Radiation Research publishes original articles dealing with radiation effects and related subjects in the areas of physics, chemistry, biologyand medicine, including epidemiology and translational research. The term radiation is used in its broadest sense and includes specificallyionizing radiation and ultraviolet, visible and infrared light as well as microwaves, ultrasound and heat. Effects may be physical, chemical orbiological. Related subjects include (but are not limited to) dosimetry methods and instrumentation, isotope techniques and studies withchemical agents contributing to the understanding of radiation effects.