Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine

The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine is a quarterly open-access journal edited by Yale graduate, medical and professional students, founded in 1928 and published by the Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine, Inc., with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 4.8.《耶鲁生物学与医学杂志》（Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine）是耶鲁大学非营利出版机构出版的开放获取季刊，由研究生、医学生与专业学生编辑，创刊于 1928 年，2025 年期刊影响因子为 4.8。

Scope

• The journal showcases outstanding research articles from all areas of biology and medicine, together with significant case reviews and reviews of the current state of the field.刊物发表生物学与医学各领域的优秀研究论文，并刊载重要病例综述与学科现状综述。
• It also publishes perspectives on personal experiences in medicine, policy analyses, book and software reviews, and proceedings of international symposia.刊物还发表个人从医经历评述、政策分析、图书与软件评议以及国际研讨会论文集。
• Festschrifts honoring notable Yale medical faculty and annual abstracts of Yale MD theses form further standing features.向耶鲁著名医学教授致敬的纪念文集与耶鲁医学博士论文年度摘要是刊物的常设内容。
• Since June 2015 every issue has been devoted to a single focus topic, and off-topic manuscripts are no longer considered.自 2015 年 6 月起每期围绕单一焦点主题编排，不再接受偏离主题的稿件。
• Recent focus topics have ranged from epigenetics and kinase signaling to neglected tropical diseases and the history of medicine.近期焦点主题涵盖表观遗传学、激酶信号传导、被忽视热带病与医学史等。
• An arts and humanities section publishes essays, interviews, fiction and reflections connected to medicine.设人文艺术栏目，刊发与医学相关的随笔、访谈、小说与思考文字。

History

• The journal was founded in 1928 by Milton C. Winternitz, dean of the Yale School of Medicine from 1920 to 1935, as a vehicle for publishing students' original thesis research.刊物由 1920 年至 1935 年任耶鲁医学院院长的（Milton C. Winternitz）创办于 1928 年，初衷是发表学生的原创论文研究。
• The first issue, volume 1 number 1, appeared in October 1928, and the journal has been in continuous publication since, making it the oldest medical student publication still in print.第 1 卷第 1 期于 1928 年 10 月出版，此后连续出版至今，是仍在印行的最古老医学学生刊物。
• Originally printing only manuscripts from within Yale, it has since expanded its authorship to contributors within and outside the university.创刊初期只刊印耶鲁校内稿件，此后作者范围扩展到校内外。
• It has been indexed at the National Library of Medicine since 1949 and is an open-access publication through PubMed Central, also listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals.刊物自 1949 年起被美国国家医学图书馆收录，现经（PubMed Central）开放获取，并收入开放获取期刊目录（DOAJ）。
• Coverage in the Science Citation Index Expanded and the Journal Citation Reports began with volume 90 in 2017.自 2017 年第 90 卷起进入科学引文索引扩展版与期刊引用报告。
• The 2025 impact factor is 4.8, after 3.9 in 2024, 3.434 in 2022 and 3.026 in 2021, with a Scopus CiteScore of 5.1 for 2024.2025 年影响因子为 4.8，此前 2024 年为 3.9，2022 年为 3.434，2021 年为 3.026，2024 年（Scopus）CiteScore 为 5.1。

Editors

• The journal is led by two editors-in-chief, Charlotte Godfrey and Aden Alemayhu, both of the Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale.刊物由两位主编共同领导，分别为耶鲁分子生物物理与生物化学系的（Charlotte Godfrey）与（Aden Alemayhu）。
• Hayley Serpa of the Program in the History of Science and Medicine serves as managing editor, and deputy editors are appointed for each focus issue.科学史与医学项目的（Hayley Serpa）任管理编辑，各焦点期另设副主编。
• The Board of Editors consists of students from the Yale School of Medicine and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, with about fifteen students joining each year.编辑委员会由耶鲁医学院与文理研究生院的学生组成，每年约有十五名学生加入。
• A permanent board of medical faculty advises the students, and the board meets monthly to consider manuscript reviews and other matters of academic publishing.医学教师组成的常设顾问委员会为学生提供咨询，编委会每月开会审议稿件评审及其他学术出版事务。
• Every manuscript is analyzed by a faculty-student team, and each student reports the joint review to the Board of Editors.每篇稿件均由教师与学生组成的小组审读，学生再向编辑委员会汇报联合评审结果。
• All publication costs are covered by the journal, content is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0, and a colloquium series begun in 2013 and a podcast series begun in 2016 accompany each issue.刊物承担全部出版费用，内容采用（CC BY-NC 4.0）许可，并自 2013 年起设同期学术讲座、2016 年起设播客系列。