The BMJ

The BMJ is a weekly peer-reviewed medical journal. It is one of the world's oldest general medical journals. Originally called the British Medical Journal, the title was officially shortened to BMJ in 1988, and then changed to The BMJ in 2014. The journal is published by BMJ Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of the British Medical Association. The editor in chief of The BMJ is Fiona Godlee, who was appointed in February 2005.

Impact

In the 2015 Journal Citation Reports, The BMJ's impact factor was 17.445 in 2014, ranking it fifth among general medical journals.

History

The journal began publishing on 3 October 1840 as the Provincial Medical and Surgical Journal and quickly attracted the attention of physicians around the world through its publication of high-impact original research articles and unique case reports. The BMJ's first editors were P. Hennis Green, lecturer on the diseases of children at the Hunterian School of Medicine, who also was its founder and Robert Streeten of Worcester, a member of the PMSA council.

BMJ (company)

BMJ (previously BMJ Group, rebranded in 2013), is a global healthcare knowledge provider of journals, clinical decision support, medical education and intelligent software tools. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the British Medical Association. Established in 1840 with the publication of the Provincial Medical and Surgical Journal (later the first edition of the British Medical Journal), it is now a fully commercial organisation with about 550 staff and offices based in 7 locations around the world including North America, South America, Europe, India and China.

BMJ’s mission statement is:

"BMJ advances healthcare worldwide by sharing knowledge and expertise to improve experiences, outcomes and value." Its vision is to create a healthier world.

BMJ is a global academic publisher providing a wide range of evidence-based medicine products in print, online and at events, to healthcare professionals and institutional clients: academic institutions, governments and Ministries of Health, healthcare providers and medical societies. It offers the medical community a comprehensive information support system that improves patient outcomes and the decisions people make every day. The company also offers many other products for clinicians, such as BMJ Careers and BMJ Learning.

BMJ (disambiguation)

The BMJ is a medical journal, formerly known as the British Medical Journal

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