South African Medical Journal
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| Discipline | Medicine |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | J.P. van Niekerk, Nonhlanhla P. Khumalo, Emma Buchanan |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1884-present |
| Publisher | Health & Medical Publishing Group (South Africa) |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Yes | |
| License | cc-by-nc |
| 1.325 (2009) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | S. Afr. Med. J. |
| Indexing | |
| CODEN | SAMJEJ |
| ISSN | 0256-9574 (print) 2078-5135 (web) |
| LCCN | 45053744 |
| OCLC no. | 03582234 |
| Links | |
)The South African Medical Journal is a monthly peer-reviewed open-access medical journal which has been published in South Africa since 1884.[1] It is sponsored by the South African Medical Association and published by the association's publishing arm, the Health & Medical Publishing Group. Daniel Ncayiyana was the journal's first black editor-in-chief.[2]
Abstracting and indexing[]
The journal is abstracted and indexed in BIOSIS Previews, Current Contents/Clinical Medicine, PubMed/MEDLINE, and the Science Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal's 2009 impact factor is 1.325, ranking it 65th out of 133 journals in the category "Medicine, General & Internal".
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "The South African Medical Journal". . XV (68): 183. April 1884. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
- ^ Ncayiyana, DJ (2012). "Signing off after two decades at the helm". S Afr Med J. 102 (12): 894. doi:10.7196/SAMJ.6520.
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Categories:
- General medical journals
- Publications established in 1884
- Monthly journals
- English-language journals
- Creative Commons-licensed journals
- Academic journals published in South Africa