A medical journal is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that communicates medical information to physicians, other health professionals . Journals that cover many medical specialties are sometimes called general medical journals .
7-618: The Scottish Medical Journal is a general medical journal , which publishes original research in all branches of medicine , review articles , history of medicine articles, and clinical memoranda. The editor-in-chief is Ghulam Nabi (University of Dundee). The journal obtained its current form in 1956 after a merger of the Glasgow Medical Journal and the Edinburgh Medical Journal , which were themselves founded in 1822 and 1855, respectively. It
14-676: Is published by SAGE Publications and is supported and sponsored by a number of learned societies and colleges . The Edinburgh Medical Journal was the successor of the Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1805–1855) which in turn had predecessors that can be traced back to the 1733 Medical Essays and Observations . It was the house journal of the Edinburgh College of Physicians and focused on scholarly papers such as articles and reviews, including translated extracts from German and French works, while also reporting on
21-758: The Annals of Internal Medicine . In 2009, the three highest-ranked general medical journals by impact factor were JAMA , The Lancet , and the New England Journal of Medicine . The BMJ ' s web editor, Tony Delamothe, has described the BMJ as a general medical journal. The Medical Journal of Australia is the only general medical journal in Australia, and the Canadian Medical Association Journal has been called
28-476: The New England Journal of Medicine , established in 1812. Specialty -specific medical journals were first introduced in the early 20th century. In 1999, Medscape launched Medscape General Medicine , which became the world's first online-only general medical journal. Journals that are recognized as general medical journals include The Lancet , the New England Journal of Medicine , and
35-493: The leading general medical journal in Canada. Richard Smith , the former editor of the medical journal the BMJ , has been critical of many of the aspects of modern-day medical journal publishing. Critics of medical publishing have argued that problems related to gaming of citation and authorship are prevalent in the field, as many authors did not actually contribute to the articles that their names are on, many contributors to
42-597: The meetings of medical societies. By 1874 it was widely distributed in England. This Scotland -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a general medical journal is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . See tips for writing articles about academic journals . Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page . Medical journal The first medical journals were general medical journals. The first English-language general medical journal
49-661: Was Medicina Curiosa , established in 1684, but it ceased publication after only two issues. The first medical journal to be published in the United Kingdom was Medical Essays and Observations , established in 1731 and published in Edinburgh ; the first to be published in the United States was The Medical Repository , established in 1797. Among the oldest general medical journals that are still in publication today are The Lancet , established in 1823, and
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