Qjm-an International Journal of Medicine

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine is a monthly peer-reviewed general medical journal published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland, founded in 1907, and it holds a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 8.9《QJM：国际医学杂志》（QJM: An International Journal of Medicine）是（Oxford University Press）代表大不列颠与爱尔兰医师协会出版的月刊同行评审综合医学期刊，1907 年创办，2025 年影响因子为 8.9。

Scope

• The journal focuses on internal medicine and publishes peer-reviewed articles that promote medical science and practice该刊以内科学为重点，发表推动医学科学与临床实践的同行评审论文。
• Each issue includes original papers, editorials and reviews每期包含原创论文、社论与综述。
• It also carries commentary papers that air controversial issues and a correspondence column该刊还设有讨论争议问题的评论文章与读者来信栏目。
• A strategic focus is medical education, with case reports and clinical cases that illustrate the classical examinations for undergraduates and postgraduates医学教育是其战略重点之一，发表面向本科与研究生、可演示经典病例的病例报告与临床病例。
• It reports advances in diagnosis and treatment, with emphasis on growing points of current clinical interest该刊报道诊断与治疗方面的进展，重点关注当前临床热点。
• The journal welcomes contributions with a pathophysiological approach that link clinical and basic science该刊欢迎连接临床与基础科学的病理生理学取向稿件。

History

• The journal was founded in 1907 as the Quarterly Journal of Medicine by Sir William Osler, who remained a senior editor until his death in 1919该刊 1907 年由（Sir William Osler）以《医学季刊》之名创办，他本人任高级编辑直至 1919 年去世。
• It is the official journal of the Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland它是大不列颠与爱尔兰医师协会的官方刊物。
• The title was changed from the Quarterly Journal of Medicine to QJM: An International Journal of Medicine in 1994, and it has been published by Oxford University Press since then该刊于 1994 年由《医学季刊》更名为（QJM: An International Journal of Medicine），此后由（Oxford University Press）出版。
• It appears monthly and has maintained continuous publication for well over a century该刊以月刊出版，已保持一百多年的连续出版。
• Its Journal Impact Factor stood at 3.21 in 2021 and 14.04 in 2022, then 6.4 in 2024 and 8.9 in 2025其影响因子 2021 年为 3.21、2022 年为 14.04，2024 年为 6.4、2025 年为 8.9。
• It is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and ranked 20th among 336 titles in Medicine, General and Internal该刊被（SCIE）收录，在医学综合与内科学类 336 种刊中排名第 20。^[1]

Editors

• Seamas Donnelly of Trinity College Dublin in Ireland is the Editor-in-Chief主编为爱尔兰都柏林圣三一学院（Trinity College Dublin）的（Seamas Donnelly）。
• For potentially high-impact papers the journal offers a fast-track review service aiming at a first decision within 72 hours对有较高影响力的稿件，该刊提供快速评审通道，目标是在 72 小时内给出初审决定。
• Authors who wish to use the fast-track route should contact the editorial team at least one week before submitting希望走快速通道的作者应在投稿前至少一周联系编辑部。
• The Editor-in-Chief writes a monthly column, Elements in this month's issue, that introduces selected content主编每月撰写「本期要目」专栏，介绍当期刊载的重点内容。
• Editor's Choice articles selected by the Editor-in-Chief are free to read online由主编选出的「编辑精选」文章可在线免费阅读。
• The journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics and follows its guidance on publication ethics该刊是出版伦理委员会（Committee on Publication Ethics）成员，并遵循其出版伦理准则。