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JAMA, published continuously since in 1883, is an international peer-reviewed general medical journal published 48 times per year. JAMA is the most widely circulated medical journal in the world and is published in multiple international editions and languages; the online version is made freely available to institutions in developing countries. Image File history File links Jama_logo. ... Peer review (known as refereeing in some academic fields) is a scholarly process used in the publication of manuscripts and in the awarding of funding for research. ... A medical journal is a scientific journal devoted to the field of medicine. ...


JAMA's Key Objective is to promote the science and art of medicine and the betterment of the public health.


JAMA's Critical Objectives are:


1. To maintain the highest standards of editorial integrity independent of any special interests 2. To publish original, important, well-documented, peer-reviewed articles on a diverse range of medical topics 3. To provide physicians with continuing education in basic and clinical science to support informed clinical decisions 4. To enable physicians to remain informed in multiple areas of medicine, including developments in fields other than their own 5. To improve health and health care internationally by elevating the quality of medical care, disease prevention, and research 6. To foster responsible and balanced debate on issues that affect medicine and health care 7. To anticipate important issues and trends in medicine and health care 8. To inform readers about nonclinical aspects of medicine and public health, including the political, philosophic, ethical, legal, environmental, economic, historical, and cultural 9. To recognize that, in addition to these specific objectives, THE JOURNAL has a social responsibility to improve the total human condition and to promote the integrity of science 10. To achieve the highest level of ethical medical journalism and to produce a publication that is timely, credible, and enjoyable to read.


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Journal of the American Medical Association - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (302 words)
JAMA is the most widely circulated medical journal in the world and is published in multiple international editions and languages; the online version is made freely available to institutions in developing countries.
JAMA's Key Objective is to promote the science and art of medicine and the betterment of the public health.
To achieve the highest level of ethical medical journalism and to produce a publication that is timely, credible, and enjoyable to read.
Scientific medical journals like JAMA fail basic credibility standards; medical journals become increasingly irrelevant (1332 words)
The Journal of the American Medical Association -- JAMA -- and other scientific medical journals have been caught red-handed by the Center for Science in the Public Interest for failing to disclose the financial relationships between study authors and companies that might benefit from such studies.
A number of journals were caught in the same study, revealing that this failure to disclose conflicts of interest is not merely something that happens at the American Medical Association, but something that is widespread in the conventional medical community.
Too many of these journals are masquerading as stewards of good science -- they pretend to show articles that are well-researched, that are authored by people who have no financial interest in their publication, and that have been put through a rigorous quality control process known as peer review.
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