| Discipline | Military healthcare |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publication details | |
Former name(s) | Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, Journal of the Royal Navy Medical Services |
| History | 1903 - Present |
| Publisher | BMJ Publishing Group on behalf of the Defence Medical Services (United Kingdom) |
| Frequency | Bi-Monthly |
| Subscription model with a hybrid open access option | |
| License | Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial License |
| 1.285 (2020) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | BMJ Mil. Health |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 2633-3767 (print) 2633-3775 (web) |
| LCCN | 2021229654 |
| OCLC no. | 1152038607 |
| Links | |
BMJ Military Health is the world's premier peer-reviewed Military journal, publishing bi-monthly online and in print. BMJ Military Health is the home of research, reviews and commentary on the key issues in military health from around the globe. Lessons learned from more than a century’s conflicts are supplemented by up to the minute evidence from current practitioners the world over.
It is published by the BMJ Publishing Group. It employs a double blind peer review model and is subscription based with a hybrid open access option.
History
editThe journal is a fusion of the Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps established in 1903[1] and its sister publication, Journal of the Royal Navy Medical Services established in 1915[2]. In 2020 both of these journals amalgamated and joined together with the BMJ Publishing Group to form the BMJ Military Health[3].
Abstracting and indexing
editThe journal is abstracted in indexed by the Web of Science Core Collection which includes:
Science Citation Index Extended[4]
MEDLINE (Index Medicus)
PubMed Central (BMJ Open Access Special Collection)[5]
Embase (Excerpta Medica)
The journal has an acceptance rate of 55% for all articles with a mean first decision time of 21 days and a mean time from acceptance to publication online is 20 days with am impact factor of 1.285[6].
The impact factor is expected to reduce over the next few years due to the change in title of the Journal.
Webinars and podcasts
editBMJ Military Health have produced a series of webinars which aim to provide professional development that is free and accessable globally. The journal focuses on areas that will be of interest to medical leaders and also to clinicians.
The podcasts will showcase a variety of topics which generate a wider interest in military medicine and include speakers from the world over.
References
edit- ^ Macmillan, Alistair (2019-12-01). "A tribute to the Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps". BMJ Military Health. 165 (6): 383–387. doi:10.1136/jramc-2019-001348. ISSN 2633-3767. PMID 31767695.
- ^ Oliver, T. P. (1982). "67 years ago--the Journal of the Royal Naval Medical Service Vol 1, No 1". Journal of the Royal Naval Medical Service. 68 (2): 98–101. ISSN 0035-9033. PMID 6752399.
- ^ Breeze, Johno; Langford, C. E. J. (2020-02-01). "The future is here: the first issue of BMJ Military Health". BMJ Mil Health. 166 (1): 1–2. doi:10.1136/bmjmilitary-2020-001408. ISSN 2633-3767. PMID 31999616.
- ^ company, Web of Science Group, a Clarivate. "Web of Science Master Journal List". Web of Science Group, a Clarivate company. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ ""BMJ Mil Health"[journal] - PMC - NCBI". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
- ^ "About". BMJ Military Health. Retrieved 2021-12-03.