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

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established in 1986 and covering

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. It is published by

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and is the official journal of the

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. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2020

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of 2.466. It is an official journal of the

Editors-in-chief

The following persons have been

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of the journal:: * 1986-1989 Robert H, Fletcher & Suzanne W. Fletcher * 1990-1994 David C. Dale * 1995-1999 Sankey V. Williams * 2000-2004 Eric Bass * 2004-2009 William Tierney & Martha Gerrity * 2009-2017 Richard Kravitz & Mitch Feldman * 2017-2023 Steve Asch, Carol Bates, & Jeffrey Jackson The current (2023-present) editors-in-chief are Joseph Conigliaro ( Zucker School of Medicine), D. Michael Elnicki (

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), and Lenny López (

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References

External links

* {{Official website, https://www.sgim.org/jgim-home Academic journals established in 1986 Internal medicine journals English-language journals Springer Science+Business Media academic journals Monthly journals