JAMA
JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) is a peer-reviewed medical journal published 48 times a year by the American Medical Association. It publishes original research, reviews, and editorials covering all aspects of the biomedical sciences. The journal was established in 1883 with Nathan Smith Davis as the founding editor.
History[edit | edit source]
The journal was established in 1883 by the American Medical Association and was not the first medical journal published in the United States, but it is one of the oldest. The first editor was Nathan Smith Davis, who was a founder of the American Medical Association and had served as its president in 1864.
Content[edit | edit source]
JAMA publishes original research, reviews, and editorials covering all aspects of the biomedical sciences. The journal also publishes the JAMA Report, a weekly news and feature radio series that covers important medical stories.
Impact[edit | edit source]
JAMA is widely regarded as one of the most influential publications in the field of medicine. Its impact factor, a measure of the frequency with which the average article in a journal has been cited, was 45.54 in 2020, the highest among general medical journals.
See also[edit | edit source]
- List of American Medical Association journals
- New England Journal of Medicine
- The Lancet
- British Medical Journal
References[edit | edit source]
External links[edit | edit source]
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