| Discipline | Medicine |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Kamran Abbasi |
| Publication details | |
Former names | Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, Medico-Chirurgical Transactions |
| History | 1809–present |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (United Kingdom) |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Hybrid | |
| 18.000 (2021) | |
| Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt  ) | |
| ISO 4 | J. R. Soc. Med. |
| Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L | |
| CODEN | JRSMD9 |
| ISSN | 0141-0768 (print) 1758-1095 (web) |
| LCCN | 78648718 |
| OCLC no. | 03722674 |
Medico-Chirurgical Transactions | |
| ISSN | 0959-5287 |
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TheJournal of the Royal Society of Medicine is apeer-reviewedmedical journal. It is the flagship journal of theRoyal Society of Medicine, located inLondon, with fulleditorial independence. Its continuous publication history dates back to 1809.[1] Since July 2005 theeditor-in-chief isKamran Abbasi,[2] who succeeded Robin Fox who was editor for almost 10 years.[3]
The journal was established in 1806 as theMedico-Chirurgical Transactions published by theRoyal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London. It was renamed toProceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine in 1907, following the merger that led to the formation of the Royal Society of Medicine[4][5][6] and with volume numbering restarting at 1, before obtaining its current name in 1978.[1]
The journal is abstracted and indexed inMEDLINE/PubMed,Science Citation Index,EMBASE,CAB International, andElsevier Biobase. According to theJournal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021impact factor of 18.000.[7]
The journal describes itself as having "an international and multi-specialty readership that includes primary care and public health professionals".[2] It claims to act as "a forum for debate, education, and entertainment for clinicians interested in UK medicine and relevant international developments and research. The aim of the journal is to influence clinical practice and policy making across the whole range of medicine".[2] Each issue contains original research articles,editorials,reviews, andessays. The essay section brings together "think pieces" on current medical issues and medical history. The journal also includesbook reviews. Each issue also features a selection of commentaries from theJames Lind Library, an online resource for patients and professionals that documents the evolution of fair tests of treatments in health care.[8]
In 2006, the journal introduced open peer review, a system in which authors and reviewers know each other's identities on the assumption that this improves openness in scientific discourse. This made it one of the few medical journals in the world with open peer review.[9]
The journal is published monthly.[10] The full text of each issue is available to subscribers online on the journal's website at the beginning of each month.[11]
In March 2006 all research articles published, as well as all other content more than three years old, were made available for free online. An agreement withPubMed Central was also announced, in which a digitised archive of the journal and its predecessor would be created, with issues dating back to 1809 available online for free.[11]
