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.
- A monthly journal for internists who teach and/or do research
- Practice-based evidence for evidence-based practice
- Highly rated by authors (97% would definitely or probably publish in the journal again)
- Free app available on iTunes and Google Play Store
Journal information
- Co-Editors-in-Chief
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- Steven Asch,
- Carol Bates,
- Jeff Jackson
- Publishing model
- Hybrid. Open Access options available
Journal metrics
- 4.597 (2019)
- Impact factor
- 4.950 (2019)
- Five year impact factor
- 27 days
- Submission to first decision
- 81 days
- Submission to acceptance
- 1,484,175 (2019)
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Journal updates
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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.
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Introducing JGIM's Editors-in-Chief
The Journal of General Internal Medicine
(JGIM) is
proud to have three Editors-in-Chief for the journal including Steven M Asch, Carol Bates, and Jeffrey L Jackson.
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Supplement Issue: Improving Care Coordination for Veterans Within VA and Across Healthcare Systems
Volume 34, Issue 1 Supplement, May 2019
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Societies, partners and affiliations
About this journal
- Electronic ISSN
- 1525-1497
- Print ISSN
- 0884-8734
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- BIOSIS
- Biological Abstracts
- CAB Abstracts
- CNKI
- Current Contents/Clinical Medicine
- Dimensions
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- EMBASE
- Google Scholar
- Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China
- Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
- Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition
- Medline
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- ProQuest Algology, Mycology and Protozoology Abstracts (Microbiology C)
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- ProQuest Biological Science Database
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- Science Citation Index
- Science Citation Index Expanded (SciSearch)
- Semantic Scholar
- UGC-CARE List (India)
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