About CMAJ
The 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.
Mission: To champion knowledge that matters for the health of Canadians and the rest of the world.
Vision: Best evidence. Best practice. Best health.
Values: Service, Evidence, Integrity
CMAJ has four areas of focus — mental health, health of vulnerable populations, health services and sepsis. As a general medical journal, CMAJ will continue to publish content on a wide variety of topics. However, these specific topic areas will guide content and submissions, contribute to the evidence base, influence clinical practice and raise awareness among policy-makers and the public of these pressing health issues.
CMAJ's editor-in-chief is Dr. Andreas Laupacis. Meet the journal's international team of medical editors.
CMAJ's impact factor is 6.9 (ISI Web of Science, June 2019 — reflecting the year 2018). View the journal's past impact factors.
CMAJ produces 50 online issues per year. A selection of articles appear in a monthly print version of CMAJ. More information about CMAJ's publishing model can be found here. CMAJ has published continuously since 1911. In 2011, CMAJ celebrated its 100th anniversary. Watch some of the journal's history on our YouTube channel.
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 2000 content submissions per year, from authors around the world.
All CMAJ publications are also accessible through the PubMed Central collection of journals at the National Library of Medicine.
CMAJ is owned by Joule Inc., a subsidiary of the Canadian Medical Association.
Useful links
- CMAJ's publication model (online and print)
- Submit an article
- Become a peer-reviewer
- CMAJ Editorial team
- CMAJ Editorial Advisory Board
- CMAJ Medicine in Society Advisory Panel
- Governance Review Panel report 2006
- Governance Review Panel II report 2013
- Report on the governance and accountability of the CMAJ 2014
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Each year we pick one CMAJ paper that exemplifies excellence to be the recipient of the Bruce Squires Award. The following is a list of winners from past years.
2016 Estimated cost of universal public coverage of drugs
2015 Gut microbiota in healthy infants
2014 Influenza vaccination during pregnancy
2013 Varenicline adverse cardiovascular events
2012 Head CT in children: CATCH decision rule
2011 Interaction between PPIs and clopidogrel