Canadian Medical Association Journal

The Canadian Medical Association Journal is a peer-reviewed general medical journal published by CMA Joule Inc. for the Canadian Medical Association since 1911 under the ISSN 0820-3946 and eISSN 1488-2329, covering clinical medicine, health policy and medical research, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 8.6 and a first quartile rank of 23 of 336 in medicine general and internal《加拿大医学协会期刊》（Canadian Medical Association Journal）是加拿大医学协会自 1911 年起出版、现由（CMA Joule Inc.）运营的同行评审医学综合期刊，刊号 0820-3946、电子刊号 1488-2329，覆盖临床医学、卫生政策与医学研究，2025 年影响因子为 8.6，在医学综合与内科类 336 种期刊中列第 23 位、居第一四分位。

Scope

• The journal publishes original research, systematic reviews, clinical practice guidelines, analysis and news covering all areas of clinical medicine and health policy relevant to Canadian and international medical practice该刊刊载覆盖临床医学各领域及与加拿大和国际医疗实践相关卫生政策的原创研究、系统综述、临床实践指南、分析与新闻。
• Topics include clinical trials, population health, health services research, medical education, Indigenous health, and Canadian health policy and system performance主题涵盖临床试验、人群健康、卫生服务研究、医学教育、原住民健康以及加拿大卫生政策与体系表现。
• The journal gives particular attention to research that informs clinical practice and health policy in Canada, while welcoming internationally relevant studies across the full spectrum of medicine该刊特别关注能指导加拿大临床实践与卫生政策的研究，同时欢迎医学全谱中具有国际相关性的研究。
• Article types include research, reviews, guidelines, analysis, practice, news, commentary and letters, and the journal operates a monthly publication schedule文章类型包括研究、综述、指南、分析、实践、新闻、评论与读者来信，该刊采用月刊出版节奏。
• As a hybrid journal it offers open access alongside subscription content, with open access articles released under a Creative Commons licence and no article processing charge for most categories作为混合期刊，该刊提供开放获取与订阅内容并存，开放获取文章采用知识共享许可，多数文章类型不收文章处理费。
• It is abstracted and indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, Scopus, PubMed, MEDLINE and Embase, and it is included in the Journal Citation Reports from the Science Citation Index Expanded edition该刊被（SCIE）、（Scopus）、（PubMed）、（MEDLINE）与（Embase）收录，并纳入（SCIE）版期刊引证报告。

History

• The journal was launched in 1911 by the Canadian Medical Association as its official publication, with the first volume appearing in the same year该刊于 1911 年由加拿大医学协会作为其官方出版物创办，首卷同年出版。
• In 2019 the Canadian Medical Association transferred publishing operations to Joule Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary, which was later restructured as CMA Joule Inc. to steward the journal and other CMA media assets2019 年加拿大医学协会将出版业务转交其全资子公司 Joule Inc.，后重组为（CMA Joule Inc.）以管理该刊及其他加拿大医学协会媒体资产。
• The Journal Impact Factor moved from 8.262 in 2021 to 16.859 in 2022, then to 11.3 in 2024 and 8.6 in 2025, maintaining first quartile standing in medicine general and internal该刊影响因子由 2021 年的 8.262 升至 2022 年的 16.859，2024 年为 11.3，2025 年为 8.6，始终居医学综合与内科类第一四分位。
• The journal has progressively expanded its coverage of health policy, Indigenous health and medical education, reflecting the CMA mandate to serve Canadian physicians and the public该刊逐步扩展对卫生政策、原住民健康与医学教育的覆盖，以呼应加拿大医学协会服务医师与公众的使命。
• The publisher carries the journal on the cmaj.ca platform and the digital object identifier prefix of its articles is 10.1503, specific to the CMAJ family of journals出版方将该刊载于（cmaj.ca）平台，其文章的数字对象唯一标识符前缀为（10.1503），为该刊家族专属。

Editors

• The journal is led by an editor-in-chief supported by a senior deputy editor and an editorial board whose members are drawn from medical schools, clinical departments and research institutes across Canada and internationally该刊由一位主编带领，配以资深副主编与由加拿大及国际医学院、临床科室与研究机构学者组成的编委会。
• The editorial board includes section editors responsible for subject areas such as clinical medicine, population health, health policy and medical education, reflecting the general medical scope of the journal编委会设有领域编辑，分别负责临床医学、人群健康、卫生政策与医学教育等方向，对应刊物的医学综合定位。
• Editorial handling follows the CMA Joule editorial management system, with submissions assigned to handling editors based on subject expertise and competing interest declarations稿件处理依托（CMA Joule）的编辑管理系统，依据学科专长与利益冲突声明分配责任编辑。
• Peer review is double-blind for research articles and the journal maintains the CMA standards on reviewer recruitment, conflict of interest management, data sharing and editorial independence研究论文采用双盲同行评审，该刊遵循加拿大医学协会在审稿人遴选、利益冲突管理、数据共享与编辑独立性方面的标准。
• The masthead and board roster are published on the journal page at cmaj.ca and updated as new members join or existing members step down编委名单在（cmaj.ca）期刊页公布，并随成员增减而更新。