Journal of Clinical Investigation explained

Journal of Clinical Investigation
Cover:Journal_of_Clinical_Investigation_sample_cover_image_(August_2015).jpg
Editor:Elizabeth M. McNally
Discipline:Biomedicine
Abbreviation:J. Clin. Investig.
Nlm:J Clin Invest
Publisher:American Society for Clinical Investigation
Country:United States
Frequency:Bimonthly
History:1924-present
Openaccess:Hybrid
Impact:13.3
Impact-Year:2023
Website:http://www.jci.org/
Link1:https://www.jci.org/current
Link1-Name:Online access
Link2:http://www.jci.org/archive
Link2-Name:Online archive
Oclc:01445593
Lccn:27010044
Coden:JCINAO
Issn:0021-9738
Eissn:1558-8238

The Journal of Clinical Investigation (JCI) is a twice-monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering biomedical research. It was established in 1924 and is published by the American Society for Clinical Investigation, one of the oldest and most respected medical honor societies in the United States. Articles focus on the mechanisms of disease, with an emphasis on basic research, early-stage clinical studies in humans, and new research tools and techniques. The journal also publishes reviews in edited series or as stand-alone articles, commentaries on research, editorials, and feature items. The editor-in-chief is Elizabeth M. McNally (Northwestern University).

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

Editors-in-chief

The following persons have been editor-in-chief of the journal:

Most cited articles

The following articles have received the most citations, according to Scopus:

  1. 10.1172/JCI103182 . 34 . The distribution and chemical composition of ultracentrifugally separated lipoproteins in human serum . Journal of Clinical Investigation . 1345–1353 . 13252080 . 438705 . Havel . RJ . Eder . HA . Bragdon . JH . 1955. 9 . (6051 citations)
  2. Jaffe . Eric A. . Nachman . Ralph L. . Becker . Carl G. . Minick . C. Richard . Culture of human endothelial cells derived from umbilical veins. Identification by morphologic and immunologic criteria . Journal of Clinical Investigation . 1 November 1973 . 52 . 11 . 2745–2756 . 10.1172/JCI107470 . 4355998 . 302542. (5476 citations)
  3. Weisberg . Stuart P. . McCann . Daniel . Desai . Manisha . Rosenbaum . Michael . Leibel . Rudolph L. . Ferrante . Anthony W. . Obesity is associated with macrophage accumulation in adipose tissue . Journal of Clinical Investigation . 15 December 2003 . 112 . 12 . 1796–1808 . 10.1172/JCI19246 . 14679176 . 296995. (4971 citations)