Medical Physics Journals during the Time of COVID-19: The Editor’s Experience (February–October 2020)

The pandemic situation with COVID-19 has changed many things in the world. This Focus series book collects early reactions in the medical physics profession related to changes in professional activities during the pandemic time in 2020. This chapter collects information from the editors-in-chief of various medical physics journals aiming to present an overall view of the publication activities and readership interest during nine months of the pandemic. Most journals report that although not overwhelming, they have received COVID-19 submissions. Some of these submissions have been rejected as being more medical than medical physics submissions. The collaborative work and analysis of the editors, presented in this chapter, emphasised the service that these journals offer to our profession, even in such difficult times. They also underline the need for further collaboration between the leads of the professional journals, as well as expansion of international networking in medical physics.