Perspectives on Medical Education explained

Perspectives on Medical Education
Editor:Erik Driessen
Discipline:Medical education
Formernames:Netherlands Journal of Medical Education, Nederlandse Vereniging voor Medisch Onderwijs
Abbreviation:Perspect. Med. Educ.
Publisher:Ubiquity Press
Frequency:Bimonthly
History:1982-present
Openaccess:Yes
License:CC BY
Impact:4.113
Impact-Year:2021
Website:https://www.pmejournal.org
Issn:2212-2761
Eissn:2212-277X

Perspectives on Medical Education is a bimonthly peer-reviewed open-access medical journal, published by Ubiquity Press on behalf of the Nederlandse Vereniging voor Medisch Onderwijs (English: Netherlands Association of Medical Education).[1] It covers research on clinical education practices. Erik Driessen is the editor-in-chief.[2]

History

The journal was established in 1982 as the Netherlands Journal of Medical Education and was initially published in Dutch. In 2012, the journal widened its scope, transforming into an English-language journal and changing its name to Perspectives on Medical Education.[3] At the end of 2022, the journal ended its contract with its publisher Springer Nature and as of 2023 is published by Ubiquity Press.

In 2015, Perspectives on Medical Education was ranked one of the top five medical education journals that received attention in social media sources, such as Twitter and Facebook.[4]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 4.113.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Netherlands Association for Medical Education . www.en.nvmo.nl . 16 February 2018.
  2. Web site: Perspectives on Medical Education . About this journal . 22 January 2018.
  3. Web site: Perspectives on Medical Education . Nederlandse Vereniging voor Medisch Onderwijs . www.nvmo.nl.
  4. Maggio . Lauren A. . Meyer . Holly S. . Artino . Anthony R. . Beyond Citation Rates . Academic Medicine . October 2017 . 92 . 10 . 1449–1455 . 10.1097/ACM.0000000000001897 . 28817430 . free.
  5. Web site: Perspectives on Medical Education . NLM Catalog . . 21 January 2018.
  6. Book: 2022 . Perspectives on Medical Education . 2021 Journal Citation Reports . . Science . . Journal Citation Reports.