High-impact medical journals and peace: a history of involvement.
The aim of this study is to explore the positions of five leading general medical journals (The Lancet, British Medical Journal--BMJ, Journal of American Medical Association--JAMA, New England Journal of Medicine--NEJM, and Annals of Internal Medicine--AIM) toward the issues of collective violence. We calculated the proportion of war-related articles in the total number of articles published in these five high-impact journals, and in the total number of articles indexed in PubMed during the last 60 years. The results showed a continuous increase in the proportion of war-related articles. Our findings suggest that the leading general medical journals have taken an active editorial stance toward the issues of war and peace. We conclude that high-impact medical journals can make an important contribution to efforts aimed at reducing the risks and consequences of war and violence.
Bloom
Joshua D
JD
School of Medicine, Zagreb University, Salata 3, Zagreb 10000, Croatia.
Sambunjak
Dario
D
Sondorp
Egbert
E
D015706:Bibliometrics; D006801:Humans; D018156:Journalism, Medical; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011057:Politics; D014754:Violence; D014857:Warfare