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 .
8-537: The Medical Record: A Weekly Journal of Medicine and Surgery was an American medical journal founded in 1866 by George Frederick Shrady, Sr. , who was its first editor-in-chief. Thomas Lathrop Stedman became assistant editor in 1890 and editor-in-chief in 1897. It was published in New York City . It was later published by the Washington Institute of Medicine . Many issues of Medical Record are now in
16-584: Is independent of the control of any group of individuals or of any personal policy. It is controlled by the best judgment that long experience of the needs of the better class of American physicians can give. Such experience teaches that the enlightened sentiment of the Profession is the only safe guide in this respect. 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
24-739: 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 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
32-522: The article's talk page . Medical journal The first medical journals were general medical journals. The first English-language general medical journal 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 ;
40-568: 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 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
48-535: The proper scope of a medical newspaper is all that concerns the Science and Practice of Medicine and Surgery, and all that concerns the Physician and Surgeon. It is conducted on the broadest lines, sparing no expense in the employment of its Editorial Staff, in collecting news, in maintaining correspondents in various parts of the world, and in securing exclusive reports of meetings by cable and telegraph. The Medical Record
56-656: The public domain and available through the Google Books project. Started in 1866, the Medical Record has for forty-six years held the first place among medical weeklies in America. Impartial, judicial, and scientific, its single aim has been to furnish to the Medical Profession an independent, enterprising, and progressive medical newspaper conserving the best interests of the profession. The Medical Record believes that
64-537: 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 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
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