The journal publishes editorials, original research, guideline summaries, narrative reviews, perspectives, medical education, reflections, and letters.[1] The full text of every issue since January 2002 is available online.[2]
The journal was established in 1856, when communication between Australian states and other English-speaking nations entailed long delays.[3] The journal was both a platform for Australian medical research, as well as educational reviews summarising research done overseas. It has since been renamed several times:[3][4]
Australian Medical Journal (1856–1895)
Intercolonial Quarterly Journal of Medicine and Surgery (1895–1896)
Intercolonial Medical Journal of Australasia (1896–1909)
Australian Medical Journal (1910–1914)
Medical Journal of Australia (1914–present, with volume numbering restarting at 1)[5]
Elsevier
In 2015, then editor-in-chiefStephen Leeder was suddenly removed after criticising the decision to outsource production of the journal to the global publishing giant Elsevier.[6] Leerder's concerns revolved around an incident in 2009 when Elsevier accepted payments from pharmaceutical company Merck & Co. to publish journals such as the Australasian Journal of Bone & Joint Medicine, which had the appearance of peer-reviewed academic works but were in fact promoting Merck.[7][8][9][10] Following the decision to sack Leeder, all but one of the journal's editorial advisory committee resigned and wrote to Australian Medical Association president Brian Owler asking him to review the decision.[11][12]
From January 2019, the journal is published by Wiley.[15] Print distribution remains with the Australasian Medical Publishing Company and editorial direction and decisions remain with the journal.[15]
Publishing and access
Having previously published under a subscription model, the journal changed in January 2012 to make all of its research articles free to read online.[16] The journal converted to a hybrid model in January 2019: Authors can either pay an article processing fee to publish fully open access (gold open access) or archive the submitted version of their article in online repositories (green open access).[16] In order to demonstrate commitment to Australian Indigenous health and health awareness, the journal makes all Indigenous health articles free to access without charging authors.[16]
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal had a 2022 impact factor of 11.4, ranking it 17th out of 167 in the category "General and Internal Medicine".[23]
^"MJA instructions for authors - types of articles published by the MJA". Medical Journal of Australia. Australasian Medical Publishing Company. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
^"Information about the Medical Journal of Australia". Medical Journal of Australia. Australasian Medical Publishing Company. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
^ abEadie, Mervyn J. (2000). The flowering of a waratah: the history of Australian neurology and of the Australian Association of Neurologists. Sidney, NSW: Libbey. ISBN9780861966066. OCLC 47137082.
^"Australian Medical Journal 1869". University Library. University of Melbourne. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
^Leeder, Stephen (2014-07-07). "The Medical Journal of Australia after 100 years". Medical Journal of Australia. 201 (1): 7. doi:10.5694/mja14.c0707. PMID 24999870.
^"Backlash over decision by Australia's top medical journal to outsource to company with history of 'unethical' behaviour". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2015-05-01.
^Rout, Milanda (2009-04-09). . The Australian. Archived from the original on 2009-05-06. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
^Grant, Bob (2009-04-30). "Merck published fake journal". The Scientist. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
^Mcinerney, Marie (2015). "Medical Journal of Australia editor sacked over opposition to Elsevier outsourcing". BMJ. British Medical Journal. 350: h2392. doi:10.1136/bmj.h2392. PMID 25943111. S2CID 28269690. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
^Davey, Melissa. "Backlash over Stephen Leeder sacking puts Medical Journal of Australia in peril". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
^"Medical journal editor sacked and editorial committee resigns". Sydney Morning Herald. 2015-05-04.
^"Medical Journal of Australia will be shunned by researchers after editor sacked, academic says". The Guardian. 2015-05-04.
^Wilcken, Hugo (2017-12-15). "MJA Editor-In-Chief is Australia's most cited academic". Medical Journal of Australia. 208 (208): 1.
^. The Australian. Archived from the original on 2019-01-29. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
^ ab"John Wiley & Sons to publish Medical Journal of Australia under new partnership" (Press release). Mumbrella. 2018-04-30.
^ abc"About". Medical Journal of Australia. Australasian Medical Publishing Company. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
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It has been suggested that MJA InSight be merged into this article Discuss Proposed since August 2023 Australian Medical Journal redirects here It is not to be confused with Australasian Medical Journal The Medical Journal of Australia is a peer reviewed medical journal published 22 times a year It is the official journal of the Australian Medical Association published by Wiley on behalf of the Australasian Medical Publishing Company Medical Journal of AustraliaDisciplineMedicineLanguageEnglishEdited byVirginia BarbourPublication detailsFormer name s Australian Medical Journal Intercolonial Quarterly Journal of Medicine and Surgery Intercolonial Medical Journal of AustralasiaHistory1856 presentPublisherWiley on behalf of the Australasian Medical Publishing Company Australia Frequency22 yearOpen accessHybridImpact factor11 4 2022 Standard abbreviationsISO 4 alt Bluebook alt1 alt2 NLM alt MathSciNet alt ISO 4Med J Aust IndexingCODEN alt alt2 JSTOR alt LCCN alt MIAR NLM alt ScopusCODENMJAUAJISSN0025 729X print 1326 5377 web OCLC no 925316442LinksJournal homepage Journal page at publisher s website Online access Online archiveThe journal publishes editorials original research guideline summaries narrative reviews perspectives medical education reflections and letters 1 The full text of every issue since January 2002 is available online 2 Contents 1 History 1 1 Early origins 1 2 Elsevier 1 3 Wiley 1 4 Publishing and access 2 Abstracting and indexing 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory EditEarly origins Edit The journal was established in 1856 when communication between Australian states and other English speaking nations entailed long delays 3 The journal was both a platform for Australian medical research as well as educational reviews summarising research done overseas It has since been renamed several times 3 4 Australian Medical Journal 1856 1895 Intercolonial Quarterly Journal of Medicine and Surgery 1895 1896 Intercolonial Medical Journal of Australasia 1896 1909 Australian Medical Journal 1910 1914 Medical Journal of Australia 1914 present with volume numbering restarting at 1 5 Elsevier Edit In 2015 then editor in chief Stephen Leeder was suddenly removed after criticising the decision to outsource production of the journal to the global publishing giant Elsevier 6 Leerder s concerns revolved around an incident in 2009 when Elsevier accepted payments from pharmaceutical company Merck amp Co to publish journals such as the Australasian Journal of Bone amp Joint Medicine which had the appearance of peer reviewed academic works but were in fact promoting Merck 7 8 9 10 Following the decision to sack Leeder all but one of the journal s editorial advisory committee resigned and wrote to Australian Medical Association president Brian Owler asking him to review the decision 11 12 Nicholas Talley succeeded Stephen Leeder as editor in chief in September 2015 13 and the editorial advisory group was subsequently reconstituted 14 Wiley Edit From January 2019 the journal is published by Wiley 15 Print distribution remains with the Australasian Medical Publishing Company and editorial direction and decisions remain with the journal 15 Publishing and access Edit Having previously published under a subscription model the journal changed in January 2012 to make all of its research articles free to read online 16 The journal converted to a hybrid model in January 2019 Authors can either pay an article processing fee to publish fully open access gold open access or archive the submitted version of their article in online repositories green open access 16 In order to demonstrate commitment to Australian Indigenous health and health awareness the journal makes all Indigenous health articles free to access without charging authors 16 Abstracting and indexing EditThe journal is abstracted and indexed in CAB Abstracts 17 CINAHL 18 Current Contents Clinical Medicine 19 Current Contents Life Sciences 19 Embase 20 Index Medicus MEDLINE PubMed 21 Science Citation Index 19 Scopus 22 According to the Journal Citation Reports the journal had a 2022 impact factor of 11 4 ranking it 17th out of 167 in the category General and Internal Medicine 23 See also EditList of medical journals MJA InSightReferences Edit MJA instructions for authors types of articles published by the MJA Medical Journal of Australia Australasian Medical Publishing Company Retrieved 2019 01 29 Information about the Medical Journal of Australia Medical Journal of Australia Australasian Medical Publishing Company Retrieved 2008 01 08 a b Eadie Mervyn J 2000 The flowering of a waratah the history of Australian neurology and of the Australian Association of Neurologists Sidney NSW Libbey ISBN 9780861966066 OCLC 47137082 Australian Medical Journal 1869 University Library University of Melbourne Retrieved 2019 06 12 Leeder Stephen 2014 07 07 The Medical Journal of Australia after 100 years Medical Journal of Australia 201 1 7 doi 10 5694 mja14 c0707 PMID 24999870 Backlash over decision by Australia s top medical journal to outsource to company with history of unethical behaviour Australian Broadcasting Corporation 2015 05 01 Rout Milanda 2009 04 09 Doctors signed Merck s Vioxx studies The Australian Archived from the original on 2009 05 06 Retrieved 2009 05 04 Grant Bob 2009 04 30 Merck published fake journal The Scientist Retrieved 2009 05 04 Mcinerney Marie 2015 Medical Journal of Australia editor sacked over opposition to Elsevier outsourcing BMJ British Medical Journal 350 h2392 doi 10 1136 bmj h2392 PMID 25943111 S2CID 28269690 Retrieved 29 January 2019 Davey Melissa Backlash over Stephen Leeder sacking puts Medical Journal of Australia in peril The Guardian Retrieved 29 January 2019 Medical journal editor sacked and editorial committee resigns Sydney Morning Herald 2015 05 04 Medical Journal of Australia will be shunned by researchers after editor sacked academic says The Guardian 2015 05 04 Wilcken Hugo 2017 12 15 MJA Editor In Chief is Australia s most cited academic Medical Journal of Australia 208 208 1 Med journal s integrity secure The Australian Archived from the original on 2019 01 29 Retrieved 2019 01 29 a b John Wiley amp Sons to publish Medical Journal of Australia under new partnership Press release Mumbrella 2018 04 30 a b c About Medical Journal of Australia Australasian Medical Publishing Company Retrieved 2019 06 12 Serials cited CAB Abstracts CABI Retrieved 2019 06 12 CINAHL Complete Database Coverage List CINAHL EBSCO Information Services Retrieved 2019 06 12 a b c Master Journal List Intellectual Property amp Science Clarivate Analytics Retrieved 2019 06 12 Embase Coverage Embase Elsevier Retrieved 2019 06 12 Medical Journal of Australia NLM Catalog National Center for Biotechnology Information Retrieved 2019 06 12 Source details Medical Journal of Australia Scopus preview Elsevier Retrieved 2019 06 12 Medical Journal of Australia 2022 Journal Citation Reports Web of Science Science ed Clarivate 2023 External links EditOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Medical Journal of Australia amp oldid 1171020175, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
