Published since 1883, JAMA offers unparalleled reach and an author-friendly approach from manuscript submission through publication. JAMA reaches physicians, other health professionals, researchers, policy makers, librarians, journalists, and others interested in medicine and public health throughout the world. JAMA provides the following:
Prompt Decisions, Rapid Publication Timelines
- Time to first decision overall: 4 days; with review: 41 days
- 36 days from submission to acceptance (including review and author revision) for all articles; 14 days for articles published Online First
- 37 days from acceptance to publication; 20 days for articles published Online First
- Highly selective peer review and editorial evaluation, with 9% acceptance rate of nearly 6600 annual submissions
- JAMA-EXPRESS and Online First publication: Expedited peer review, revision, and online publication in 4 weeks or less for select randomized controlled trials, other major articles, or reports with urgent public health importance
- Opportunity to publish new research in conjunction with your presentation at scientific meetings
Impact and Reach
- Impact Factor: 30, one of the highest in medicine and science
- Largest print circulation of any general medical journal, with more than 300,000 subscribers worldwide
- More than 1 million visits to the JAMA Web site each month
- Weekly JAMA Podcast, e-mail Alerts, RSS Feeds, Facebook, Twitter, and Topic Collections to highlight your article
- News releases of major articles distributed each week to more than 5000 journalists worldwide
- Video news release of major articles seen by at least 22 million viewers each week
Author Focus
- Prompt, expert review and consideration from JAMA's experienced editors
- Highest standards followed to improve your accepted manuscript's accuracy, reliability, and readability for both print and online publication
- Opportunity for your work to be augmented with illustration, interactive features, video, and audio
- Author Video and Audio Interviews of selected articles
- No page or color charges
- Ability to post supplemental content and data online
- Ability to track your published article's Web traffic and citations on your personalized JAMA Author's Article Resource Center
- Alerts when your article is cited by other journals
- Ability to download your published article's figures and tables as PowerPoint slides
- JAMA Network advantage: Authors of papers that are not accepted by JAMA may have the option to have their papers and peer reviewers' comments referred to 1 of the 9 specialty journals
For more information, see JAMA's Mission and Objectives and Instructions for Authors.
Submit your manuscript at http://manuscripts.jama.com.
Questions? Contact us at jamams@jamanetwork.org or call 312-464-4444.