Medical Journal Format Guides

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Cardiology

Circulation

IF: 37.8

Circulation

Structured AbstractAMA

European Heart Journal

IF: 35.9

Eur Heart J

Structured AbstractESC

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

IF: 14.0

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging

Structured AbstractVancouver

JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions

IF: 11.3

JACC Cardiovasc Interv

Structured AbstractVancouver

JAMA Cardiology

IF: 24.0

JAMA Cardiol

Structured AbstractAMA

Critical Care Medicine

Critical Care Medicine

IF: 8.8

Crit Care Med

Structured AbstractAMA

Journal of Critical Care

IF: 4.3

J Crit Care

Structured AbstractVancouver

Intensive Care Medicine

IF: 38.9

Intensive Care Med

Structured AbstractVancouver

Digital Health / Health Informatics

The Lancet Digital Health

IF: 30.8

Lancet Digit Health

Structured AbstractVancouver

Digital Medicine

npj Digital Medicine

IF: 15.2

NPJ Digit Med

Structured AbstractNature

Endocrinology & Metabolism

Diabetes Care

IF: 16.2

Diabetes Care

Structured AbstractAMA

Thyroid

IF: 5.8

Thyroid

Structured AbstractVancouver

Gastroenterology

American Journal of Gastroenterology

IF: 9.8

Am J Gastroenterol

Structured AbstractVancouver

Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Gastroenterology

IF: 33.6

Gastroenterology

Structured AbstractVancouver

Journal of Hepatology

IF: 26.0

J Hepatol

Structured AbstractVancouver

Hepatology

IF: 13.5

Hepatology

Structured AbstractVancouver

General & Internal Medicine

NEJM

IF: 176.079

N Engl J Med

Structured AbstractAMA

JAMA

IF: 157.335

JAMA

Structured AbstractAMA

The Lancet

IF: 168.9

Lancet

Structured AbstractVancouver

BMJ

IF: 105.7

BMJ

Structured AbstractVancouver

Nature Medicine

IF: 82.9

Nat Med

AbstractNature

PLOS Medicine

IF: 15.869

PLOS Med

Structured AbstractVancouver

EClinicalMedicine

IF: 15.1

EClin Med

Structured AbstractVancouver

Hematology

Blood

IF: 20.3

Blood

Structured AbstractBlood

Infectious Diseases

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

IF: 36.5

Lancet Infect Dis

Structured AbstractVancouver

Clinical Infectious Diseases

IF: 8.2

Clin Infect Dis

Structured AbstractVancouver

Infectious Diseases / HIV

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

IF: 3.2

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr

Structured AbstractVancouver

Infectious Diseases / Microbiology

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

IF: 4.1

Antimicrob Agents Chemother

AbstractASM

Internal Medicine

Annals of Internal Medicine

IF: 39.321

Ann Intern Med

Structured AbstractAMA

JAMA Internal Medicine

IF: 39.0

JAMA Intern Med

Structured AbstractAMA

Nephrology

Journal of Nephrology

IF: 2.4

J Nephrol

Structured AbstractVancouver

Neurology

The Lancet Neurology

IF: 59.9

Lancet Neurol

Structured AbstractVancouver

Stroke

IF: 10.9

Stroke

Structured AbstractAHA

Neuroscience & Psychiatry

Neuropsychopharmacology

IF: 7.8

Neuropsychopharmacology

Structured AbstractNature

Oncology

Journal of Clinical Oncology

IF: 45.3

J Clin Oncol

Structured AbstractASCO

The Lancet Oncology

IF: 51.1

Lancet Oncol

Structured AbstractVancouver

Oncology / Hematology

Leukemia

IF: 11.4

Leukemia

Structured AbstractNature

Ophthalmology

American Journal of Ophthalmology

IF: 4.2

Am J Ophthalmol

Structured AbstractVancouver

Ophthalmology

IF: 6.7

Ophthalmology

Structured AbstractVancouver

Orthopedics & Rheumatology

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

IF: 6.2

J Bone Miner Res

Structured AbstractVancouver

Pediatrics

Pediatrics

IF: 6.2

Pediatrics

Structured AbstractAMA

Psychiatry

American Journal of Psychiatry

IF: 17.7

Am J Psychiatry

Structured AbstractAPA

The British Journal of Psychiatry

IF: 10.6

Br J Psychiatry

Structured AbstractVancouver

JAMA Psychiatry

IF: 25.9

JAMA Psychiatry

Structured AbstractAMA

Pulmonology & Critical Care

CHEST

IF: 10.1

Chest

Structured AbstractAMA

The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

IF: 76.9

Lancet Respir Med

Structured AbstractVancouver

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

IF: 24.9

Am J Respir Crit Care Med

Structured AbstractATS

Radiology

Radiology

IF: 19.7

Radiology

Structured AbstractAMA

Respiratory Medicine

Thorax

IF: 9.3

Thorax

Structured AbstractVancouver

Respirology

IF: 6.9

Respirology

Structured AbstractVancouver

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