Irish Journal of Medical Science

Irish Journal of Medical Science  
Former name(s) Dublin Journal of Medical & Chemical Science, Dublin Journal of Medical Science, Dublin Quarterly Journal of Medical Science
Discipline Medicine
Language English
Edited by David Bouchier-Hayes
Publication details
Publisher Springer Science+Business Media on behalf of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland (Ireland)
Publication history 1832–present
Frequency Quarterly
Impact factor
(2009)
0.696
Indexing
ISSN 0021-1265 (print)
1863-4362 (web)
CODEN IJMSA
OCLC number 1588106
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The Irish Journal of Medical Science is a peer-reviewed medical journal that was established in 1832 by Robert Kane as the Dublin Journal of Medical & Chemical Science. Besides Kane, it had distinguished editors like Robert James Graves and William Wilde.[1] It is the official organ of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland and published by Springer Science+Business Media.

Contents

History

The journal was established in 1832 as the Dublin Journal of Medical & Chemical Science.[2] It was then sequentially titled:

In 1925 it obtained its current title and volume numbering was re-started at 1.

William Wilde became editor in 1845. Contributors included Dublin physicians Abraham Colles (1773–1840), William Stokes (1763–1845), Sir Philip Crampton (1777–1858), Thomas Ledwich (1823–1858), Arthur Jacob (1790–1874), Robert Adams (1791–1875), Stephen Myles MacSwiney (died 1890), Sir Charles Cameron (1830–1921) and Ephraim MacDowel Cosgrave (1847–1925).

James Little (1837–1916) was editor from 1869 to 1875; during his tenure, the journal changed from a quarterly to a monthly publication.[3]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in Academic OneFile, Chemical Abstracts Service, CSA, Current Contents/Clinical Medicine, EMBASE, Health Reference Center Academic, IBIDS, INIS Atomindex, PubMed/MEDLINE, Science Citation Index Expanded, Scopus, and Summon by Serial Solutions. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2009 impact factor of 0.696.[4]

References

  1. ^ Greta Jones, Elizabeth Malcolm: Medicine, disease and the state in Ireland, 1650-1940. Cork. Cork University Press. 1999 p. 97
  2. ^ Boylan, Henry (1998). A Dictionary of Irish Biography, 3rd Edition. Dublin: Gill and MacMillan. p. 153. ISBN 0-7171-2945-4. 
  3. ^ "The Dublin Journal of Medical and Chemical Science Catalogue" (PDF). University College Dublin Library. 2010. p. 4. http://irserver.ucd.ie/dspace/bitstream/10197/2487/3/ResearchPaperDublinJournalMedicalChemicalScience.pdf. Retrieved 20 May 2011. 
  4. ^ "Web of Science". 2011. http://isiwebofknowledge.com. Retrieved 2011-05-22. 

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