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| Discipline | Anaesthesiology |
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| Language | English |
| Edited by | Hugh C. Hemmings |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1923–present |
| Publisher | Elsevier (United Kingdom) |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Delayed, after 12 months | |
| 9.166 (2020) | |
| Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt  ) | |
| ISO 4 | Br. J. Anaesth. |
| Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L | |
| CODEN | BJANAD |
| ISSN | 0007-0912 (print) 1471-6771 (web) |
| OCLC no. | 01537271 |
| Links | |
TheBritish Journal of Anaesthesia is a monthlypeer-reviewedmedical journal published byElsevier on behalf of theRoyal College of Anaesthetists (and its Faculty of Pain Medicine), theCollege of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland, and theHong Kong College of Anaesthesiologists, for all of which it serves as their official journal.[citation needed]
The journal covers all aspects ofanaesthesia,perioperative medicine,intensive care medicine, andpain management. Theeditor-in-chief is Hugh C. Hemmings (Weill Cornell Medical College). The journal was established in 1923, one year after the first anaesthetic journal (Anesthesia & Analgesia) was published by theInternational Anaesthesia Research Society. The first editor-in-chief was H.M. Cohen, who edited the journal from 1923 to 1928. Recent editors-in-chief include Ravi Mahajan (University of Nottingham), Charles Reilly (University of Sheffield), and Jennifer Hunter (University of Liverpool).
BJA Education is a sister journal that was first established in 2001 asBJA CEPD Reviews; it was later renamed toContinuing Education in Anaesthesia, Critical Care & Pain in 2004, obtaining its current title in 2015.[citation needed]
BJA Open is anopen access sister journal that was established in 2021 and will cover the same subjects as the main journal. The editor-in-chief is Phil Hopkins.
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to theJournal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020impact factor of 9.166.[1]
The following persons are or have been editor-in-chief: