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Scientific Integrity Subcommittee (SISC)

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Activities
  1. Create a flowchart of the current process for manuscript review and identify opportunities for process improvements from the perspective of scientific integrity.
  2. Develop a written, comprehensive policy for scientific integrity standards specific to Medical Physics and its readership, and ensure such policy is disseminated to authors and reviewers.
  3. Devise a process for review and adjudication of individual cases of alleged scientific integrity infractions.
  4. Develop a database to document outcomes and details of these individual cases.
  5. Review the database and update the policy as required when new infractions arise or when new information becomes available.
By-Laws:Not Referenced.Rules: Not Referenced.
Standing?This is not a standing committee.
Approved Date(s):1/1/2024
Committee Keywords: SISC

Board of Directors
Administrative Council
Ethics  [Status]
Scientific Integrity SC  [Status]

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Chair

Samuel Armato
Subcommittee Chair

2026 Roster

(dates shown below are start and end dates of position.)

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VOTING AppointmentsThere are 9 voting members.

up-to-dateSamuel G. Armato III, PhD

3/12/2024 - 12/31/2026 Subcommittee Chair
up-to-dateStanley H. Benedict, PhD

1/1/2024 - 12/31/2026 Member - Medical Physics Journal Editor for Therapy Physics (ex officio)

up-to-dateJohn M. Boone, PhD

1/1/2024 - 12/31/2026 Member - Medical Physics Journal Editor-in-Chief (ex officio)
up-to-dateAshley Cetnar, PhD, MS

9/8/2025 - 12/31/2028 Member

up-to-dateSamantha G. Hedrick, PhD

9/1/2025 - 12/31/2028 Member
up-to-dateDavid W. Jordan, PhD

9/21/2025 - 12/31/2028 Member

up-to-dateMatthew B. Podgorsak, PhD

8/28/2025 - 12/31/2028 Member
up-to-dateMark J. Rivard, PhD

3/12/2024 - 12/31/2026 Member

up-to-dateYi Rong, PhD

1/1/2026 - 12/31/2028 Member - JACMP Editor-in-Chief (ex officio)
NON-VOTING AppointmentsThere are 0 non-voting members and guests.
HQ Team Appointed to CommitteeThere are 2 staff.

up-to-dateElle Skukowski

1/1/2024 - 12/31/2037 Senior Managing Editor (ex officio, nonvoting)
up-to-dateJustin M. Stewart, BS

1/1/2024 - 12/31/2037 Director, Programs (ex officio, nonvoting)



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