該雜志涵蓋了輻射和等離子體科學的廣泛主題。其貢獻范圍包括:輻射物理學;放射化學、放射生物學和醫學輻照的物理效應，包括對放射細胞變性的研究;輻射的光學、電學和機械效應以及它們的次要效應，例如表面的擴散和粒子發射;等離子體技術和等離子體現象。在等離子體科學方面，該雜志涵蓋了聚變、空間和低溫等離子體的所有領域。等離子體該雜志涵蓋了等離子體科學和技術的所有領域。論文涉及核聚變理論、模型與實驗、托卡馬克、恒星發生器、其他核聚變裝置、等離子體平衡與輸運、改進模態等。在考慮核聚變能源的同時，該雜志打算特別強調能源生產的環境方面。在空間等離子體上，它涵蓋了電離層、磁層、太陽等離子體、輻射帶、太陽風、空間天氣效應以及低層大氣的物理學。該雜志還涵蓋了實驗室低溫等離子體物理、激光等離子體相互作用、等離子體加速器和等離子體處理技術的所有領域。輻射主題包括:輻射引起的缺陷的原子和電子特性;這種缺陷對晶格性質和過程的影響;晶格缺陷方法對固態反應如聚類、沉淀、激光退火和雜質的作用;缺陷動力學在非穩態，如粒子下或電磁輻射，或在快速溫度變化;輻射增強氧化;與非晶態材料的亞穩態性質和表面修飾有關的問題。所有發表在《輻射效應與固體缺陷》上的研究論文都經過了嚴格的同行評審，評審基于編輯的初步篩選和匿名評審。

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