title: Japan Medical Association Journal
text: # Japan Medical Association Journal
  
  The Japan Medical Association Journal (JMAJ) is a quarterly general medical journal. The journal was first published in 1958 as the Asian Medical Journal, and from 2001 under the current title. Originally published by Japan Medical Publishing Inc., the journal is now owned and published by the Japan Medical Association.
  
  JMAJ publishes by author invitation only, original research articles, review articles ("seminars" and "reviews"), editorials, book reviews, correspondence, as well as news features and case reports. The journal publishes invited articles and does not accept unsolicited submissions. The current (2017) editor-in-chief is Mari Michinaga.
  
  JMAJ also reports news related to the Japan Medical Association's international engagement, including regional World Medical Association (WMA) projects, and Confederation of Medical Associations in Asia and Oceania (CMAAO) activities.
  
  ## History
  
  Japan Medical Publishers (JMP) Inc (日本医事新報社, Nihon Iji Shinpo Sha)., had published medical research in Chinese and Japanese through the Japan Medical Journal (JMJ) (日本医事新報, Nihon iji shinpo) since 1921.
  
  In 1958, JMP published the first issue of the Asian Medical Journal, an English language publication, to further medical research to Japan and the Asian region The first issue included a message from president of the Japan Red Cross Society, stating the ongoing human suffering caused by the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and that the knowledge published in the new journal, would hopefully help to bring an end to the severe burden of disease caused by acute radiation poisoning.
  
  In 1960, the Japan Medical Association assumed editorial responsibility for the journal, and in 1984 took over the publication rights. The journal's title was changed to the Japan Medical Association Journal (JMAJ) in 2001. Since 2014 the JMAJ has been available through PubMed Central.
  
  ## Abstracting and indexing
  
  The JMAJ is abstracted and indexed in the Science Citation Index, under the category for medicine, and with an h-index of 11.
  
  