Postgraduate Medical Journal

Postgraduate Medical Journal, abbreviated PMJ, is a monthly peer-reviewed journal of the Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine, published by Oxford University Press on the Fellowship's behalf, which since 1925 has supported junior doctors, their teachers and continuing medical education across medicine, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 3.6（Postgraduate Medical Journal，简称 PMJ）为研究生医学会的官方会刊，1925 年创刊，现由牛津大学出版社代表学会出版，为月刊，服务初级医生、其带教者与全体医生的继续医学教育，2025 年期刊影响因子为 3.6。

Scope

• It aims to support junior doctors and their teachers and to contribute to the continuing professional development of all doctors by publishing papers relevant to the practicing clinician and teacher该刊旨在支持初级医生及其带教者，并通过发表与执业临床医生和教师相关的论文，促进全体医生的继续职业发展。
• Papers focus on core competencies, describe current practice and new developments in all branches of medicine, and cover the relevance and impact of translational research on clinical practice论文聚焦核心胜任力，描述各医学分支的当前实践与新进展，并探讨转化研究对临床实践的意义与影响。
• It also publishes background material relevant to examinations and papers on medical education and medical education research该刊亦刊载考试相关背景材料，以及医学教育与医学教育研究论文。
• Its founding purpose was to help doctors in training acquire the necessary skills, to help trainers develop suitable training programmes and to allow trained doctors to maintain high standards through continuing medical education其创办宗旨在于帮助受训医生掌握必备技能、帮助带教者制定合适的培训方案，并让完成培训的医生通过继续医学教育保持高标准。
• It seeks to bridge the gap between research and bedside practice and to promote the best clinical practice该刊力求弥合研究与床旁实践之间的鸿沟，并推广最佳临床实践。
• It publishes original papers, short reports and commissioned editorials and reviews, together with an Editor's Choice selection该刊刊载原创论文、短报告与受约社论和综述，并设主编精选（Editor's Choice）。

History

• It was founded in 1925, with its first issue in October 1925, by the Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine, which had been created in 1919 by London consultants after the First World War该刊由研究生医学会于 1925 年创办，创刊号为 1925 年十月，该学会在第一次世界大战后于 1919 年由伦敦一批顾问医师创立。^[1]
• Its first president was Sir William Osler, and the Fellowship pioneered postgraduate medical education in Britain学会首任会长为 Sir William Osler，并在英国首创研究生医学教育体系。
• Its inaugural issue carried two editorials, by Sir William Hale-White and Sir Berkeley Moynihan, and the journal superseded the Fellowship's earlier bulletin while its own title has never changed since 1925创刊号冠有两篇社论，作者为 Sir William Hale-White 与 Sir Berkeley Moynihan，该刊接替了学会早先出版的公报，而自身刊名自 1925 年至今未变。^[2]
• It was published for a long time in London by Blackwell, then for decades by the BMJ Publishing Group on behalf of the Fellowship, and since 1 January 2023 it has been published by Oxford University Press on the Fellowship's behalf该刊长期由伦敦的 Blackwell 出版，其后数十年由 BMJ 出版集团代表学会出版，自 2023 年一月一日起改由牛津大学出版社代表学会出版。
• It is a monthly journal, with volume 102 appearing in 2026, and it follows a subscription model that includes a hybrid open-access option该刊为月刊，2026 年出版第 102 卷，采用订阅制并含混合开放获取选项。
• Its 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 3.6 and its 2025 CiteScore is 6.4, and a centenary supplement marking the years 1925 to 2025 appeared with volume 102其 2025 年期刊影响因子为 3.6，2025 年 CiteScore 为 6.4，并以第 102 卷出版纪念 1925 至 2025 百年的纪念增刊。

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is Bernard Cheung of the University of Hong Kong, whose background is in internal medicine and clinical pharmacology and who has long served the journal, including as a member of the Fellowship's council现任主编为香港大学的 Bernard Cheung，其背景为内科学与临床药理学，长期服务于该刊，并任学会理事会成员。
• The journal has publicly sought associate editors, stating its commitment to an editorial team that reflects its global author and reader base该刊曾公开征集副编辑，声明其致力于打造反映全球作者与读者构成的编辑团队。
• Members of the Fellowship's council take part in the journal, and J. Allister Vale, president of the Fellowship, and Jan Willem F. Elte, a council member, have co-authored its history with the editor-in-chief学会理事会成员深度参与该刊，学会会长 J. Allister Vale 与理事 Jan Willem F. Elte 曾与主编联署其刊物史专文。
• Its editorial board is international and reflects its global readership其编委会国际化，反映其全球读者群。
• All papers undergo peer review, and no pre-submission enquiry is required所有论文均经同行评审，且不要求投稿前问询。
• It places postgraduate and continuing medical education at its core, runs an Editor's Choice collection and has published a centenary supplement in 2025 and 2026该刊以研究生与继续医学教育为核心，设主编精选合集，并于 2025 与 2026 年出版百年纪念增刊。^[3]