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| Discipline | Internal medicine |
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| Language | English |
| Edited by | Christine Laine |
| Publication details | |
Former names | Annals of Clinical Medicine, ACP Journal Club |
| History | 1927–present |
| Publisher | American College of Physicians (United States) |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Hybrid | |
| 15.3 (2024) | |
| Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt  ) | |
| ISO 4 | Ann. Intern. Med. |
| Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L | |
| CODEN | AIMEAS |
| ISSN | 0003-4819 (print) 1539-3704 (web) |
| LCCN | 43032966 |
| OCLC no. | 1481385 |
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Annals of Internal Medicine is an academic medical journal published by theAmerican College of Physicians (ACP). It is one of the most widely cited and influential specialty medical journals in the world.[1]Annals publishes content relevant to the field ofinternal medicine and relatedsub-specialties.Annals publishes a wide variety of original research, review articles, practice guidelines, and commentary relevant to clinical practice, health care delivery, public health, health care policy, medical education, ethics, and research methodology. In addition, the journal publishes personal narratives that convey the feeling and theart of medicine. Selected articles in the journal are freely available; these include patient-oriented content and Clinical Guidelines (and related reviews).[2]
The most recent (2024) Impact Factor for Annals of Internal Medicine is 15.3 (Clarivate Analytics). According to the new 2024 Journal Citations Reports, Annals remains the most often cited internal medicine journal.
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:[3]
Annals of Internal Medicine was established in 1927. New content is published online weekly and a hard copy is published on the third Tuesday of each month.[2][10] ACP previously produced two other journals.[2] TheAnnals of Medicine was established in 1920 was discontinued by its publisher after a short run.[2] TheAnnals of Clinical Medicine was renamed to the current title when the ACP took direct control and became publisher.[2]Editors-in-chief have includedAldred Scott Warthin, Carl Weller, Maurice Pincoffs (1933–1960), Paul Clough, J. Russell Elkington (1960–1971), Edward Huth, Robert and Suzanne Fletcher, Frank Davidoff andHarold C. Sox.[10] Peer review was introduced by Elkington.[10] The current editor-in-chief isChristine Laine, MD, MPH, FACP. In May 2008,ACP Journal Club was merged intoAnnals of Internal Medicine as a monthly feature; previously it was a separate bimonthly journal.[11]
Notable articles published in Annals of Internal Medicine include: