JAMA
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Discipline | Medicine |
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Language | English |
Edited by | Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo |
Publication details | |
Former name(s) | Transactions of the American Medical Association; Councilor's Bulletin; Bulletin of the American Medical Association; Journal of the American Medical Association |
History | 1883–present |
Publisher | American Medical Association (United States) |
Frequency | 48/year |
Free access to research articles after six months | |
157.335 (2021) | |
Standard abbreviations | |
ISO 4 | JAMA |
Indexing | |
CODEN | JAMAAP |
ISSN | 0098-7484 (print) 1538-3598 (web) |
LCCN | 82643544 |
OCLC no. | 1124917 |
Until 1960: | |
ISSN | 0002-9955 |
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The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) 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 biomedicine. The journal was established in 1883 with Nathan Smith Davis as the founding editor.[1] Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo of the University of California San Francisco became the journal editor-in-chief on July 1, 2022, succeeding Howard Bauchner of Boston University.
History
The journal was established in 1883 by the American Medical Association and superseded the Transactions of the American Medical Association.[2] Councilor's Bulletin was renamed the Bulletin of the American Medical Association, which later was absorbed by the Journal of the American Medical Association.[3] In 1960, the journal obtained its current title, JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association.[4][5] The journal is commonly referred to as JAMA.
Continuing medical education
Continuing Education Opportunities for Physicians was a semiannual journal section providing lists for regional or national levels of continuing medical education (CME). Between 1937 and 1955, the list was produced either quarterly or semiannually. Between 1955 and 1981, the list was available annually, as the number of CME offerings increased from 1,000 (1955) to 8,500 (1981). In 2016, CME transitioned into a digital offering from the JAMA Network called JN Learning CME & MOC from JAMA Network.[6] JN Learning provides CME and MOC credit from article and audio materials published within all 12 JAMA Network journals, including JAMA.
Publication of article by Barack Obama
On 11 July 2016, JAMA published an article by Barack Obama entitled "United States Health Care Reform: Progress to Date and Next Steps",[7] which was the first academic paper ever published by a sitting U.S. president.[8] The article was not subject to blind peer-review. It argued for specific policies that future presidents could pursue in order to improve national health care reform implementation.[9]
Policy shift
After the controversial 1999 firing of an editor-in-chief, George D. Lundberg, a process was put in place to ensure editorial freedom. A seven-member journal oversight committee was created to evaluate the editor-in-chief and to help ensure editorial independence. Since its inception, the committee has met at least once a year. Presently, JAMA policy states that article content should be attributed to authors, not to the publisher.[10][11][12][13]
Artwork
From 1964 to 2013, JAMA used images of artwork on its cover and it published essays commenting on the artwork.[14] According to former editor George Lundberg, this practice was designed to link the humanities and medicine.[15] In 2013, a format redesign moved the art feature to an inside page, replacing an image of the artwork on the cover with a table of contents.[14] The purpose of the redesign was to standardize the appearance of all journals in the JAMA Network.[16]
Racism controversy
A February 2021 journal podcast proposed that "structural racism is an unfortunate term to describe a very real problem" and that "taking racism out of the conversation would help" to ensure "all people who lived in disadvantaged circumstances have equal opportunities to become successful and have better qualities of life".[17] The comments were immediately criticized by some,[18] resulting in deletion of the podcast[19][20] and resignation of the podcast host. On June 1, 2021, the editor-in-chief announced that he would resign effective June 30, 2021 in order to "create an opportunity for new leadership at JAMA.”[21][19] Public commenters noted that the resignation of the 2 editors was an unfortunate substitute for meaningful conversations about racism and health care.[22][23][24] The next editor-in-chief was selected in response.[25]
Previous chief editors
The following persons have been editor-in-chief of JAMA:[26]
- Nathan S. Davis (1883–1888)
- John B. Hamilton (1889, 1893–1898)
- John H. Hollister (1889–1891)
- James C. Culbertson (1891–1893)
- Truman W. Miller (1899)
- George H. Simmons (1899–1924)
- Morris Fishbein (1924–1949)
- Austin Smith (1949–1958)
- Johnson F. Hammond (1958–1959)
- John H. Talbott (1959–1969)
- Hugh H. Hussey (1970–1973)[27][28]
- Robert H. Moser (1973–1975)
- William R. Barclay (1975–1982)
- George D. Lundberg (1982–1999)
- Catherine D. DeAngelis (2000–2011)
- Howard C. Bauchner (2011–2021)
Abstracting and indexing
The JAMA journal is abstracted and indexed in:
- Academic OneFile[2]
- Academic Search[2]
- BIOSIS Previews[29]
- Biological Abstracts[2]
- CAB Abstracts[30]
- Chemical Abstracts[3]
- CINAHL[31]
- Current Index to Statistics[2]
- Current Contents/Clinical Medicine[29]
- Current Contents/Life Sciences[29]
- Elsevier BIOBASE[2]
- Embase[2]
- Global Health[32]
- Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed[4]
- PsycINFO[33]
- Science Citation Index[29]
- Scopus[2]
- Tropical Diseases Bulletin[34]
According to Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 157.335, ranking it 3rd out of 172 journals in the category "Medicine, General & Internal".[35]
See also
References
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- ^ "JN Learning". Archived from the original on 2020-11-18. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
- ^ Obama, Barack (July 11, 2016). "United States Health Care Reform – Progress to Date and Next Steps". JAMA. 316 (5): 525–532. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.9797. PMC 5069435. PMID 27400401.
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- ^ "JAMA Podcast Transcript: NRSG-515-1: Race, Health, and US History – Spring 2021". canvas.emory.edu. Archived from the original on 2021-07-18. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
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- ^ a b Mandavilli, Apoorva (2021-03-25). "JAMA Editor Placed on Leave Following Racial Controversy". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2021-03-26. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
- ^ Lee, Stephanie M. (March 1, 2021). "After JAMA Questioned Racism In Medicine, Scientists Are Boycotting". BuzzFeed News. Archived from the original on April 1, 2021. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
- ^ Mandavilli, Apoorva (2021-06-01). "Editor of JAMA Leaves After Outcry Over Colleague's Remarks on Racism". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2023-09-08. Retrieved 2023-09-08.
- ^ Zorn, Eric (3 June 2021). "Column: Can we talk? JAMA's 'racism' controversy says the answer is no". chicagotribune.com. Archived from the original on 2021-07-18. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ^ Henninger, Daniel (2021-06-02). "Opinion | Banning Critical Race Theory". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Archived from the original on 2021-07-17. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ^ Obama, Barack. ""Obama's Advice for Democrats"". Pod Save America. Crooked.com. Archived from the original on 16 October 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
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- ^ Gunby, Phil, Hugh Hussey, MD, former JAMA editor, dead at 71 Archived 2018-05-20 at the Wayback Machine, JAMA, December 10, 1982, JAMA. 1982;248(22):2952. doi:10.1001/jama.1982.03330220012004
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- ^ a b c d "Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Thomson Reuters. Archived from the original on 2017-09-26. Retrieved 2014-12-27.
- ^ "Serials cited". CAB Abstracts. CABI. Archived from the original on 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2014-12-27.
- ^ "CINAHL Complete Database Coverage List". CINAHL. EBSCO Information Services. Archived from the original on 2023-11-28. Retrieved 2014-12-27.
- ^ "Serials cited". Global Health. CABI. Archived from the original on 2015-01-02. Retrieved 2014-12-27.
- ^ "PsycINFO Journal Coverage". American Psychological Association. Archived from the original on 2012-04-21. Retrieved 2014-12-27.
- ^ "Serials cited". Tropical Diseases Bulletin. CABI. Archived from the original on 2014-12-14. Retrieved 2014-12-27.
- ^ "Journals Ranked by Impact: Medicine, General & Internal". 2022 Release of Journal Citation Reports™. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2022.
External links
- Official website
- American Medical Association Archives
- Free copies of volumes 1–80 (1883–1923), from the Internet Archive and HathiTrust