the public as Open Access Journal in 2000. All the articles from the first issue (1960) are open now on Web. It is possible to inquire in the document search engines PubMed, CrossRef, ChemPort, JDream, Google Scholar and so on. The journal got an Impact Factor of 1.5 in average after 2000. In 2010, Japanese Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology will join us to publish JRR, and oncology related fields will be added. The circulation of the journal will be increased to exceed 3000 copies from about 1000 copies at present. At this occasion, JRR must be enhanced further more, and to publish a fairer thesis, this seminar was planned.
