The ''Journal of Internal Medicine'' is a monthly

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covering all aspects of internal medicine. It was established in 1863 and is published by

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on behalf of the Association for the Publication of the Journal of Internal Medicine. The

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History

The journal was established in 1863 as ''Medicinskt Archiv'' by

Axel Key Ernst Axel Henrik Key (25 October 1832 – 27 December 1901) was a Swedish pathologist, member of parliament, writer and rector at Karolinska Institute. Biography Upbringing and education Key was born in 1832 in Johannisberg in Flisby sock ...

(Karolinska Institute). It covered the broad field of

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, but accepted only contributions from Sweden written in Swedish. However, it soon became more international and in 1869 it was renamed ''Nordiskt Medicinskt Arkiv'', accepting articles from all Nordic countries in Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian, with abstracts in German. In 1901, the journal was divided into two sections, one for internal medicine and one for surgery. The two parts were in 1919 fully separated into ''Acta Medica Scandinavica'' and ''Acta Chirurgica Scandinavica''. ''Acta Medica Scandinavica'' covered general internal medicine and articles were later accepted also from the Netherlands. In 1989 the journal was renamed ''Journal of Internal Medicine'' and became a fully international journal publishing articles in English from all over the world.

Editors

The founding editor in 1863 was Axel Key, professor of pathological anatomy (Karolinska Institute), who remained editor until 1900. He was succeeded 1901–1918 by

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, professor of pharmacology (Karolinska Institute).

Israel Holmgren Israel Frithiofsson Holmgren (1871–1961) was a Swedish scientist, physician and professor at the Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm. Politically he was a liberal and a teetotaler. He was the son of professor Frithiof Holmgren and writ ...

professor of medicine (Karolinska Institute) was editor of ''Acta Medica Scandinavica'' 1919 to 1957, followed by

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, professor of medicine (Karolinska Institute; 1958-1972) and

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, professor of practical medicine (University of Lund; 1973-1981). Lars Erik Böttiger, professor of medicine (

) was editor-in-chief 1981-1995. He was succeeded in 1996 by

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, professor of medicine (Karolinska Institute), who in his turn was succeeded in 2006 by

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. Since 2022 the editor-in-chief is

Abstracting and indexing

According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2021

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of 13,068, ranking 16th of 172 journals in the category "Medicine General & Internal".

References

External links

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