Canadian Medical Association Journal

CMAJ is a peer-reviewed general medical journal that publishes original clinical research, commentaries, analyses, and reviews of clinical topics, health news, clinical practice updates and thought-provoking editorials. CMAJ has had substantial impact on health care and the practice of medicine in Canada and around the world.CMAJ's interim editor-in-chief is Dr. Diane Kelsall. Meet the journal's international team of medical editors. CMAJ's Impact Factor is 6.0 (ISI Web of Science, June 2015 — reflecting the year 2014). View the journal's past impact factors.New articles are published every Monday at noon (EDT). Regular news coverage of CMAJ articles in Canadian and international media ensures knowledge transfer and profile for authors who publish with us. Our website gets more than 2 million hits each year. We receive close to 2,000 content submissions per year, from authors around the world.CMAJ produces 18 print issues yearly. Browse our most recent print issue. All CMAJ publications are also accessible through the PubMed Central collection of journals at the National Library of Medicine.