title: Publication in radiology: challenges to tradition.
abstract: Publications in radiology have become vastly proliferated and highly differentiated compared with the past. They have developed in response to several factors: accelerating scientific progress, clinical subspecialization, industrialization of practice, and growth of academic and clinical practitioners. New peer-reviewed journals, controlled periodicals heavily subsidized by advertising, newspapers, and newsletters of various forms have arisen. The command the traditional journals, Radiology and the American Journal of Roentgenology, once had upon reader attention has been challenged. But with rigorous editing, broad content, and pleasing format, these have grown with the competition to retain their positions. Electronic publishing is another challenge they face and which they have begun to incorporate in their production. At this point, it appears the printed page will survive and that the traditional journals will continue to serve our specialty along with newcomers for which there are more specialized roles.
mesh_terms: D005544:Forecasting; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D011871:Radiology