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29-475: The aims of EULAR are to reduce the burden of rheumatic diseases on the individual and society and to improve the treatment, prevention and rehabilitation of musculoskeletal diseases. It promotes the translation of research advances into daily care and fights for the recognition of the needs of people with musculoskeletal diseases by the governing bodies in Europe. The society is co-publisher together with BMJ of

58-685: A medical journal , the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases , and organises an annual scientific meeting, the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology. The society also publishes recommendations for the diagnosis and therapy of various rheumatic musculoskeletal diseases (RMD). They are published in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases journal and accessible also through the organisation's website. This article about

87-602: A French MD degree. His pupils included Dr John Francis Sutherland . He was knighted by Queen Victoria in 1872 for the same role. He married Eliza Anne Hine in 1842 and they had seven daughters and four sons, four daughters and one son surviving him. One son, Dr Baillie Cormack, assisted him during the Siege of Paris and died in 1876. Cormack was a Scottish Freemason. He was Initiated in Lodge Canongate Kilwinning, No. 2, on 30 November 1835. The entry in

116-400: A brief case report under her husband's name John which suggested a condition known as " cello scrotum ", a fictional condition that supposedly affected male cellists. It was originally submitted as a joke in response to "guitar nipple", a condition similar to jogger's nipple in which some forms of guitar playing causes irritation to the nipple, which Murphy and her husband believed was also

145-530: A joke. The case report was published in The BMJ, and although not widely cited, it was cited occasionally, often by sceptics, because, for example, "when the cello is held in typical playing position, the body of the instrument is not near the scrotum." In 2009, 35 years after the original case report was published, Murphy wrote a letter to The BMJ revealing that the report had been a hoax. The BMJ went fully online in 1995 and archived all its issues on

174-628: A medical organization or association is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . The BMJ The BMJ is a weekly peer-reviewed medical journal, published by BMJ Group, which in turn is wholly-owned by the British Medical Association (BMA). The BMJ has editorial freedom from the BMA. It is one of the world's oldest general medical journals. Previously called the British Medical Journal ,

203-605: A number of overseas/ foreign language editions: Argentine (in Spanish), Greek, Romanian, Chinese, and Middle Eastern (in English). There is also the Student BMJ , an online resource for medical students and junior doctors, which publishes an annual print edition each September. The BMJ offers several alerting services, free on request: John Rose Cormack Sir John Rose Cormack (1 March 1815 – 13 May 1882)

232-413: A price that remained until 1844. In their main article, Green and Streeten noted that they had "received as many advertisements (in proportion to the quantity of letter press) for our first number, as the most popular Medical Journal [ The Lancet ], after seventeen years of existence." In their introductory editorial and later statements, Green and Streeten defined "the main objects of promotion of which

261-591: A signatory to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (commonly known as the Dora Agreement ), which deprecates the inappropriate use of journal impact factors and urges journal publishers to "greatly reduce the emphasis on the journal impact factor as a promotional tool, ideally by ceasing to promote the impact factor or by presenting it in the context of a variety of journal-based metrics." In 1974, Elaine Murphy submitted

290-694: A subscription. The BMJ allows complete free access for visitors from economically disadvantaged countries as part of the HINARI initiative. In October 2008 The BMJ announced that it would become an open access journal for research articles. A subscription continued to be required for access to other articles. The BMJ is principally an online journal, and only the website carries the full text content of every article. However, print editions are produced, targeting different groups of readers with selections of content, some of it abridged, and different advertising. The print editions are: The BMJ also publishes

319-491: Is an advocate of evidence-based medicine . It publishes research as well as clinical reviews, recent medical advances, and editorial perspectives, among others. A special "Christmas Edition" is published annually on the Friday before Christmas. This edition is known for research articles which apply a serious academic approach to investigating less serious medical questions. The results are often humorous and widely reported by

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348-649: The High School in Edinburgh and then studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh graduating with an MD in 1837, having won the Harveian Prize in 1836 and a gold medal in 1837 for his thesis on the presence of air (oxygen) in the organs of circulation. Following graduation he visited Paris and then did a tour of both Italy and Spain before returning to Edinburgh to set up as a physician. He

377-478: The London Medical Journal (Volumes 1–4; 1849–1852) under the editorship of John Rose Cormack . The BMJ published the first centrally randomized controlled trial. The journal also carried seminal papers on the causal effects of smoking on health and lung cancer and other causes of death in relation to smoking. For a long time, the journal's sole competitor was The Lancet , also based in

406-769: The London Medical Journal and the Associated Medical Journal . In 1858, he moved to Paris , France, heading the Hertford British Hospital in that city. In the Siege of Paris (1870–1871) he showed exemplary effort tending the English and French wounded, often from his own house on Rue D’Agnesseau, the French government awarding him a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in consequence, and

435-627: The Provincial Medical and Surgical Journal ( PMSJ ) was 16 pages long and contained three simple woodcut illustrations. The longest items were the editors' introductory editorial and a report of the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association's Eastern Branch. Other pages included a condensed version of Henry Warburton 's medical reform bill, book reviews, clinical papers, and case notes. There were 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 columns of advertisements. Inclusive of stamp duty it cost 7d,

464-460: The Provincial Medical and Surgical Journal is established". Summarized, there were two clear main objectives: the advancement of the profession, especially in the provinces, and dissemination of medical knowledge. Green and Streeten also expressed an interest in promoting public well-being, as well as maintaining 'medical practitioners, as a class in that rank of society which, by their intellectual acquirements, by their general moral character, and by

493-561: The Science Citation Index . The journal has long criticized the misuse of impact factors to award grants and in the recruitment of researchers by academic institutions. The five journals that cited The BMJ most often in 2008 were (in order of descending citation frequency) The BMJ , the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews , The Lancet , BMC Public Health , and BMC Health Services Research . In

522-542: The World Wide Web . In addition to the print content, the site contains supporting material for original research articles, additional news stories, and electronic letters to the editors. In 1999, all content of The BMJ was made freely available online; however, in 2006 this changed to a subscription model. Original research articles continue to be available free, but from January 2006 all other "added value" contents, including clinical reviews and editorials, require

551-626: The UK, but with increasing globalization, The BMJ has faced tough competition from other medical journals, particularly The New England Journal of Medicine and the Journal of the American Medical Association , now known as JAMA. In 1980, the journal split in two parts - British medical journal (Clinical research edition) [ISSN 0267-0623] and British medical journal (Practice observed edition) [ISSN 0267-0631]. The BMJ

580-492: The attention of physicians around the world through its publication of high-quality original research articles and unique case reports. The BMJ ' s first editors were P. Hennis Green , lecturer on the diseases of children at the Hunterian School of Medicine , who also was its founder, and Robert Streeten of Worcester , a member of the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association council. The first issue of

609-506: The editorial ("hanging") committee, so called because of its similarity to committees that decide which works of art should be hung in an exhibition. The acceptance rate is less than 7% for original research articles. At the beginning of February 2021, The BMJ introduced a charge of £299 for publishing obituaries. This was widely criticized on social media, by the British Medical Association among others, because of

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638-449: The heading Rapid Responses, organized as a fully moderated Internet forum. Comments are screened for unacceptable content, such as libel or obscenity, and contributors may not remove or edit contributions once they have been published. As of January 2013, 88,500 rapid responses had been posted on the BMJ's website. The BMJ is included in the major indexes PubMed , MEDLINE , EBSCO , and

667-682: The importance of the duties entrusted to them, they are justly entitled to hold'. In April 1842 the journal was retitled the Provincial Medical Journal and Retrospect of the Medical Sciences , but two years later it reverted to the PMSJ under the sole editorship of Streeten. In 1857 the BMJ first appeared, when the PMSJ was merged with the Associated Medical Journal (Volumes 1–4; 1853–1856), which had itself evolved from

696-410: The large number of medical staff being killed by COVID-19. The decision was explained, but reversed, by the end of the month. In response to the many problems with traditional medical guidelines , the journal introduced BMJ Rapid Recommendations , a series of trustworthy guidelines focused on the most pressing medical problems. The BMJ publishes most e-letters to the journal on its website under

725-408: The mainstream media. The BMJ has an open peer review system, in which authors are told who reviewed their manuscript. About half of all submitted articles are rejected without external review. Manuscripts chosen for peer review are then reviewed by external experts, who comment on the importance of the work and its suitability for publication, before the final decision on a manuscript is made by

754-458: The same year the five journals most often cited in articles published in The BMJ were The BMJ , The Lancet , The New England Journal of Medicine , Journal of the American Medical Association and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews . In the 2023 Journal Citation Reports The BMJ's impact factor was reported to be 93.7. ranking it 3rd among general medical journals. However, The BMJ in 2013 reported that it had become

783-481: The title was officially shortened to BMJ in 1988, and then changed to The BMJ in 2014. The journal is published by BMJ Publishing Group Ltd , a subsidiary of the British Medical Association (BMA). The current editor-in-chief of The BMJ is Kamran Abbasi , who was appointed in January 2022. The journal began publishing on 3 October 1840 as the Provincial Medical and Surgical Journal and quickly attracted

812-642: Was a Scottish physician and medical journalist. He established several notable British journals: the Edinburgh Monthly Journal of Medical Science ; the London Medical Journal ; and the Associated Medical Journal (a predecessor of the British Medical Journal ). He was born in Stow in the Scottish Borders on 1 March 1815, the son of Helen Rose, sister of Sir John Rose of Holm, and local minister, Rev John Cormack DD . He attended

841-757: Was appointed Physician to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary in 1841 and in the same month founded the Edinburgh Monthly Journal of Medical Science. During this time he also operated a Dispensary from 131 Princes Street . In 1842 he was elected a member of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh . In 1843, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh ; his proposer being Sir Robert Christison . In 1847, he moved to Putney , London and founded both

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