Journal of Internal Medicine

Journal of Internal Medicine is a monthly peer-reviewed journal published by Wiley and in continuous publication since 1863, covering clinical science from bench to bedside across general internal medicine and its subspecialties, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 7.6 and a first-quartile rank of 26 of 336 in general and internal medicine《内科学杂志》（Journal of Internal Medicine）是（Wiley）出版的月刊，自 1863 年起连续出版，刊载从实验台到病床的临床科学论文，覆盖普通内科学及其各亚专科，2025 年影响因子为 7.6，在普通与内科学类 336 种期刊中列第 26 位，居第一四分位。

Scope

• General internal medicine is the journal's foundation, with subspecialty work accepted when it speaks to a broad internist readership普通内科学是该刊的根基，亚专科研究须对广泛的内科读者具有意义方被接受。
• Clinical science from bench to bedside is the stated remit, favouring studies that connect mechanism to patient care rather than purely laboratory findings该刊明确的收稿范围是从实验台到病床的临床科学，偏好把机制与患者诊疗联系起来的研究，而非纯实验室发现。
• Original articles, reviews, brief reports and research letters are the principal article types, with space given to concise reports of important negative or confirmatory findings原创论文、综述、简报与研究快报是主要文章类型，并为重要的阴性或验证性发现留出简洁报告的空间。
• Clinical trials, cohort studies, epidemiology and health services research relevant to internal medicine are regularly published与内科相关的临床试验、队列研究、流行病学与卫生服务研究常有发表。
• Each issue combines original research with review material intended to keep practising physicians current across a wide range of organ systems每期把原创研究与综述性内容结合，帮助执业医师在多个器官系统上保持知识更新。
• The journal supports and organises scientific symposia within its scope, publishing the proceedings as part of its editorial programme该刊在其范围内支持并组织学术研讨会，并将会议成果作为编辑计划的一部分予以发表。

History

• The title began in 1863 as Medicinskt Archiv, founded by Axel Key of the Karolinska Institute and initially accepting only Swedish contributions written in Swedish该刊 1863 年以（Medicinskt Archiv）之名创办，创办人为（Karolinska Institute）的（Axel Key），最初只接受以瑞典语撰写的瑞典来稿。
• It was renamed Nordiskt Medicinskt Arkiv in 1869, admitting papers from all Nordic countries in Swedish, Danish or Norwegian with German abstracts1869 年更名为（Nordiskt Medicinskt Arkiv），接受北欧各国以瑞典语、丹麦语或挪威语撰写的论文，并附德文摘要。
• In 1901 the journal was divided into internal medicine and surgery sections, which separated fully in 1919 as Acta Medica Scandinavica and Acta Chirurgica Scandinavica1901 年该刊分为内科与外科两部分，1919 年两部分彻底分立为（Acta Medica Scandinavica）与（Acta Chirurgica Scandinavica）。
• Acta Medica Scandinavica was renamed Journal of Internal Medicine in 1989 and became a fully international English-language journal（Acta Medica Scandinavica）于 1989 年更名为（Journal of Internal Medicine），并转为面向全球的英文期刊。
• It is published by Wiley on behalf of the Association for the Publication of the Journal of Internal Medicine, a Swedish foundation that owns the title该刊由（Wiley）代表（Association for the Publication of the Journal of Internal Medicine）出版，该协会为拥有刊名的瑞典基金会。
• The Journal Impact Factor was 8.989 in 2021 and 13.068 in 2022, then 9.2 in 2024 and 7.6 in 2025该刊影响因子 2021 年为 8.989，2022 年为 13.068，2024 年为 9.2，2025 年为 7.6。

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is Bo Angelin, professor of medicine at the Karolinska Institute and a specialist in lipid and lipoprotein metabolism主编为（Karolinska Institute）内科学教授（Bo Angelin），其专长为脂质与脂蛋白代谢。
• Angelin took over the editorship in 2022 and works with an international editorial board rather than a large in-house team（Angelin）于 2022 年接任主编，其工作依托国际编委会而非庞大的专职编辑团队。
• Manuscripts are peer reviewed externally, and the journal is published in both online and print editions稿件由外部同行评审，该刊同时以网络版与纸本出版。
• Publication follows the hybrid model, with subscription access as the default and an open-access option for authors who require it该刊采用混合出版模式，默认订阅访问，同时为有需要的作者提供开放获取选项。
• The title is owned by a Swedish foundation and published under contract by Wiley, which keeps editorial decisions with the journal该刊由瑞典基金会拥有、委托（Wiley）出版，编辑决策权仍归期刊自身。