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The New England Journal of Medicine (N Engl J Med or NEJM) is an English-language
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 peer-reviewed medical journal
Medical journal

A medical journal is a scientific journal devoted to the field of medicine. Most medical journals are peer review. Medical journals commonly arose as the journal of societies, such as the precursor to the British Medical Association, and would originally be collections of letters sent to the society by distant members, with an account of the...
 published by the Massachusetts Medical Society
Massachusetts Medical Society

The Massachusetts Medical Society is the oldest continuously-operating state medical society in the United States. Incorporation on November 1, 1781, by an act of the Massachusetts General Court, the MMS is a non-profit organization that consists of approximately 18,500 physicians, medical students and medical resident....
. It is one of the most popular and widely-read peer-reviewed general medical journals in the world. It is also the oldest continuously published medical journal in the world.

NEJM was founded by Dr. John Collins Warren
John Collins Warren

John Collins Warren , of Boston, Massachusetts, was one of the most renowned American surgeons of the 19th century. In 1846 he gave permission to William T.G....
 in 1812 as a quarterly called The New England Journal of Medicine and Surgery.






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The New England Journal of Medicine (N Engl J Med or NEJM) is an English-language
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 peer-reviewed medical journal
Medical journal

A medical journal is a scientific journal devoted to the field of medicine. Most medical journals are peer review. Medical journals commonly arose as the journal of societies, such as the precursor to the British Medical Association, and would originally be collections of letters sent to the society by distant members, with an account of the...
 published by the Massachusetts Medical Society
Massachusetts Medical Society

The Massachusetts Medical Society is the oldest continuously-operating state medical society in the United States. Incorporation on November 1, 1781, by an act of the Massachusetts General Court, the MMS is a non-profit organization that consists of approximately 18,500 physicians, medical students and medical resident....
. It is one of the most popular and widely-read peer-reviewed general medical journals in the world. It is also the oldest continuously published medical journal in the world.

History

The NEJM was founded by Dr. John Collins Warren
John Collins Warren

John Collins Warren , of Boston, Massachusetts, was one of the most renowned American surgeons of the 19th century. In 1846 he gave permission to William T.G....
 in 1812 as a quarterly called The New England Journal of Medicine and Surgery. In 1828, it became a weekly, and was renamed The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal; one hundred years later, it took on its present name.

It publishes editorials, papers on original research, widely-cited review articles, correspondences, case reports, and has a special section called "Images in Clinical Medicine".

Authors have included Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., was an American physician and professor who also achieved fame as a writer. During his lifetime, he was one of the best regarded poets of the 19th century and is considered a member of the Fireside Poets....
, Hans Zinsser
Hans Zinsser

Hans Zinsser was a United States bacteriologist and a prolific author. The son of German immigrants, Zinsser was born in New York City in 1878....
, and Lewis Thomas
Lewis Thomas

Lewis Thomas was a physician, poet, etymologist, essayist, administrator, educator, policy advisor, and researcher.Thomas was born in Flushing, New York and attended Princeton University and Harvard Medical School....
, along with other prominent physicians. One of its early editors, Jerome V. C. Smith, resigned in 1857 to assume his duties as mayor of the City of Boston.

Influence

The website for the George Polk Awards
George Polk Awards

The George Polk Awards in Journalism are a series of United States journalism awards presented annually by Long Island University in New York in the United States....
 noted that its 1977 award to the New England Journal of Medicine "provided the first significant mainstream visibility for a publication that would achieve enormous attention and prestige in the ensuing decades"

The journal usually has the highest impact factor
Impact factor

The impact factor, often abbreviated IF, is a measure of the citations to scientific journal. It is frequently used as a proxy for the importance of a journal to its field....
 of the journals of clinical medicine
Clinical Medicine

Clinical Medicine, subtitled Journal of the Royal College of Physicians, is a medical journal published bimonthly by the Royal College of Physicians in London....
 (including the Journal of the American Medical Association
Journal of the American Medical Association

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association is an international peer-reviewed general medical journal, published 48 times per year by the American Medical Association....
, and The Lancet
The Lancet

The Lancet is a peer-reviewed general medical journal, published weekly by Elsevier, part of Reed Elsevier.One of the world's best-known and most respected general medical journals, with editorial offices in London and New York, The Lancet was founded in 1823 by Thomas Wakley, who named it after the surgical instrument called a lanc...
); in 2006, the impact factor was 51, according to Journal Citation Reports
Journal Citation Reports

Journal Citation Reports is an annual publication by the Institute of Scientific Information, a division of Thomson Scientific. It provides information about academic journals in the sciences and social sciences....
, the first research journal to break 50.

Open access policy

NEJM provides delayed free online access to its research articles
List of journals available free online

This is a partial list of journals available free online. This is a general list of selected particularly notable journals with at least some free content, available through all forms of open access, including delayed open access, and hybrid open access journal....
 (it does so six months after publication, and maintains that access dating back to 1993). This delay does not apply to readers from the least developed countries
Least Developed Countries

Least Developed Countries are countries which according to the United Nations exhibit the lowest indicators of socioeconomic International development, with the lowest Human Development Index ratings of list of countries....
, for whom the content is available at no charge for personal use.

NEJM also has two podcast features, one with interviews of doctors and researchers that are publishing in the journal, and another summarizing the content of each issue. Other offerings include Continuing Medical Education, Videos in Clinical Medicine (showing videos of medical procedures), and the weekly Image Challenge.

Editors


  • Walter Prentice Bowers, 1921–1937
  • Robert Nason Nye, 1937–1947
  • Joseph Garland, 1947–1967
  • Franz J. Ingelfinger, 1967–1977
  • Arnold S. Relman
    Arnold S. Relman

    Dr. Arnold S. Relman, M.D. is a professor emeritus of internal medicine and of social medicine at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts....
    , 1977–1991
  • Jerome P. Kassirer, 1991–1999
  • Marcia Angell
    Marcia Angell

    Marcia Angell, M.D. is an United States physician, author, and the first woman to serve as editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine ....
    , 1999–2000
  • Jeffrey M. Drazen, 2000-


Other leading medical journals

  • Journal of the American Medical Association
    Journal of the American Medical Association

    JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association is an international peer-reviewed general medical journal, published 48 times per year by the American Medical Association....
  • The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
    The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics

    The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics, commonly referred to as The Medical Letter, provides independent, unbiased critical evaluations of new drugs and sometimes older drugs when important new information becomes available....
  • Canadian Medical Association Journal
    Canadian Medical Association Journal

    The Canadian Medical Association Journal is a general medical journal that is published biweekly by the Canadian Medical Association . It showcases innovative research and ideas aimed at improving health for people in Canada and globally....
  • JAMA
    Journal of the American Medical Association

    JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association is an international peer-reviewed general medical journal, published 48 times per year by the American Medical Association....
  • Nature Medicine
    Nature Medicine

    Nature Medicine is an academic journal publishing research articles, reviews, news and commentaries in the biomedical area, including both basic research and early-phase clinical research....
  • The Lancet
    The Lancet

    The Lancet is a peer-reviewed general medical journal, published weekly by Elsevier, part of Reed Elsevier.One of the world's best-known and most respected general medical journals, with editorial offices in London and New York, The Lancet was founded in 1823 by Thomas Wakley, who named it after the surgical instrument called a lanc...
  • British Medical Journal
    British Medical Journal

    BMJ is an open access medical journal. It is among the most influential and widely read Peer review general academic journals in the field of medicine in the world....
  • Annals of Internal Medicine
    Annals of Internal Medicine

    Annals of Internal Medicine is an academic medical journal published by the American College of Physicians . It publishes research articles and reviews in the area of internal medicine....
  • Archives of Internal Medicine
    Archives of Internal Medicine

    The Archives of Internal Medicine is an international peer-reviewed professional medical journal published twice a month by the American Medical Association....
  • Journal Watch
    Journal Watch

    Journal Watch is a series of topic-specific newsletters written for physicians and other health professionals. It is published by the Massachusetts Medical Society and is a sibling publication to the New England Journal of Medicine....
    , sibling publication to NEJM
  • List of medical journals
    List of medical journals

    A variety of medical journals exist for each specialty. The list of journals can also be organized by specialty, and further into "leading" journals, and "other" journals here....


See also

  • Oscar (cat)
    Oscar (cat)

    Oscar is a hospice cat who was featured in the New England Journal of Medicine for his purported ability to predict the impending death of terminally ill patients....


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