Annals of Medicine

Annals of Medicine is a peer-reviewed, fully open access medical journal published by Taylor & Francis that spans translational medicine to clinical practice, with a lineage going back to 1969 and a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 4.9.《医学纪事》（Annals of Medicine）是（Taylor & Francis）出版的同行评议完全开放获取医学期刊，覆盖从转化医学到临床实践的医学全链条，刊史可追溯至 1969 年，2025 年期刊影响因子为 4.9。

Scope

• The journal publishes research across medicine and health, from translational medicine to clinical practice, and encourages collaboration across therapy areas.刊物发表覆盖医学与健康领域的论文，从转化医学延伸到临床实践，并鼓励跨治疗领域合作。
• Its coverage is organized into 33 subject sections, among them addiction, anesthesiology, cardiology and cardiovascular disorders, clinical pathology and dermatology.其覆盖范围按 33 个学科分部组织，包括成瘾、麻醉学、心脏病与心血管疾病、临床病理学和皮肤病学等。
• Further sections cover emergency medicine, endocrinology, gastroenterology, geriatrics, hematology, hepatology and immunology.其他分部涵盖急诊医学、内分泌学、胃肠病学、老年医学、血液学、肝病学和免疫学。
• Infectious diseases, medical education, medical genetics and genomics, nephrology, neurology, nutrition and oncology also form part of the declared scope.感染性疾病、医学教育、医学遗传学与基因组学、肾脏病学、神经病学、营养学和肿瘤学亦在列明范围之内。
• Additional sections include ophthalmology, pediatrics, pharmacology, pregnancy, childbirth and women's health, primary care, psychiatry and public health.另有眼科、儿科学、药理学、妊娠分娩与妇女健康、初级保健、精神病学和公共卫生等分部。
• Pulmonary medicine, physical medicine and rehabilitation, rheumatology, sports medicine and musculoskeletal disorders, surgery, toxicology and urology complete the section list.肺部医学、物理医学与康复、风湿病学、运动医学与肌肉骨骼疾病、外科学、毒理学和泌尿学补齐了分部名单。
• The journal accepts original research, review articles, clinical trials, protocols, case series, commentaries and letters to the editor, and welcomes negative and null results as well as reproducibility studies.刊物接收原创研究、综述、临床试验、研究方案、病例系列、评论和致编辑信，并欢迎阴性结果、零结果和可重复性研究。
• Case reports are not accepted, case series must review at least five cases, and studies relying solely on in silico analyses, bibliometric analyses and scoping reviews are not considered.刊物不接收病例报告，病例系列须纳入至少 5 个病例，仅依赖计算机模拟的研究、文献计量分析和范围综述则不予考虑。

History

• The title traces its origin to Annals of Clinical Research, founded in 1969 by the Finnish Medical Society Duodecim in Helsinki, which itself continued two Finnish serials dating back to 1946 and 1954.该刊起源可追溯至《临床研究纪事》（Annals of Clinical Research），1969 年由赫尔辛基的芬兰医学会（Duodecim）创办，其前身可追溯至 1946 年和 1954 年创刊的两份芬兰连续出版物。
• In 1989 it merged with Medical Biology, a second Duodecim journal published from 1974, and the combined journal was renamed Annals of Medicine from volume 21, number 1 in February 1989.1989 年，该刊与杜德西姆学会另一份 1974 年创刊的《医学生物学》（Medical Biology）合并，合并后的刊物自 1989 年 2 月第 21 卷第 1 期起更名《医学纪事》（Annals of Medicine）。
• At launch the journal was published in Helsinki by the Finnish Medical Society Duodecim with distribution through the Royal Society of Medicine Press in London, and it later passed through Blackwell Scientific Publications in Oxford before moving to Informa Healthcare and Taylor & Francis in Abingdon.创刊时刊物在赫尔辛基由芬兰医学会出版，并由伦敦的皇家医学会出版社负责发行，后转由牛津的（Blackwell Scientific Publications）出版，再转入阿宾登的（Informa Healthcare）与（Taylor & Francis）旗下。
• Taylor & Francis has hosted the online edition since 2009, beginning with volume 41, and the journal now appears as one volume per year with articles published online continuously.（Taylor & Francis）自 2009 年第 41 卷起提供在线版，刊物现以每年一卷、论文在线连续发表的方式出版。
• The frequency evolved from bimonthly in 1989-1999 and nine issues a year in 2000-2001 to eight issues a year from 2002, while print issues ceased with volume 45 in 2013.刊期由 1989 年至 1999 年的双月刊、2000 年至 2001 年的每年 9 期，变为 2002 年起的每年 8 期，纸质版则止于 2013 年的第 45 卷。
• The journal converted to a fully open access journal with volume 53 in 2021, and the 1997-2020 backfile was made free to access from 1 January 2021.刊物自 2021 年第 53 卷起转为完全开放获取期刊，1997 年至 2020 年的过刊自 2021 年 1 月 1 日起免费开放。
• The 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 4.9, after 4.3 in 2024, 5.348 in 2022 and 4.709 in 2021, placing the journal in the first quartile of medicine, general and internal.2025 年期刊影响因子为 4.9，此前 2024 年为 4.3，2022 年为 5.348，2021 年为 4.709，刊物在内科学与综合医学类别位列一区。

Editors

• The journal currently lists no single editor-in-chief, and the highest editorial role is the Executive Editor, Jennifer Isherwood of Taylor & Francis, supported by interim managing editors at the publisher's editorial office.刊物目前未设单一主编，最高编辑职位为（Taylor & Francis）的执行编辑（Jennifer Isherwood），并由出版方编辑部的多位临时管理编辑协助。
• Editorial work is organized around the 33 medical sections, each led by a Section Editor and supported by associate editors and editorial board members.编辑工作围绕 33 个医学分部展开，每个分部设一名分部主编，并配副编辑和编委会成员。
• Timo Partonen of the National Institute for Health and Welfare in Helsinki serves as Section Editor for Psychiatry, and Alpo Vuorio of the University of Helsinki leads the Cardiology and Cardiovascular Disorders section.赫尔辛基国家卫生与福利研究院的（Timo Partonen）任精神病学分部主编，赫尔辛基大学的（Alpo Vuorio）主编心脏病与心血管疾病分部。
• The broader editorial board spans the United States, Italy, China, Finland and the United Kingdom, with members drawn from many further countries.更广泛的编委会覆盖美国、意大利、中国、芬兰和英国，成员还来自其他许多国家。
• All manuscripts are appraised by the editorial team and then single anonymized peer reviewed by independent expert referees, with decisions made on the basis of scientific rigor regardless of the perceived significance of findings.所有稿件先由编辑团队评估，再送独立专家进行单匿名同行评审，录用决策基于科学严谨性，而不取决于结果的重要性。
• The journal belongs to the Taylor & Francis Elevate Series, which guarantees an initial response within 48 hours, and letters to the editor must pass a presubmission check before they are considered.刊物隶属（Taylor & Francis）的（Elevate Series），承诺 48 小时内给出初步回复，致编辑信须通过预提交检查后方获考虑。