Sister journal explained

In academic publishing, a sister journal, mirror journal or companion journal is a newer academic journal that is affiliated with an older, better-established journal in the same field.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Examples

• JAAD Case Reports is a sister journal to the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, both published by Elsevier.^[1]
• Translational Psychiatry is a sister journal to Molecular Psychiatry.^[4]
• In 2001, BMJ Publishing Group launched BMJ USA and the Western Journal of Medicine as sister journals to the BMJ.^[5]
• Science Translational Medicine is a sister journal to Science.^[6]
• As of 1995, Nature sister journals included Nature Medicine, Nature Structural Biology and Nature Genetics.^[7]
• Oncogenesis is a sister journal to Oncogene.^[8]
• Stem Cells Translational Medicine is a sister journal to the Wiley-Blackwell journal Stem Cells.^[9]

Notes and References

1. Akers . Katherine G. . 2016-11-21 . New journals for publishing medical case reports . Journal of the Medical Library Association . en . 104 . 2 . 146–149 . 10.5195/jmla.2016.62 . 1558-9439 . 4816468 . 27076803.
2. Bates . Susan E. . 2017-02-01 . Too Many Journals . The Oncologist . en . 22 . 2 . 126–128 . 10.1634/theoncologist.2017-0012 . 1083-7159 . 5330714 . 28188259.
3. Web site: Warning on 'Mirror Journals' . Inside Higher Ed . 31 December 2019.
4. Licinio . J . April 2011 . Translational Psychiatry: leading the transition from the cesspool of devastation to a place where the grass is really greener . Translational Psychiatry . En . 1 . 4 . e1 . 10.1038/tp.2011.3 . 2158-3188 . 3309469 . 22832389.
5. Davis . Ronald M. . Smith . Richard . Wilkes . Michael . 2001-02-17 . The US sisters of the BMJ: The BMJ is becoming more active in the US . BMJ . en . 322 . 7283 . 380 . 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.380 . 0959-8138 . 11179144. 1119621 .
6. McNutt . Marcia . 2014-01-17 . Reproducibility . Science . en . 343 . 6168 . 229 . 10.1126/science.1250475 . 0036-8075 . 24436391. 2014Sci...343..229M . 220096703 .
7. April 1995 . Nature's sister journals in review . Nature . En . 374 . 6522 . 577–578 . 10.1038/374577a0 . 1995Natur.374..577. . 19330422 . 0028-0836.
8. Web site: For Authors . Oncogenesis . en . 2018-10-18.
9. 2015-01-22 . Editorial: Sibling Synergy . Stem Cells . en . 33 . 2 . 316–317 . 10.1002/stem.1912 . 25504305 . 1066-5099. Lappin . T. R. . Editors of the Sister Journals . free .