title: The discipline and literature of general practice.
abstract: In response to a review recently carried out by the Royal College of General Practitioners, the British Journal of General Practice is soon to be issued in a new and expanded format. While continuing to develop its primary role as a leading scientific journal of record, the journal will accommodate a monthly selection of integrated news, information and features. The editorial board welcomes the opportunities provided by these changes, but wishes to emphasize the continuing importance of general practice as a scientific discipline in its own right and to reaffirm its commitment to the publication of high-quality, peer-reviewed original research papers. It is hoped that the newlook journal will have a wide appeal. But, as the first-and still the foremost-journal of general practice in the world, it will continue to be a journal of record serving both its authors and the academic community worldwide.
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: O'Dowd
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dunn
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hannay
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Kinmonth
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Waine
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wilmot
mesh_terms: D005194:Family Practice; D017712:Peer Review, Research; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D011643:Publishing; D006113:United Kingdom