The Journal of General Internal Medicine is the official journal of the Society of General Internal Medicine. It promotes improved patient care, research, and education in primary care, general internal medicine, and hospital medicine. Its articles focus on topics such as clinical medicine, epidemiology, prevention, health care delivery, curriculum development, and numerous other non-traditional themes, in addition to classic clinical research on problems in internal medicine.

JGIM is ranked #1 in the Google Scholar H-5 Index of Primary Health Care, with a 2019 H-5 Index of 57.

Why publish with us

  • We are the official journal of the Society of General Internal Medicine, received by all Society members and ranked #1 in the Google Scholar H-5 Index of Primary Health Care.
  • Highly accessible through SpringerLink, we publish to a broad audience, recording approximately 1.5 million article downloads each year.
  • The journal publishes practice-based evidence to support evidence-based practice, in internal medicine, primary care and hospital medicine.
  • With our rigorous and swift peer review process, the journal is highly rated by authors, with over 80% reporting an excellent or good publishing experience with us. 

Journal information

Co-Editors-in-Chief
  • Steven Asch,
  • Carol Bates,
  • Jeff Jackson
Publishing model
Hybrid (Transformative Journal). Learn about publishing Open Access with us

Journal metrics

4.597 (2019)
Impact factor
4.950 (2019)
Five year impact factor
29 days
Submission to first decision
139 days
Submission to acceptance
2,548,116 (2020)
Downloads

Latest issue

Volume 36

Issue 2, February 2021

Latest articles

This journal has 486 open access articles
View all articles

Journal updates

  • COVID-19 and impact on peer review

    As a result of the significant disruption that is being caused by the COVID-19 pandemic we are very aware that many researchers will have difficulty in meeting the timelines associated with our peer review process during normal times.  Please do let us know if you need additional time. Our systems will continue to remind you of the original timelines but we intend to be highly flexible at this time.

  • Article Collections

    Click here to see the article collections that the journal has published in recent years, including a collection of relevant articles and other resources published in Journal of General Internal Medicine regarding COVID-19.

  • Society Updates

    SGIM Forum is the official newsletter of the Society of General Internal Medicine! SGIM Forum offers articles, essays, thought pieces and editorials that reflect on health care trends, report on Society activities, and explore important issues for general internists in U.S. healthcare and globally.

  • Introducing JGIM's Editors-in-Chief

    The Journal of General Internal MedicineJGIM Logo 3 (JGIM) is 

    proud to have three Editors-in-Chief for the journal including Steven M Asch, Carol Bates, and Jeffrey L Jackson. 

View all updates

Societies, partners and affiliations

For authors

Submission guidelines Ethics & disclosures Fees and funding Contact the journal Submit manuscript

Explore

Online first articles Volumes and issues Collections Sign up for alerts

Subscribe

eJournal
$79.00
Note this is only the net price. Taxes will be calculated during checkout.
  • Immediate online access with complete access to all articles starting 1997
  • Downloadable in PDF format
  • Subscription expires 12/31/2021
Learn about institutional subscriptions

About this journal

Electronic ISSN
1525-1497
Print ISSN
0884-8734
Abstracted and indexed in
  1. BIOSIS
  2. Biological Abstracts
  3. CAB Abstracts
  4. CNKI
  5. Current Contents/Clinical Medicine
  6. Dimensions
  7. EBSCO Academic Search
  8. EBSCO Biomedical Reference Collection
  9. EBSCO CINAHL
  10. EBSCO Discovery Service
  11. EBSCO Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
  12. EBSCO STM Source
  13. EMBASE
  14. Google Scholar
  15. Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China
  16. Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
  17. Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition
  18. Medline
  19. Naver
  20. OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
  21. ProQuest Agricultural & Environmental Science Database
  22. ProQuest Algology, Mycology and Protozoology Abstracts (Microbiology C)
  23. ProQuest Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B)
  24. ProQuest Biological Science Database
  25. ProQuest Central
  26. ProQuest Environmental Science
  27. ProQuest Genetics Abstracts
  28. ProQuest Health & Medical Collection
  29. ProQuest Health Research Premium Collection
  30. ProQuest Healthcare Administration Database
  31. ProQuest Medical Database
  32. ProQuest Natural Science Collection
  33. ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Database
  34. ProQuest Pharma Collection
  35. ProQuest Research Library
  36. ProQuest SciTech Premium Collection
  37. ProQuest Virology and AIDS Abstracts
  38. ProQuest-ExLibris Primo
  39. ProQuest-ExLibris Summon
  40. PubMedCentral
  41. Reaxys
  42. SCImago
  43. SCOPUS
  44. Science Citation Index
  45. Science Citation Index Expanded (SciSearch)
  46. Semantic Scholar
  47. TD Net Discovery Service
  48. UGC-CARE List (India)
Copyright information

Rights and permissions

Springer policies

© Society of General Internal Medicine