Biomedical Imaging and Intervention Journal
Encyclopedia
Biomedical Imaging and Intervention Journal (BIIJ) is an online open access peer review
ed medical journal
published quarterly. The first issue was published in July 2005.
BIIJ's running costs are met by donations from regional and international biomedical imaging industry and the University of Malaya
. The journal also receives support from many regional associations and societies, and in turn become the official publication of them. As of 2009, BIIJ is the official publication of the ASEAN Association of Radiologists, ASEAN Society of Interventional Radiology, Asia-Oceania Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics
, Asian Oceania Society of Radiology, College of Radiology, Academy of Medicine Malaysia
, Southeast Asian Federation of Organisations of Medical Physics, and the South East Asian Association of Academic Radiologists.
It was Malaysia's first online-only academic journal, and was ranked first in the country in 2008 using SCImago Journal Ranking (SJR) indicator.
, EMBASE
, Compendex
, EBSCO
, Chemical Abstracts
, and Inspec
. The journal contents are also made available via PubMed Central
and DOAJ.
.
Peer review
Peer review is a process of self-regulation by a profession or a process of evaluation involving qualified individuals within the relevant field. Peer review methods are employed to maintain standards, improve performance and provide credibility...
ed 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...
published quarterly. The first issue was published in July 2005.
BIIJ's running costs are met by donations from regional and international biomedical imaging industry and the University of Malaya
University of Malaya
The University of Malaya is located on a campus near the centre of Kuala Lumpur, and is the oldest university in Malaysia. It was founded in 1905 as a public-funded tertiary institution...
. The journal also receives support from many regional associations and societies, and in turn become the official publication of them. As of 2009, BIIJ is the official publication of the ASEAN Association of Radiologists, ASEAN Society of Interventional Radiology, Asia-Oceania Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics
Asia-Oceania Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics
The Asia-Oceania Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics was founded in 2000 to promote medical physics in the Asia and Oceania regions, through the advancement in status and standard of practice of the medical physics profession...
, Asian Oceania Society of Radiology, College of Radiology, Academy of Medicine Malaysia
College of Radiology, Academy of Medicine Malaysia
The College of Radiology, Academy of Medicine Malaysia is a non-profit organization of clinical radiologists, clinical oncologists, and medical physicists in Malaysia....
, Southeast Asian Federation of Organisations of Medical Physics, and the South East Asian Association of Academic Radiologists.
It was Malaysia's first online-only academic journal, and was ranked first in the country in 2008 using SCImago Journal Ranking (SJR) indicator.
Abstracting and indexing
BIIJ is indexed by ScopusScopus
Scopus, officially named SciVerse Scopus, is a bibliographic database containing abstracts and citations for academic journal articles. It covers nearly 18,000 titles from over 5,000 international publishers, including coverage of 16,500 peer-reviewed journals in the scientific, technical, medical,...
, EMBASE
EMBASE
Embase is an online information source of published literature designed to supportinformation managers and pharmacovigilance in complying with the regulatoryrequirements of a licensed drug. Through its unique and comprehensive content coverage,...
, Compendex
Compendex
Compendex, the computerized version of the Engineering Index, is a comprehensive engineering bibliographic database. Compendex is an index of engineering materials started in 1884, compiled by hand under the original title of Engineering Index. As Compendex it is now published by Elsevier. The...
, EBSCO
EBSCO Industries
EBSCO Industries, headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, is a privately held, widely diversified corporation and the largest subscription agency in the world. It was founded in 1944 by Elton Bryson Stephens...
, Chemical Abstracts
Chemical Abstracts Service
Chemical Abstracts is a periodical index that provides summaries and indexes of disclosures in recently published scientific documents. Approximately 8,000 journals, technical reports, dissertations, conference proceedings, and new books, in any of 50 languages, are monitored yearly, as are patent...
, and Inspec
Inspec
Inspec is a major indexing database of scientific and technical literature, published by the Institution of Engineering and Technology , and formerly by the Institution of Electrical Engineers , one of the IET's forerunners....
. The journal contents are also made available via PubMed Central
PubMed Central
PubMed Central is a free digital database of full-text scientific literature in biomedical and life sciences. It grew from the online Entrez PubMed biomedical literature search system. PubMed Central was developed by the U.S. National Library of Medicine as an online archive of biomedical journal...
and DOAJ.
Recorded presentations
The journal also publishes video recordings of presentations at selected meetings, conferences, and seminars, which may be used for educational purposes. Since November 2009, the videos are also made available on SciVeeSciVee
SciVee is a science video sharing website where researchers can upload, view and share science video clips and connect them to scientific literature, posters and slides...
.