The American Journal of the Medical Sciences explained

Discipline:Medicine
Abbreviation:Am. J. Med. Sci.
Formernames:Philadelphia Journal of the Medical and Physical Sciences
Editor:Jesse Roman
Publisher:Elsevier
Country:United States
Frequency:Monthly
History:1820–present
Impact:1.962
Impact-Year:2018
Website:https://www.amjmedsci.com/
Issn:0002-9629
Eissn:1538-2990

The American Journal of the Medical Sciences is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal.

History

The journal was established in 1820 as the Philadelphia Journal of the Medical and Physical Sciences[1] by Nathaniel Chapman. A new series was started in 1827 under the editorship of Chapman along with William Potts Dewees and John D. Godman. In 1827, the editorship passed to Isaac Hays, who gave it its present name,[1] and helped make it one of the most important American medical journals of the 19th century.

In 1984, the Southern Society for Clinical Investigation became the journal's sponsor. In 1994, 21 percent of submissions came from outside the United States.[1] On the 175th anniversary, the February 1, 1995 issue featured a photograph of Volume 1 from 1820, a brief history and three classic articles were critiqued by contemporary scholars:[1]

Regarding these critiques, Martinez-Maldonado said:

Modern journal

The American Journal of the Medical Sciences is currently published monthly by Elsevier. The 2018 impact factor was 1.962, with a rank of 65th of 160 medical journals. As of 2017, the editor in chief is Jesse Roman of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia Pennsylvania.

Notable contributors, notable articles

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Notes and References

  1. Medical journal celebrates 175th anniversary . Emory Report . January 30, 1995 . 47 . 20 . Mike MacArthur .
  2. A Biographical Memoir of Samuel George Morton, M.D. . A Biographical Memoir of Samuel George Morton, M.D. . Wood, George Bacon . George Bacon Wood . 1853 . T. K. and P. G. Collins . Philadelphia . 9 . His first medical essay was on the use of cornine in intermittent fever, and was published in the Philadelphia Journal of the Medical and Physical Sciences.
  3. G. K. Mallory, S. Weiss. Hemorrhages from lacerations of the cardiac orifice of the stomach due to vomiting. American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 1929; 178: 506-15