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Saudi Medical Journal

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Abbreviated title (ISO 4)
  
Saudi. Med. J

Edited by
  
Fahdah Alokaily

Frequency
  
Monthly

Discipline
  
Medicine

Publication history
  
1979-present

Open access
  
Yes

The Saudi Medical Journal is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal. It is an open access journal, with content released under a Creative Commons attribution-noncommercial license.

Contents

The journal publishes original research articles, review articles, Systematic Reviews, Case Reports, Brief Communication, Brief Report, Clinical Note, Clinical Image, Editorials, Book Reviews, Correspondence, and Student Corner.

Indexing and abstracting

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2014 impact factor of 0.588. The journal has been in the Thomson-Reuters database since 1992. The journal is indexed in the following bibliographic databases:

  • Saudi Medical Journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)
  • MEDLINE/Index Medicus (National Library of Medicine) available through PubMed
  • PubMed Central
  • Europe PMC
  • EMR Index Medicus
  • Excerpta Medica Database (EMBASE)
  • BIOBASE

    • Editors

  • Founding Editor: Abd El-Hameed El-Faraidi (1979-1999)
  • Previous Editors-In-Chief:
  • John Muir (1980-1984)
  • Rasheed Al-Kuhaymi (1984-1991)
  • David A. Price Evans (1983-1993)
  • Basim A. Yaqub (1995-2004)
  • Saleh M. Al-Deeb (1994-2009)
  • Saud Al-Omani (2009-2012)
  • Ali AlBarrak (2012-2015)

    • History

    The journal was established in 1979. In 1985 publishing was transferred from London to Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

    References

    Saudi Medical Journal Wikipedia
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