The New England Journal of Medicine
New England Journal of Medicine (N Engl J Med or NEJM) is a medical journal with peer-review (peer-review) published by the Massachusetts Medical Society (Massachusetts Medical Society).
History
It was founded in 1812 by John Collins Warren, M.D., who would later become president of the Massachusetts Medical Society (1832), calling it The New England Journal of Medicine and Surgery and the Collateral Branches of Science. In 1828 it merged with the Medical Intelligencer (founded in 1823) and became the weekly Boston Medical and Surgical Journal. In 1914 the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal became the official organ of the Massachusetts Medical Society. In 1921 the Medical Society bought the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal for one dollar.
One Hundred Years Later (1928) changes to its current name The New England Journal of Medicine
According to Journal Citation Reports, the journal has an impact factor of 74,406. Currently (2022, according to Web of Science Group, it has an impact factor of 91,245.
In Google Scholar (2022) it ranks second - behind Nature - in English-language journals with an h-index (referred to as h5-index) of 432.
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Logo
The magazine's logo represents the serpent wrapped in the Rod of Asclepius crossed a feather. The dates in the logo represent the founding of the components of The New England Journal of Medicine: 1812 for New England Journal of Medicine and Surgery and Collateral Branches of Medical Science 1823 for Boston Medical Intelligencer 1828 for Boston Medical and Surgical Journal and 1928 for New England Journal of Medicine.
Publishers
- Walter Prentice Bowers, 1921–1937
- Robert Nason Nye, 1937–1947
- Joseph Garland, 1947–1967
- Franz J. Ingelfinger, 1967-1977
- Arnold S. Relman, 1977–1991
- Jerome P. Kassirer, 1991–1999
- Marcia Angell, 1999–2000
- Jeffrey M. Drazen, 2000-2019
- Eric Rubin 2019-present
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