BJHM

<i>British Journal of Hospital Medicine</i>

British Journal of Hospital Medicine

Peer-reviewed medical journal


The British Journal of Hospital Medicine is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal principally aimed at hospital-based healthcare professionals. It was established in 1966 as Hospital Medicine, changing name to British Journal of Hospital Medicine from 1968 to 1997. In 1998, it changed back to Hospital Medicine, and returned to British Journal of Hospital Medicine in 2006. It is currently published by Mark Allen Publishing.[1] The editor-in-chief is Rob Miller.[2]

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Content

The journal publishes editorials, case reports, clinical reviews, quality improvement projects, and symposia, as well as completed audits which follow the SQUIRE (standards for quality improvement reporting excellence) guidelines.[3] In addition, the journal includes a Doctors in Training section that includes papers aimed specifically for medical practitioners in core and specialist training in four categories:[4]

  • Clinical skills for postgraduate examinations
  • What you need to know about
  • Tips from the shop floor
  • What they don't teach you in medical school

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2019 impact factor of 0.429.[10]

See also


References

  1. Linssen, Rebecca; Miller, Robert (October 2016). "British Journal of Hospital Medicine: educating hospital doctors for 50 years". British Journal of Hospital Medicine. 77 (10): 552. doi:10.12968/hmed.2016.77.10.552. PMID 27723412.
  2. "Editorial Board". Mark Allen Publishing. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  3. "About the Journal". Mark Allen Publishing. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  4. "Doctors in Training". Mark Allen Publishing. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  5. "Web of Science Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate Analytics. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  6. "Embase Coverage". Embase. Elsevier. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  7. "British Journal of Hospital Medicine". 2019 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2020.

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