Medical journal A medical journal is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that communicates medical information to physicians, other health professionals. Journals that cover many medical specialties are sometimes called general medical journals. History The first ...

s are published regularly to communicate new research to

clinician A clinician is a health care professional typically employed at a skilled nursing facility or clinic. Clinicians work directly with patients rather than in a laboratory or as a researcher. A clinician may diagnose, treat, and otherwise care for pa ...

medical scientist Medicine is the science and practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care practice ...

s, and other healthcare workers. This article lists

academic journal An academic journal or scholarly journal is a periodical publication in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as permanent and transparent forums for the presentation, scrutiny, and ...

s that focus on the practice of

medicine Medicine is the science and Praxis (process), practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, Preventive medicine, prevention, therapy, treatment, Palliative care, palliation of their injury or disease, and Health promotion ...

or any

medical specialty A medical specialty is a branch of medical practice that is focused on a defined group of patients, diseases, skills, or philosophy. Examples include those branches of medicine that deal exclusively with children (paediatrics), cancer (oncology), ...

. Journals are listed alphabetically by journal name, and also grouped by the subfield of medicine they focus on. Journals for other fields of healthcare can be found at List of healthcare journals.

Journals by name

Journals by specialty

Allergy

* ''

Allergy Allergies, also known as allergic diseases, refer a number of conditions caused by the hypersensitivity of the immune system to typically harmless substances in the environment. These diseases include Allergic rhinitis, hay fever, Food allerg ...

'' * '' Journal of Asthma''

Anesthesiology

* '' Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica'' * ''

Anaesthesia Anesthesia is a state of controlled, temporary loss of sensation or awareness that is induced for medical or veterinary purposes. It may include some or all of analgesia (relief from or prevention of pain), paralysis (muscle relaxation), am ...

'' * '' Anesthesia & Analgesia'' * ''

Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia ''Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed open-access medical journal published by Medknow Publications on behalf of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular Thoracic Anaesthesiologists. It covers anesthesia, anaesthesia as rel ...

'' * '' British Journal of Anaesthesia'' * '' The Clinical Journal of Pain'' * ''

Current Opinion in Anesthesiology ''Current Opinion in Anesthesiology'' is a bimonthly peer-reviewed medical journal A medical journal is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that communicates medical information to physicians, other health professionals. Journals that cover many me ...

'' * '' European Journal of Anaesthesiology'' * '' Korean Journal of Anesthesiology'' * ''

Pain Pain is a distressing feeling often caused by intense or damaging stimuli. The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as "an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with, ...

'' * '' Le Praticien en Anesthésie Réanimation'' * '' Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia''

Cleft palate and craniofacial anomalies

* '' The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal''

Dentistry

List of dental journals {{Short description, none This is a list of medical journals in dentistry by specialty. Periodontics *''Journal of Clinical Periodontology'' *''Journal of Indian Society of Periodontology'' *''Journal of Periodontology'' Orthodontics *''American J ...

Pharmaceutical sciences

* ''

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews ''Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews'' is a Peer review, peer-reviewed medical journal covering research involving the controlled release and delivery of drugs and other biologically active agents. The editor-in-chief is H. Ghandehari. Abstracting a ...

'' * ''

Health Economics Health economics is a branch of economics concerned with issues related to efficiency, effectiveness, value and behavior in the production and consumption of health and healthcare. Health economics is important in determining how to impr ...

'' * '' International Journal of Medical Sciences'' * '' International Journal of Pharmaceutics'' * '' Journal of Controlled Release''

Pharmacology

* ''

Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics ''Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics'' is a bimonthly peer-reviewed medical journal concerned with the effects of drugs on the human gastrointestinal and hepato-biliary systems, particularly with relevance to clinical practice. The journal publ ...

'' * '' The Annals of Pharmacotherapy'' * '' Clinical Pharmacology: Advances and Applications'' * ''

Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics ''Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics'' is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal which covers research on the nature, action, efficacy, and evaluation of therapeutics. The editor-in-chief is Piet van der GraafCetara. The journal was establishe ...

'' * ''

Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery ''Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery'' is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal publishing review articles covering all aspects of research on drug delivery, from initial concept to potential therapy, therapeutic application and final relevance in c ...

'' * ''

Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery ''Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery'' is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal publishing review articles on novel technologies involved in drug discovery. The editor-in-chief is David Janero from Northeastern University. Abstracting and indexin ...

'' * '' Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology'' * '' Expert Opinion on Drug Safety'' * ''

Expert Opinion on Emerging Drugs ''Expert Opinion on Emerging Drugs'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed medical journal publishing structured reviews on drugs/drug classes emerging onto the market across all therapy areas. Each review includes an "expert opinion" section, in which auth ...

'' * '' Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs'' * ''

Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy ''Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy'' is a peer-reviewed medical journal publishing review articles and original papers on new Pharmacotherapy, pharmacotherapies. It is published by Informa and the editor-in-chief is Dimitri P. Mikhailidis (Royal F ...

'' * '' Indian Journal of Pharmacology'' * '' The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics'' * '' Scientia Pharmaceutica''

Plastic Surgery

* ''

Annals of Plastic Surgery ''Annals of Plastic Surgery'' is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering all aspects of plastic and reconstructive surgery. It is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins and the editor-in-chief is William C. Lineaweaver (Joseph M. S ...

'' * '' Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery''

Psychiatry

* ''

American Journal of Psychiatry ''The American Journal of Psychiatry'' is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering all aspects of psychiatry, and is the official journal of the American Psychiatric Association. The first volume was issued in 1844, at which time it was k ...

'' * '' Archives of General Psychiatry'' * ''

Biological Psychiatry Biological psychiatry or biopsychiatry is an approach to psychiatry that aims to understand mental disorder in terms of the biological function of the nervous system. It is interdisciplinary in its approach and draws on sciences such as neuroscie ...

'' * ''

British Journal of Psychiatry The ''British Journal of Psychiatry'' is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering all branches of psychiatry with a particular emphasis on the clinical aspects of each topic. The journal is owned by the Royal College of Psychiatrists and publishe ...

'' * '' Journal of Clinical Psychiatry'' * ''

Journal of Psychopharmacology The ''Journal of Psychopharmacology'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Sage Publications on behalf of the British Association for Psychopharmacology. It was established in 1987 and is a member of the Committee on Publica ...

'' * ''

Molecular Psychiatry ''Molecular Psychiatry'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Nature Publishing Group. It covers research in biological psychiatry. Abstracting and indexing The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the '' Journal Ci ...

'' * ''

Neuropsychopharmacology Neuropsychopharmacology, an interdisciplinary science related to psychopharmacology (study of effects of drugs on the mind) and fundamental neuroscience, is the study of the neural mechanisms that drugs act upon to influence behavior. It entails ...

'' * '' Schizophrenia Bulletin'' * ''

Schizophrenia Research ''Schizophrenia Research'' is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering research on the cause, clinical diagnostics, and treatment of schizophrenia. It is an official journal of the Schizophrenia International Research Society and was established ...

Sports Medicine

* ''

American Journal of Sports Medicine ''American Journal of Sports Medicine'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of Sport Sciences. The journal's editor is Bruce Reider, MD. It has been in publication since 1972 and is currently published by SAGE P ...

'' * ''

British Journal of Sports Medicine The ''British Journal of Sports Medicine'' is a twice-monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering sports science and sports medicine including sport physiotherapy. It is published by the BMJ Group. It was established in 1964 and the editor-in- ...

'' * '' Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine'' * '' European Review of Aging and Physical Activity'' * ''

Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews ''Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed review journal covering sports medicine and exercise science. It was established in 1973 as a hardcover book series, and became a quarterly peer-reviewed journal in January 2000. ...

'' * '' The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research'' * '' Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise'' * ''

The Physician and Sportsmedicine ''The Physician and Sportsmedicine'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed medical journal covering sports medicine. It is published by Informa Healthcare and was established in 1973. The journal is abstracted and indexed in Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed ...

'' * '' Research in Sports Medicine'' * '' Sports Health''

Toxicology

* ''

Journal of Applied Toxicology The ''Journal of Applied Toxicology'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published since 1981 by John Wiley & Sons. It covers all aspects of toxicology and publishes reviews and research articles on mechanistic, fundamental, and applied ...

'' * ''

Toxicology Toxicology is a scientific discipline, overlapping with biology, chemistry, pharmacology, and medicine, that involves the study of the adverse effects of chemical substances on living organisms and the practice of diagnosing and treating expos ...

'' * '' Toxicology and Industrial Health'' * ''

Toxicologic Pathology ''Toxicologic Pathology'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering the field of toxicology. The editor-in-chief is Kevin A. Keane, a toxicologic pathologist employed at (Novo Nordisk A/S, Måløv, Denmark). It was established in 1972 and is pu ...

'' * ''

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology ''Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal which covers legal aspects of toxicological and pharmacological regulations. It is published by Elsevier on behalf of the International Society of Regulatory ...

Defunct medical journals

* '' Human Resources Development Journal'' * ''

Medical Press and Circular ''Medical Press and Circular'' was a medical publication from Dublin, Ireland. It was established in 1866 with the merger of the ''Dublin Medical Press'' and the ''Medical Circular''. Its masthead featured a Latin language version of the Cicero mo ...

'' * '' Medical World'' * '' The Zoist''

External links

Free Medical JournalsCatalog
of

National Library of Medicine The United States National Library of Medicine (NLM), operated by the United States federal government, is the world's largest medical library. Located in Bethesda, Maryland, the NLM is an institute within the National Institutes of Health. It ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:List of Medical Journals List of medical journals Medical journals Medical j

Journals by name

Journals by specialty

Allergy

Anesthesiology

Cleft palate and craniofacial anomalies

Dentistry

Pharmaceutical sciences

Pharmacology

Plastic Surgery

Psychiatry

Sports Medicine

Toxicology

Defunct medical journals

See also

External links