The Ulster Medical Journal is an international general medical journal which publishes contributions on all areas of medical and surgical specialties relevant to a general medical readership. It retains a focus on material relevant to the health of the

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population. All manuscripts are independently refereed. It is owned and published by the

Ulster Medical Society The Ulster Medical Society was formed in Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland, in 1862 through the amalgamation of two older societies, the Belfast Medical Society which was founded in 1806, and the Belfast Clinical and Pathological Society which was fo ...

, itself founded in 1862 with the amalgamation of the Belfast Medical Society (founded 1806) and the Belfast Clinical and Pathological Society (founded 1853) The Ulster Medical Journal is a successor to the "Transactions of the Ulster Medical Society", published from 1862 to 1929 and, the "Transactions of the Belfast Clinical and Pathological Society", published from 1854 to 1860. The journal follows guidelines on editorial independence, produced by the

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, and the code of good practice of the

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Production

The journal is published in January, May and September, by the

, and typeset and printed in the UK by Dorman and Sons Ltd, Belfast. Costs for institutional and personal subscriptions are shown on the Subscription page.

Editors

* 2020 - : Michael Trimble (Honorary Assistant Editors: Philip Toner and Ian Wallace) * 2015-2020 : John Purvis * 2005-2015 : Patrick Morrison * 1995-2005 : Mark Gibson * 1984-1995 : David Hadden * 1975-1984 : Desmond Montgomery (Co-Editor) * 1952-1984 : John Morison * 1948-1951 : Bill Strain (Co-Editor) * 1943-1951 : Robert Marshall * 1932-1942 : Richard Hunter

History

The first issue of the Ulster Medical Journal was published on 1 January 1932. The editorial board consisted of the following medical luminaries:

Initial Editorial Board

Professor W.W.D. Thomson, Professor Andrew Fullerton, Professor R. Johnstone and H.J. Ritchie

Initial Acting Editor

Richard H. Hunter

Indexing and citations

The full archive of the journal is available i
PubMedCentral
and the content is indexed i
PubMed/Medline
Current issues and archival material is also available through the Ulster Medical Society website, ww.ums.ac.uk/issue.html

References

{{Reflist General medical journals Academic journals established in 1932 1932 establishments in Northern Ireland English-language journals Academic journals published by learned and professional societies