Postgraduate Medical Journal

Postgraduate Medical Journal  
Discipline Medicine
Language English
Edited by Bernard Cheung [1]
Publication details
Publication history
 1925[2]-present
Publisher
BMJ Group on behalf of the Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine (United Kingdom)
Frequency Monthly
Hybrid
2.078
Standard abbreviations
Postgrad. Med. J.
Indexing
CODEN PGMJAO
ISSN 0032-5473 (print)
1469-0756 (web)
OCLC no. 01762715
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The Postgraduate Medical Journal is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal that was established in 1925 by the Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine, of which it is the official journal.[3][2] It is currently published on behalf of the Fellowship by BMJ.

Scope

The journal aims to contribute to the continuing professional development of physicians by publishing papers on a wide range of topics relevant to practicing clinicians and teachers.[2] It covers translational research on clinical practice (translational medicine) in all branches of medicine and papers on medical education and medical education research. It publishes different types of articles, including original research papers, reviews, quality improvement reports, editorials, and correspondence.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: Science Citation Index, Current Contents/Clinical Medicine,[4] and Index Medicus/PubMed/MEDLINE.[5] According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2017 impact factor of 2.078.[6]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.medic.hku.hk/staff_detail.php?id=11
  2. 1 2 3 Cheung, BM (2015), "Evolution of the Postgraduate Medical Journal", Postgrad Med J, 91 (1080): 539, doi:10.1136/postgradmedj-2015-133682, PMID 26404785.
  3. ↑ John Macalister's Other Vision: A History of the Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine. Oxford, United Kingdom: Radcliffe Publishing Ltd. 2005. ISBN 1-85775-789-0.
  4. ↑ "Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
  5. ↑ "Postgraduate medical journal". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
  6. ↑ "Postgraduate Medical Journal". 2017 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2018.
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