英国医学期刊语言特点

The BMJ is an emphatic advocate of 循证医学, and publishes original 研究, clinical reviews, news, editorial perspectives, personal views and career focus articles to mention a Recently, its readership has witnessed a surge in the number of articles focussing on medical 伦理 and health in developing The Journal also releases a number of 'theme issues' every year, when it publishes research and review articles pertaining to the theme Some of the popular theme issues in recent years include 'Health in 非洲', 'Management of Chronic Dieseases' and 'Global Vocies on the 艾滋病 Catastrophe' Apart from these, a special two-week 'Christmas Issue' is released every year, on the Friday preceding the year's C

本期刊创刊于1840年为一分地区性的医学与外科期刊，不过经由其刊出高影响因子的研究论文及独特的临床案例报告(case reports)，很快地获得全世界医生的青睐。长久以来，它的唯一竞争者是柳叶刀医学期刊 (同样是在英国出版)，不过随着全球化的兴起，BMJ已经面临从其它医学期刊来的严苛竞争，尤其是新英格兰医学期刊与JAMA。BMJ被视为主要的综合性医学期刊之一，其它同样性质的医学期刊为新英格兰医学期刊 (N Engl J Med)，美国医学协会期刊 (JAMA)及柳叶刀医学期刊。一些权威机构也把加拿大医学协会期刊 (CMAJ)及内科医学年鉴(Annals of Internal Medicine)含括在核心的综合医学期刊选列里面，纵然后者只是月刊的发行而不像前者为周刊出版方式。在2003年本期刊的影响因子为209。本期刊长久以来不断的在批评影响因子被滥用，特别是在学术机构于研究人员的聘用上以影响因子作为评选条件之不当。