Annals of Internal Medicine

Annals of Internal Medicine  
Abbreviated title (ISO) Ann. Intern. Med.
Discipline Internal medicine
Language English
Edited by Christine Laine
Publication details
Publisher American College of Physicians (United States)
Publication history 1927–present
Frequency 24/year
Open access After 6 months
Impact factor
(2011)
16.7
Indexing
ISSN 0003-4819 (print)
1539-3704 (web)
LCCN 43032966
OCLC number 1481385
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Annals of Internal Medicine is an academic medical journal published by the American College of Physicians (ACP). It publishes research articles and reviews in the area of internal medicine. Its current editor is Christine Laine. The journal had a 2011 impact factor of 16.7, which makes it among the most-cited of general clinical medical journals, only exceeded by Journal of the American Medical Association, The Lancet and New England Journal of Medicine.

Contents

History

Founded in 1927, Annals of Internal Medicine has been published twice monthly since 1988. Former Editor-in-Chief, Edward Huth, has published details of the journal's history.[1][2]

Medical publishing innovations by the journal include:

Online availability

An archive of issues from 1993 is available at the journal's website in text and PDF (from 1999) formats. Some material over six months old is freely accessible, and access to all papers is provided free of charge to developing countries.

See also

References

  1. ^ Huth EJ, Van Steenburgh KC (1977). "Annals of Internal Medicine: The First 50 years". Annals of Internal Medicine 87 (1): 103–10. PMID 327884. 
  2. ^ Huth EJ, Case K (2002). "Annals of Internal Medicine at Age 75: Reflections on the Past 25 Years". Annals of Internal Medicine 137 (1): 34–45. PMID 12093243. http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/137/1/34. 
  3. ^ Goodman SN, Berlin J, Fletcher SW, Fletcher RH (1994). "Manuscript Quality Before and After Peer Review and Editing at Annals of Internal Medicine". Annals of Internal Medicine 121 (1): 11–21. PMID 8198342. http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/121/1/11. 
  4. ^ Justice AC, Berlin JA, Fletcher SW, Fletcher RH, Goodman SN (1994). "Do Readers and Peer Reviewers Agree on Manuscript Quality?". Journal of the American Medical Association 272 (2): 117–9. doi:10.1001/jama.272.2.117. PMID 8015119. 
  5. ^ Roberts JC, Fletcher RH, Fletcher SW (1994). "Effects of Peer Review and Editing on the Readability of Articles Published in Annals of Internal Medicine". Journal of the American Medical Association 272 (2): 119–21. doi:10.1001/jama.272.2.119. PMID 8015120. 

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