The ''Swiss Medical Weekly'' is a
peer-reviewed open access medical journal published by the SMW supporting association. It was established in 1871 as the ''Correspondenz-Blatt für Schweizer Aerzte'', then renamed to ''Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift'', before obtaining its current title in 2001. SMW was one of the first journals to adhere to the principles of Diamond
open access (also known as Platinum Open Access). The
editors-in-chief
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
are
Adriano Aguzzi and Gérard Waeber.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
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MEDLINE
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/
PubMed
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Science Citation Index Expanded
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Excerpta Medica
According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2021
impact factor
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of 4.203.
Important papers
In 1957
Roland Kuhn published an observational study on the effectiveness of
Imipramine in treating
Depression (mood)
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. Other examples are the fundoplication described by
Rudolf Nissen in 1956 and the first description of a haemolytic-uraemic syndrome by Conrad Gasser in 1955.
See also
* ''
Revue Médicale Suisse''
Notes and references
External links
* {{Official website, https://smw.ch/
General medical journals
English-language journals
Academic journals established in 1971
Weekly journals
Open access journals