The Medical Journal of Australia ( MJA ) is a peer-reviewed medical journal published 22 times a year. It is the official journal of the Australian Medical Association , published by Wiley on behalf of the Australasian Medical Publishing Company.
16-505: [REDACTED] Look up mja , mjå , mjá , მჟა , ⵎⵢⴰ , みゃ , များ , or мя in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. MJA or mja can refer to: Medical Journal of Australia , an Australian peer-reviewed medical journal Midtjyllands Avis , a local newspaper from Silkeborg, Denmark Medical Journalists' Association , an association of medical journalists in
32-401: A newspaper has three or four employees. In early 2023, the editorial board for The New York Times comprised 14 employees, all from its Opinion department. Some newspapers, particularly small ones, do not have an editorial board, choosing instead to rely on the judgment of a single editorial page editor. In the 1700s, if any editorial were published, it had typically written by the owner or
48-512: Is available online. The journal was established in 1856, when communication between Australian states and other English-speaking nations entailed long delays. The journal was both a platform for Australian medical research, as well as educational reviews summarising research done overseas. It has since been renamed several times: The current editor of the MJA - appointed in 2023 - is Virginia Barbour . In 2015, then editor-in-chief Stephen Leeder
64-714: Is considered the institutional opinion of that newspaper, and the resulting pieces are rarely signed by the individual primarily responsible for writing it. At some newspapers, the editorial board will also review wire service and syndicated columns for inclusion on the editorial page and the op-ed page. Book and magazine publishers will often use their editorial boards to review or select manuscripts or articles, and sometimes to check facts. Book publishers may also make use of editorial boards, using subject experts to select manuscripts . Editorial boards are less common for broadcasters, as typical television news programs rarely include opinion content. A typical editorial board for
80-429: The editor responsible for the editorial page and editorial writers . Some newspapers include other personnel as well. Some editorial writers may also have other roles in the publication. Editorial boards for magazines may include experts in the subject area that the magazine focuses on, and larger magazines may have several editorial boards grouped by subject. An executive editorial board, which usually includes
96-565: The Australasian Medical Publishing Company and editorial direction and decisions remain with the journal. Having previously published under a subscription model, the journal changed in January 2012 to make all of its research articles free to read online . The journal converted to a hybrid model in January 2019: Authors can either pay an article processing fee to publish fully open access ( gold open access ) or archive
112-667: The United Kingdom Manja Airport , an airport in Manja, Madagascar, by IATA code Meja Road, a train station in India; see List of railway stations in India ISO 639:mja (or "Mahei"), a spurious language whose ISO 639 code was retired in 2010 Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title MJA . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
128-411: The category "General and Internal Medicine". Editorial board The editorial board is a group of editors, writers, and other people who are charged with implementing a publication's approach to editorials and other opinion pieces. The editorials published normally represent the views or goals of the publication's owner or publisher . At a newspaper, the editorial board usually consists of
144-494: The decision to sack Leeder, all but one of the journal's editorial advisory committee resigned and wrote to Australian Medical Association president Brian Owler asking him to review the decision. Nicholas Talley succeeded Stephen Leeder as editor-in-chief in September 2015 and the editorial advisory group was subsequently reconstituted. From January 2019, the journal is published by Wiley . Print distribution remains with
160-405: The executive editor and representatives from the subject-focus boards, may oversee these subject boards. Editorial boards meet regularly to discuss the latest news and opinion trends and to discuss what the publication should say on a range of issues, including current events . They will then decide who will write which editorials and for what day. When such an editorial appears in a newspaper, it
176-598: The largest medical-newsletter subscription membership in Australia. MJA InSight is published by the Australasian Medical Publishing Company, the publishers of the MJA . The newsletter informs clinicians of key developments and research in medicine and health. The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the Journal Citation Reports , the journal had a 2022 impact factor of 11.4, ranking it 17th out of 167 in
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#1732858611990192-549: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MJA&oldid=1187376122 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages mja The journal publishes editorials, original research, guideline summaries, narrative reviews, perspectives, medical education, reflections, and letters. The full text of every issue since January 2002
208-421: The submitted version of their article in online repositories ( green open access ). In order to demonstrate commitment to Australian Indigenous health and health awareness, the journal makes all Indigenous health articles free to access without charging authors. MJA InSight+ is a newsletter for medical professionals produced by the MJA. Articles are primarily written by in-house journalists and doctors. It has
224-464: Was an op-ed. In the 1800s, subscribers wanted to know the opinion of the individual, such as Horace Greeley . In the US, the trend towards unsigned editorials began before 1900, especially at politically conservative newspapers, and when demand surged for signed, analytical content, newspapers turned to syndicated columnists to fill the gap. The editorial board meeting ran by Phyllis E. Grann at Putnam
240-758: Was called the "Thursday Morning Breakfast Meeting." The meeting was described in New York Magazine as, "8:30 event had a war-room atmosphere, with representatives of every department--editorial, publicity, sales and marketing--reporting in to Grann, who made decisions like a Mike Milken-style bond trader, constantly evaluation and re-evaluating her positions." Some editorial boards additionally publish blogs , where they can publish additional information and interact with readers. Early editorial board blogs, such as CBS's Public Eye blog, were associated with reporting scandals . Almost all academic journals have an editorial board consisting of selected, unpaid experts in
256-519: Was suddenly removed after criticising the decision to outsource production of the journal to the global publishing giant Elsevier . Leeder's concerns revolved around an incident in 2009 when Elsevier accepted payments from pharmaceutical company Merck & Co. to publish journals such as the Australasian Journal of Bone & Joint Medicine , which had the appearance of peer-reviewed academic works but were in fact promoting Merck. Following
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