Deutsches Arzteblatt International

Deutsches Arzteblatt International is the English edition of the weekly German medical journal published by Deutscher Arzte-Verlag GmbH in Berlin since 2008 under the ISSN 1866-0452, serving as the joint publication of the German Medical Association and the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 8.7 and a first quartile rank of 21 of 336 in medicine general and internal《德国医师报国际版》（Deutsches Arzteblatt International）是德国医师出版社（Deutscher Arzte-Verlag GmbH）在柏林出版的周刊《德国医师报》的英文版，自 2008 年起出版，刊号 1866-0452，是德国医师协会与法定健康保险医师联邦协会的联合刊物，2025 年影响因子为 8.7，在医学综合与内科类 336 种期刊中列第 21 位、居第一四分位。

Scope

• The journal is the official joint publication of the German Medical Association (Bundesarztekammer) and the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (Kassenarztliche Bundesvereinigung), and it publishes peer reviewed original articles, reviews, short communications and guidelines across the full breadth of medicine该刊是德国医师协会与法定健康保险医师联邦协会的官方联合刊物，刊载经同行评审的原创论文、综述、短篇通讯与指南，覆盖医学各领域。
• It carries clinical studies and health services research alongside articles on medical education, healthcare policy, ethics and the organisation of the medical profession in Germany, providing an English language view of German medicine for an international readership该刊刊载临床研究与卫生服务研究，以及医学教育、卫生政策、伦理与德国医师行业组织等议题的文章，向国际读者提供德国医学的英文视角。
• Each weekly issue appears simultaneously in a German edition under the title Deutsches Arzteblatt and in this English edition, with shared content but separate editorial handling for the international audience每期周刊同时以德文版《德国医师报》与本英文版出版，内容共享，但面向国际读者的编辑处理独立进行。
• The journal operates single-blind peer review and follows the editorial policies of the publisher on research integrity, competing interests and data availability, with author guidelines published on the journal website该刊实行单盲同行评审，遵循出版方关于研究诚信、利益冲突与数据可获取性的编辑政策，作者指南在期刊网站公布。
• It is abstracted and indexed in MEDLINE, PubMed, Science Citation Index Expanded, Scopus, EMBASE and Google Scholar, and it is included in the Journal Citation Reports from the Science Citation Index Expanded edition该刊被（MEDLINE）、（PubMed）、（SCIE）、（Scopus）、（EMBASE）与（Google Scholar）收录，并纳入（SCIE）版期刊引证报告。
• In the 2025 Journal Citation Reports it ranks 21 of 336 titles in medicine general and internal with a 93.9 percentile and its five year indicator remains in the first quartile在 2025 年版期刊引证报告中，该刊在医学综合与内科类 336 种期刊中列第 21 位、百分位 93.9，五年指标同样位于第一四分位。

History

• The German edition Deutsches Arzteblatt was launched in 1955 as the successor to earlier German medical correspondence publications, and it has appeared weekly since its founding德文版《德国医师报》于 1955 年创刊，承袭早期德国医学通讯刊物，自创办起每周出版。
• The English edition Deutsches Arzteblatt International was introduced in 2008 to make the journal accessible to an international readership, and it has carried the ISSN 1866-0452 since its launch英文版《德国医师报国际版》于 2008 年推出，旨在让国际读者能够阅读该刊，自创刊起使用刊号 1866-0452。
• The editorial office is located at Reinhardtstrasse 34 in Berlin, and the publisher Deutscher Arzte-Verlag GmbH has produced the journal throughout its modern history编辑部位于柏林莱因哈特大街 34 号，出版方德国医师出版社在该刊现代史上一直承担出版工作。
• The Journal Impact Factor moved from 5.594 in 2021 to 8.251 in 2022, to 7.1 in 2024 and to 8.7 in 2025, maintaining first quartile standing in medicine general and internal该刊影响因子由 2021 年的 5.594 升至 2022 年的 8.251，再降至 2024 年的 7.1 与 2025 年的 8.7，始终居医学综合与内科类第一四分位。
• The journal has expanded its online presence with open access articles and continuing medical education offerings, while retaining the weekly print issue as the core of its publication schedule该刊通过开放获取文章与继续医学教育内容扩展在线服务，同时保留每周印刷期作为出版安排的核心。

Editors

• The journal is led by an editor-in-chief supported by a scientific advisory board and an editorial board whose members are drawn from German university hospitals, research institutes and medical associations该刊由一位主编带领，配以科学咨询委员会与由德国大学医院、研究机构及医学协会学者组成的编委会。
• The editorial team includes section editors responsible for specialty areas such as internal medicine, surgery, gynaecology, paediatrics, psychiatry and general practice, reflecting the breadth of German medicine编辑团队设有学科编辑，分别负责内科、外科、妇科、儿科、精神科与全科等方向，对应德国医学的广度。
• Editorial handling follows the publisher editorial management system, with submissions assigned to handling editors based on subject expertise and competing interest declarations稿件处理依托出版方的编辑管理系统，依据学科专长与利益冲突声明分配责任编辑。
• Peer review is single-blind and the journal maintains the publisher standards on reviewer recruitment, conflict of interest management and editorial independence, with guidelines published for authors and reviewers同行评审采用单盲方式，该刊遵循出版方在审稿人遴选、利益冲突管理与编辑独立性方面的标准，并向作者与审稿人发布指南。
• The masthead and board roster are published on the journal website and in the print edition, and the editorial team is listed on the editorial team page of the journal site编委名单在期刊网站与印刷版公布，编辑团队成员列于期刊网站的编辑团队页。