General medical journal

A general medical journal is an academic journal dedicated to medicine in general, rather than a specific field of medicine.

History

The first English-language general medical journal was Medicina Curiosa, established in 1684, but unfortunately, it ceased publication after only two issues.^[1] Among the oldest general medical journals that are still in publication today are The Lancet, established in 1823, and the New England Journal of Medicine, established in 1812.^[1] In 1999, Medscape launched Medscape General Medicine, which became the world's first online-only general medical journal.^[2]

Examples

Journals that are recognized as general medical journals include The Lancet, the New England Journal of Medicine,^[1] and the Annals of Internal Medicine.^[3] In 2009, the three highest-ranked general medical journals by impact factor were JAMA, The Lancet, and the New England Journal of Medicine.^[4] The BMJ's web editor, Tony Delamothe, has described the BMJ as a general medical journal.^[5] The Medical Journal of Australia is the only general medical journal in Australia,^[6] and the Canadian Medical Association Journal has been called the leading general medical journal in Canada.^[7]

References

^ a b c Ioannidis, John P. A.; Belbasis, Lazaros; Evangelou, Evangelos; Gupta, Vineet (1 September 2010). "Fifty-Year Fate and Impact of General Medical Journals". PLOS ONE. 5 (9): e12531. Bibcode:2010PLoSO...512531I. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0012531. PMC 2931710. PMID 20824146.
^ Woody, Todd (7 May 1999). "Online journal could shake up medical breakthrough news". CNN. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
^ Ray, Joel; Berkwits, Michael; Davidoff, Frank (August 2000). "The fate of manuscripts rejected by a general medical journal". The American Journal of Medicine. 109 (2): 131–135. doi:10.1016/S0002-9343(00)00450-2. PMID 10967154.
^ Kulkarni, Abhaya V. (9 September 2009). "Comparisons of Citations in Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar for Articles Published in General Medical Journals". JAMA. 302 (10): 1092–6. doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1307. PMID 19738094.
^ Delamothe, T (21 December 2002). "How political should a general medical journal be?". BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.). 325 (7378): 1431–2. doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7378.1431. PMC 1124893. PMID 12493649.
^ Davey, Melissa (7 May 2015). "Backlash over Stephen Leeder sacking puts Medical Journal of Australia in peril". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
^ Mehta, Diana (4 April 2012). "65 going on 16: Medical journal proposes new rules for elderly drivers". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 6 September 2015.

[ioannidis-1] Ioannidis, John P. A.; Belbasis, Lazaros; Evangelou, Evangelos; Gupta, Vineet (1 September 2010). "Fifty-Year Fate and Impact of General Medical Journals". PLOS ONE. 5 (9): e12531. Bibcode:2010PLoSO...512531I. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0012531. PMC 2931710. PMID 20824146.

[2] Woody, Todd (7 May 1999). "Online journal could shake up medical breakthrough news". CNN. Retrieved 6 September 2015.

[3] Ray, Joel; Berkwits, Michael; Davidoff, Frank (August 2000). "The fate of manuscripts rejected by a general medical journal". The American Journal of Medicine. 109 (2): 131–135. doi:10.1016/S0002-9343(00)00450-2. PMID 10967154.

[4] Kulkarni, Abhaya V. (9 September 2009). "Comparisons of Citations in Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar for Articles Published in General Medical Journals". JAMA. 302 (10): 1092–6. doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1307. PMID 19738094.

[5] Delamothe, T (21 December 2002). "How political should a general medical journal be?". BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.). 325 (7378): 1431–2. doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7378.1431. PMC 1124893. PMID 12493649.

[6] Davey, Melissa (7 May 2015). "Backlash over Stephen Leeder sacking puts Medical Journal of Australia in peril". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 September 2015.

[7] Mehta, Diana (4 April 2012). "65 going on 16: Medical journal proposes new rules for elderly drivers". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 6 September 2015.