Rambam_Maimonides_Medical_Journal
Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal
Academic journal
The Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal is a quarterly international, peer-reviewed, Open Access medical journal sponsored by Rambam Health Care Campus covering medical research, in the spirit of Maimonides.[1][2] The journal was established in July 2010[3] and the editor-in-chief is Shraga Blazer.
The Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal charges no submission, publication, or subscription fees[4] and is supported by donors.[5] The journal also has a no-advertisement policy.[6]
The journal is abstracted and indexed in PubMed Central, EBSCO Information Services,[7] the Emerging Sources Citation Index,[8] SCOPUS,[9] Journal Citation Reports (JCR),[10] the Directory of Open Access Journals,[11] Cabell's Scholarly Analytics, and Google Scholar. It is also a CrossRef member.
The journal has a JCR impact factor (IF) of 1.5 for 2022; and a 2022 SCOPUS CiteScore Factor of 2.6.[9][12]
The journal has published multiple articles of interest that have been cross-posted on university websites,[13] medical societies,[14] businesses,[15] and more. The Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal is known in particular for publishing articles relating to ethics,[16] Jewish law and medicine,[17][18] controversial topics of strong potential benefit to the academic and medical communities,[19][20][21] and the history of medicine -- particularly with regard to Judaism and Jewish contributions to medicine.[22][23]
