British Journal of Anaesthesia
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 | Br. J. Anaesth. |
Indexing | |
CODEN | BJANAD |
ISSN | 0007-0912 (print) 1471-6771 (web) |
OCLC no. | 01537271 |
Links | |
The British Journal of Anaesthesia is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal published by Elsevier on behalf of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (and its Faculty of Pain Medicine), the College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland, and the , for all of which it serves as their official journal.
The journal covers all aspects of anaesthesia, perioperative medicine, intensive care medicine, and pain management. The editor-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 the International 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[]
BJA Education is a sister journal that was first established in 2001 as BJA CEPD Reviews; it was later renamed to Continuing Education in Anaesthesia, Critical Care & Pain in 2004, obtaining its current title in 2015.
BJA Open[]
BJA Open is an open 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.
Abstracting and indexing[]
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
- Abstracts in Anthropology
- Biological Abstracts
- BIOSIS Previews
- Current Contents/Clinical Medicine
- Current Contents/Life Sciences
- Derwent Drug File
- Embase
- Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed
- ProQuest
- Referativny Zhurnal
- Science Citation Index
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 9.166.[1]
Editors-in-chief[]
The following persons are or have been editor-in-chief:
- H.M. Cohen, 1923–1928
- J. Blomfield 1929–1948
- W. Faulkner Hill and T.C. Gray, 1948–1961
- J.E. Riding 1961–1973
- A.A. Spence 1973–1983
- W. Fitch 1983–1988
- G. Smith 1988–1997
- J.M. Hunter 1997–2005
- C.S. Reilly 2005–2013
- R. Mahajan 2013–2017
- H. Hemmings, Jr 2017–present
References[]
- ^ "British Journal of Anaesthesia". 2020 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2021.
External links[]
- Publications established in 1923
- Anesthesiology and palliative medicine journals
- Monthly journals
- English-language journals
- Academic journals associated with learned and professional societies of the United Kingdom
- Elsevier academic journals