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Established in 1883 by the American Medical Association and published continuously since then, ''JAMA'' publishes original research, reviews, commentaries, editorials, essays, medical news, correspondence, and ancillary content (such as abstracts of the ''[[Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report]]'').
Established in 1883 by the American Medical Association and published continuously since then, ''JAMA'' publishes original research, reviews, commentaries, editorials, essays, medical news, correspondence, and ancillary content (such as abstracts of the ''[[Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report]]'').


A variety of medical topics are covered. Also included is fundamental research, and research for the clinical sciences, as well as informing physicians of developments in other fields. Issues pertaining to medicine and health care are debated in this journal. Broader topical coverage, but which is related to medicine, includes nonclinical aspects of medicine, public health, and issues that are described as political, philosophic, ethical, legal, environmental, economic, historical, and cultural. Another focus of this journal is the integrity of science.<ref name=about>{{cite web
The Journal covers a variety of medical topics. It includes fundamental research, research for the clinical sciences, and informs physicians of developments in other fields. Issues pertaining to medicine and health care are debated in this journal. Broader topical coverage related to medicine, includes nonclinical aspects of medicine, public health, and issues that are described as political, philosophic, ethical, legal, environmental, economic, historical, and cultural. Another focus of this journal is the integrity of science.<ref name=about>{{cite web
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"JAMA" redirects here. For other uses, see Jama (disambiguation).
JAMA
File:Jama 11-2007 cover.png
DisciplineMedicine
LanguageEnglish
Edited byCatherine D. DeAngelis (until July 2011)
Publication details
History1883–present
Publisher
Frequency48/year
28.899 (2009)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4J. Am. Med. Ass.
Indexing
CODENJAMAAP
ISSN0098-7484 (print)
1538-3598 (web)
LCCN82643544
OCLC no.1124917
Links

The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) is a weekly, peer-reviewed, medical journal, published by the American Medical Association. Beginning in July 2011, the editor in chief will be Howard C. Bauchner, vice chairman of pediatrics at Boston University’s School of Medicine, replacing Catherine D. DeAngelis, who has served since 2000.[1] In 1883, the first editor was Nathan Smith Davis (1817–1904).

From 1883-1960, this journal was listed with ISSN 0002-9955 and without the acronym JAMA. Furthermore, there are French and Spanish language editions of JAMA.[2][3]

Aims and scope

Established in 1883 by the American Medical Association and published continuously since then, JAMA publishes original research, reviews, commentaries, editorials, essays, medical news, correspondence, and ancillary content (such as abstracts of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report).

The Journal covers a variety of medical topics. It includes fundamental research, research for the clinical sciences, and informs physicians of developments in other fields. Issues pertaining to medicine and health care are debated in this journal. Broader topical coverage related to medicine, includes nonclinical aspects of medicine, public health, and issues that are described as political, philosophic, ethical, legal, environmental, economic, historical, and cultural. Another focus of this journal is the integrity of science.[4]

CME

Continuing Education Opportunities for Physicians is an alternate title for this journal. It is also a section of the journal, which provides lists for regional or national levels of continuing medical education (CME), semianually. JAMA has provided this information since 1937. Prior to 1955, the list was produced either quarterly or semiannually. Between 1955 and 1981, the list was available annually, as the number of CME offerings increased from 1,000 (1955) to 8,500 (1981). The AMA website states that webinars are available for CME.[5]

Impact factor and ranking

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2009 impact factor of 28.899, ranking it 3rd among 133 journals in the category "Medicine, General & Internal".[4]

Policy shift

After a controversial firing of an editor in chief, George D. Lundberg, a process was put in place to ensure editorial freedom. A seven member oversight committee was created to to evaluate the editor-in-chief and to help ensure editorial independence. To date, the committee has met at least once a year since its inception. Presently, JAMA states that article content should be attributed to authors, and not the publisher, which is the American Medical Association.[6][7][8][9][10]

Abstracting and indexing

This journal is indexed in the following databases:[11][12][13]

References

  1. ^ "New Editor in Chief Named at ‘Journal of the American Medical Association’" Chronicle of Higher Education, March 10, 2011[1]
  2. ^ "Online catalog" (Accessed via World Cat). Bibliographic information for this journal (1883-1960). Lamar Soutter Library of UMass Medical School. December 2010.
  3. ^ "Online catalog". Bibliographic information for this journal. Library of Congress. December 17, 2010.
  4. ^ a b "About JAMA". Aims, socpe, impact factor, and objectives. American Medical Association. December 17, 2010.
  5. ^ "Continuing Education Opportunities for Physicians". JAMA. 257 (01). American Medical Association: 97–121. January 2, 1987. doi:10.1001/jama.1987.03390010101048. Retrieved 2010-12-18.
  6. ^ Constance Holden, JAMA Editor Gets the Boot, Science Now, 15 January 1999
  7. ^ Jerome P. Kassirer (1999) Editorial Independence, NEJM, 340(21):1671-1672
  8. ^ JAMA & Archives Conditions of Use
  9. ^ Constance Holden, JAMA Editor Gets the Boot, Science Now, 15 January 1999
  10. ^ Editorial governance plan: Signatories of the Editorial Governance Plan, Editorial Governance for JAMA, June 1999; 281: 2240 - 2242. [2]
  11. ^ "NLM catalog". Bibliographic information for this journal. U.S. National Library of Medicine. December 18, 2010.
  12. ^ "CAS Source Index (CASSI)" (online search). Bibliographic information for this journal. American Chemical Society. December 18, 2010.
  13. ^ "Master Journal List". Bibliographic information for this journal. Thomson Reuters. December 18, 2010.
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