| The British Journal of Radiology | |
| Former Name: | Archives of Clinical Skiagraphy; Archives of the Roentgen Ray |
| Abbreviation: | Br. J. Radiol. |
| Discipline: | Radiology |
| Editor: | Simon Jackson, Andrew Nisbet |
| Publisher: | British Institute of Radiology |
| History: | 1896-present |
| Frequency: | Monthly |
| Openaccess: | Hybrid |
| Impact: | 3.629 |
| Impact-Year: | 2021 |
| Issn: | 0007-1285 |
| Eissn: | 1748-880X |
| Coden: | BJRAAP |
| Lccn: | 49040049 |
| Oclc: | 655274246 |
| Website: | https://www.birpublications.org/journal/bjr |
| Link1: | https://www.birpublications.org/toc/bjr/current |
| Link1-Name: | Online access |
| Link2: | https://www.birpublications.org/loi/bjr |
| Link2-Name: | Online archive |
The British Journal of Radiology is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering radiology.[1] It is published by the British Institute of Radiology and the editors-in-chief are Simon Jackson (University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust) and Andrew Nisbet (University College London). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 3.629.[2]
The journal's forerunner, the Archives of Clinical Skiagraphy was established by Sydney Domville Rowland in May 1896.[3] [4] In July 1897 it was renamed the Archives of the Roentgen Ray and reported that it would keep a "record [of] the proceedings of the recently formed Roentgen Society, and will consist of original communications, notes, and correspondence ... (and) offers itself, not merely as a journal of the new photography, but to some extent as the exponent of an important discovery".[1] It was published quarterly and was the only journal which reported the transactions of the roentgen Society.[1]
In 1904, John Hall-Edwards became editor and in 1924, after 24 volumes, the journal was renamed The British Journal of Radiology (Roentgen Society Section) The Journal of the Roentgen Society, after a period of being Archives of Radiology and Electrotherapy and The Journal of the British Association of Radiology and Physiotherapy.[1]
In 1928 the British Institute of Radiology and the Roentgen Society combined to form The British Journal of Radiology.[1] Later, supplements were added and the journal became online from 2001.[1] Old editions have been digitised.[1]
The journal published important works on the development of CT scan and MRI imaging techniques. For example: