The BMJ

The BMJ is a general medical journal published by BMJ Publishing Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of the British Medical Association, founded in 1840 as the Provincial Medical and Surgical Journal, and it remains one of the world's leading general medical journals, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 55.1（The BMJ）是由 BMJ 出版集团（英国医学会的全资子公司）出版的综合性医学期刊，1840 年以（Provincial Medical and Surgical Journal）创刊，至今仍是全球领先的综合性医学期刊之一，2025 年影响因子为 55.1。

Scope

• The BMJ gives priority to original and robust research studies that can improve decision making in medical practice, policy, education or future research and that matter to general medical readers internationally（The BMJ）优先刊载能改善医学实践、政策、教育或未来研究决策、且对国际综合医学读者重要的原创且严谨的研究。
• It is particularly interested in evaluations of the comparative effectiveness of interventions它尤其关注干预措施比较效果的评价研究。
• It publishes reviews, expert analysis, authoritative opinion and medical education content alongside original research除原创研究外，还刊载综述、专家分析、权威评论与医学教育内容。
• Its content is organised into four main streams, namely research, education, news and views, and campaigns其内容分为四大板块，即研究、教育、新闻与观点以及倡议行动。
• Rapid Recommendations provide clinical guidance that is updated when new practice-changing evidence becomes available「快速推荐」提供临床指导，并在出现改变实践的新证据时更新。
• As a hybrid of a scholarly journal and a magazine, it covers clinical practice, health policy, medical education and the health of doctors作为学术期刊与杂志的结合体，它涵盖临床实践、卫生政策、医学教育与医生健康。
• All research papers are published open access and are deposited directly in PubMed Central所有研究论文均以开放获取发表，并直接存入 PubMed Central。

History

• It published its first weekly edition on 3 October 1840 as the Provincial Medical and Surgical Journal该刊于 1840 年 10 月 3 日以（Provincial Medical and Surgical Journal）出版其首期周报。
• It merged with the London Journal of Medicine in January 1853 to become the Associated Medical Journal, and in January 1857 took the name British Medical Journal1853 年 1 月它与（London Journal of Medicine）合并为（Associated Medical Journal），1857 年 1 月改称（British Medical Journal）。
• The title was shortened to BMJ in 1988 and then changed to The BMJ in 2014该刊名于 1988 年简写为（BMJ），2014 年改为（The BMJ）。^[1]
• Its first editors were P. Hennis Green and Robert Streeten, who set out to advance the profession and to disseminate medical knowledge其首任编辑为 P. Hennis Green 与 Robert Streeten，以推动行业进步、传播医学知识为宗旨。
• Landmark papers include the first centrally randomised controlled trial, on streptomycin for pulmonary tuberculosis, in 1948, and Richard Doll's studies linking smoking to lung cancer in 1950 and 1954里程碑论文包括 1948 年首项中心随机对照试验（链霉素治疗肺结核），以及 Richard Doll 于 1950 年与 1954 年发表的吸烟与肺癌关系研究。^[2]
• It was the first major medical journal to launch a website in 1995, went fully online in 1998, adopted open peer review in 1999 and made research articles open access in 2008它是首家在 1995 年推出网站的大型医学期刊，1998 年全面上线，1999 年采用开放同行评审，2008 年研究论文转为开放获取。
• It has published a Christmas Edition since 1982 and launched Rapid Recommendations in 2016该刊自 1982 年起出版圣诞专辑，并于 2016 年推出「快速推荐」。
• Its Journal Impact Factor rose from 42.7 in 2024 to 55.1 in 2025其影响因子由 2024 年的 42.7 升至 2025 年的 55.1。

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is Kamran Abbasi, a doctor, journalist and broadcaster who was appointed in December 2021 and is an honorary visiting professor of primary care and public health at Imperial College London现任主编 Kamran Abbasi 为医生、记者与广播人，2021 年 12 月获任命，并任伦敦帝国理工学院初级保健与公共卫生荣誉访问教授。
• He is also editor of the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine and JRSM Open他还兼任（Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine）与（JRSM Open）主编。
• The executive editor is Theodora Bloom, the head of research is Elizabeth Loder and the head of journalism is Rebecca Coombes执行编辑为 Theodora Bloom，研究主管为 Elizabeth Loder，新闻主管为 Rebecca Coombes。
• The head of scholarly comment is Jocalyn Clark and the managing editor is Juliet Dobson学术评论主管为 Jocalyn Clark，执行编辑为 Juliet Dobson。
• For research and analysis papers peer review is fully open, with the whole prepublication history posted alongside accepted papers, and reviewers are asked to sign their reports研究与分析类论文采用完全开放同行评审，被接受论文旁会公布完整预发表历史，评审人须署名其评审意见。
• The journal publishes about 7 per cent of the 7000 to 8000 articles it receives each year, and roughly two thirds of submissions are rejected without external peer review该刊每年收到约 7000 至 8000 篇稿件，仅发表约 7%，约三分之二稿件未经外部同行评审即被拒。
• The British Medical Association grants editorial freedom to the editor, and the journal follows the guidelines of WAME, COPE, ICMJE and the EQUATOR network英国医学会授予主编编辑自由，该刊遵循 WAME、COPE、ICMJE 与 EQUATOR 网络的准则。