Canadian Medical Association Journal

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The Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) is a general medical journal that is published bimonthly in Canada by the Canadian Medical Association (CMA).

It is considered to be one of the top five general medical journals; the others being the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association, The Lancet and the British Medical Journal.

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[edit] Free access

The electronic version of the journal is open to all and free, unlike other major medical journals. It does not have authorship charges and/or page charges and access for all people with an internet connection is free and does not require registration.

[edit] Controversy about editorial independence

On February 20, 2006, John Hoey, the last long-standing editor, was fired over an editorial independence dispute with the owners of the CMAJ, CMA Media, about Plan B, an emergency contraceptive.[1]

On February 28, 2006, the acting-editor, Stephen Choi and editorial fellow Sally Murray, resigned and left the journal over the same reason leaving it without any full-time editorial staff, which has raised questions about the future of the publication.[2]

[edit] Editorial Fellowship

CMAJ hires young "editorial interns" every year, for one year. These interns help to write and edit articles, among other duties. The editorial intern program has proven popular.[3]

[edit] History

The CMAJ was established in 1911.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Branswell H. Canadian Medical Association under fire in dismissal of journal editor, deputy. Canadian Press/Yahoo! News. Feb 22, 2006. Available at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/cpress/20060223/ca_pr_on_me/cmaj_editors_fired. Accessed on: March 4, 2006.
  2. ^ CBC: Canadian Medical Association Journal loses two more editors. CBC News, March 1, 2006. http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2006/03/01/cmaj-editors060301.html
  3. ^ Editorial Fellowship. CMAJ Web Site. Available at: http://www.cmaj.ca/misc/fellowship.shtml. Accessed on March 5, 2006.

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