JAMA

The journal was established in 1883 by the American Medical Association and superseded the Transactions of the American Medical Association. Councilor's Bulletin was renamed the Bulletin of the American Medical Association, which later was absorbed by the Journal of the American Medical Association. In 1960, the journal obtained its current title, JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association.{{cite book |url=http://lccn.loc.gov/82643544 |title=JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association |via=Library of Congress Catalog |year=1960 |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=2014-12-27 |archive-date=2022-04-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220410043249/https://lccn.loc.gov/82643544 |url-status=live }} The journal is commonly referred to as JAMA.

Continuing Education Opportunities for Physicians was a semiannual journal section providing lists for regional or national levels of continuing medical education (CME). Between 1937 and 1955, the list was produced either quarterly or semiannually. Between 1955 and 1981, the list was available annually, as the number of CME offerings increased from 1,000 (1955) to 8,500 (1981). In 2016, CME transitioned into a digital offering from the JAMA Network called JN Learning CME & MOC from JAMA Network.{{cite web |title=JN Learning |url=https://edhub.ama-assn.org/jn-learning |access-date=2019-12-03 |archive-date=2020-11-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118014337/https://edhub.ama-assn.org/jn-learning |url-status=live }} JN Learning provides CME and MOC credit from article and audio materials published within all 12 JAMA Network journals, including JAMA.

On 11 July 2016, JAMA published an article by Barack Obama entitled "United States Health Care Reform: Progress to Date and Next Steps",{{Cite journal|last1=Obama|first1=Barack|title=United States Health Care Reform – Progress to Date and Next Steps|journal=JAMA|date=July 11, 2016|volume=316|issue=5|pages=525–532|doi=10.1001/jama.2016.9797|pmid=27400401|pmc=5069435}} which was the first academic paper ever published by a sitting U.S. president.{{Cite news|date=14 July 2016|title=Obama becomes first sitting president to publish an academic paper|work=Business Insider|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/obama-becomes-first-sitting-president-to-publish-academic-paper-2016-7|access-date=24 October 2020|archive-date=28 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128191550/https://www.businessinsider.com/obama-becomes-first-sitting-president-to-publish-academic-paper-2016-7|url-status=live}} The article was not subject to blind peer-review. It argued for specific policies that future presidents could pursue in order to improve national health care reform implementation.{{Cite web |date=2016-07-13 |title=#ObamaJAMA: Obama Just Became the First Sitting President to Publish an Academic Paper |url=https://www.mic.com/articles/148595/obamajama-obama-academic-paper-made-history |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=Mic |language=en |archive-date=2023-08-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804110420/https://www.mic.com/articles/148595/obamajama-obama-academic-paper-made-history |url-status=live }}

After the controversial 1999 firing{{by who|date=October 2024}} of an editor-in-chief, George D. Lundberg, a process was put in place to ensure editorial freedom. A seven-member journal oversight committee was created to evaluate the editor-in-chief and to help ensure editorial independence. Since its inception, the committee has met at least once a year. Presently, JAMA policy states that article content should be attributed to authors, not to the publisher.{{cite news |url= https://www.science.org/content/article/jama-editor-gets-boot |first= Constance |last= Holden |title= JAMA Editor Gets the Boot |work= Science Now |date= 15 January 1999 |publisher= Science |access-date= 30 June 2022 |archive-date= 4 August 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230804110418/https://www.science.org/content/article/jama-editor-gets-boot |url-status= live }}{{cite journal |first= Jerome P. |last= Kassirer |date= 27 May 1999 |title= Editorial Independence |journal= The New England Journal of Medicine |volume= 340 |issue= 21 |pages= 1671–2 |doi= 10.1056/NEJM199905273402109|pmid= 10341280 |doi-access= free }}{{Cite web |title=Terms Of Use {{!}} JAMA Network |url=https://jamanetwork.com/pages/terms-of-use |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=jamanetwork.com |archive-date=2023-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231127094724/https://jamanetwork.com/pages/terms-of-use |url-status=live }}{{cite journal |author= Signatories of the Editorial Governance Plan |title= Editorial Governance for JAMA |date= 16 June 1999 |volume= 281 |issue= 26 |pages= 2240–2 |doi= 10.1001/jama.281.23.2240 |journal=JAMA|doi-access= free }}

From 1964 to 2013, JAMA used images of artwork on its cover and it published essays commenting on the artwork.{{cite web | author = Levine, Jeffrey M. | title = JAMA removes cover art, and why that matters | date = 6 November 2013 | work = KevinMD.com | url = https://kevinmd.com/2013/11/jama-removes-cover-art-matters.html | access-date = 24 November 2024 }} According to former editor George Lundberg, this practice was designed to link the humanities and medicine.{{cite journal | author = Showalter E | year = 1999 | title = Commentary: An inconclusive study | journal = BMJ | volume = 319 | issue = 7225 | pages = 1603–1605 | doi = 10.1136/bmj.319.7225.1603 | pmid=10600956 | pmc=28304}} In 2013, a format redesign moved the art feature to an inside page, replacing an image of the artwork on the cover with a table of contents. The purpose of the redesign was to standardize the appearance of all journals in the JAMA Network.{{cite journal | vauthors = Henry R, Bauchner H | year = 2013 | title = JAMA gets a new look! | journal = JAMA | volume = 310 | issue = 1 | page = 39 | doi = 10.1001/jama.2013.7053 | url = http://media.jamanetwork.com/news-item/also-appearing-in-this-issue-of-jama-14/ | access-date = 2015-05-08 | archive-date = 2020-08-09 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200809072645/https://media.jamanetwork.com/news-item/also-appearing-in-this-issue-of-jama-14/ | url-status = live | url-access = subscription }} The arts feature was discontinued in 2024.

A February 2021 JAMA podcast proposed that "structural racism is an unfortunate term to describe a very real problem" and that "taking racism out of the conversation would help" to ensure "all people who lived in disadvantaged circumstances have equal opportunities to become successful and have better qualities of life."{{cite news |last1=Lee |first1=Bruce |title=JAMA Posts Podcast On Structural Racism, Here Is The Backlash |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2021/03/07/jama-posts-podcast-on-structural-racism-here-is-the-backlash/ |access-date=17 December 2023 |work=Forbes |date=7 March 2021}}{{Cite web|title=JAMA Podcast Transcript: NRSG-515-1: Race, Health, and US History – Spring 2021|url=https://canvas.emory.edu/courses/86982/pages/jama-podcast-transcript|access-date=2021-07-18|website=canvas.emory.edu|archive-date=2021-07-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718193417/https://canvas.emory.edu/courses/86982/pages/jama-podcast-transcript|url-status=live}} A JAMA tweet wrote "No physician is racist, so how can there be structural racism in health care?” {{cite journal |last1=Nong |first1=Paige |last2=Lopez |first2=William |last3=Fleming |first3=Paul |last4=Creary |first4=Melissa |last5=Anderson |first5=Riana |title=Structural Racism Is Not An Exemption From Accountability |journal=Health Affairs |date=27 May 2021 |url=https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/structural-racism-not-exemption-accountability |access-date=17 December 2023}}{{cite news |last1=Chan |first1=JC |title=JAMA Editor Apologizes for Tweet Saying 'No Physician Is Racist' |url=https://www.thewrap.com/jama-editor-apologizes-tweet-no-physician-is-racist/ |access-date=17 December 2023 |work=The Wrap |date=4 March 2021}} The comments were immediately criticized by some,{{Cite journal |date=2021-03-27 |title=How Whiteness Works: JAMA and the Refusals of White Supremacy |url=http://somatosphere.net/2021/how-whiteness-works.html/ |access-date=2023-09-14 |website=Somatosphere |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-05-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531102621/http://somatosphere.net/2021/how-whiteness-works.html/ |url-status=live |last1=Gravlee |first1=Clarence C. }} resulting in deletion of the podcast{{Cite news|last=Mandavilli|first=Apoorva|date=2021-03-25|title=JAMA Editor Placed on Leave Following Racial Controversy|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/25/health/jama-bauchner-race-medicine.html|access-date=2021-03-26|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=2021-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210326000008/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/25/health/jama-bauchner-race-medicine.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Lee |first=Stephanie M. |date=March 1, 2021 |title=After JAMA Questioned Racism In Medicine, Scientists Are Boycotting |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemlee/jama-racism-medicine-podcast-boycott |access-date=March 1, 2021 |website=BuzzFeed News |archive-date=April 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401194138/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemlee/jama-racism-medicine-podcast-boycott |url-status=live }} and resignation of the Deputy Editor. On June 1, 2021, the editor-in-chief announced that he would resign effective June 30, 2021 to "create an opportunity for new leadership at JAMA."{{Cite news |last=Mandavilli |first=Apoorva |date=2021-06-01 |title=Editor of JAMA Leaves After Outcry Over Colleague's Remarks on Racism |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/01/health/jama-bauchner-racism.html |access-date=2023-09-08 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=2023-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908163409/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/01/health/jama-bauchner-racism.html |url-status=live }} Columnists Eric Zorn and Daniel Henninger asserted in separate Op-Eds that the resignation of the two editors was an unfortunate substitute for meaningful conversations about racism and health care,{{Cite web|last=Zorn|first=Eric|title=Column: Can we talk? JAMA's 'racism' controversy says the answer is no|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/eric-zorn/ct-column-jama-livingston-katz-podcast-structural-racism-controversy-zorn-20210603-gawwsrqpbffwzouplgapewkvky-story.html|access-date=2021-07-18|website=chicagotribune.com|date=3 June 2021|archive-date=2021-07-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718193414/https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/eric-zorn/ct-column-jama-livingston-katz-podcast-structural-racism-controversy-zorn-20210603-gawwsrqpbffwzouplgapewkvky-story.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|last=Henninger|first=Daniel|date=2021-06-02|title=Opinion {{!}} Banning Critical Race Theory|language=en-US|work=The Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/banning-critical-race-theory-11622670206|access-date=2021-07-18|issn=0099-9660|archive-date=2021-07-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717170953/https://www.wsj.com/articles/banning-critical-race-theory-11622670206|url-status=live}} and the episode was highlighted as a case study of social media, polarization, and radicalization in Greg Lukianoff and Rikki Schlott's 2023 book The Canceling of the American Mind.{{Cite book |last1=Lukianoff |first1=Greg |title=The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All - but there is a solution |last2=Schlott |first2=Rikki |date=2023 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-6680-1914-6 |edition=1st |location=New York |publication-date=October 17, 2023 |pages=193–208}}

The following people have been editor-in-chief of JAMA:{{cite journal | author = American Medical Association | year = 2015 | title = JAMA Masthead | volume = 313 | issue = 14 | pages = 1397–1398 | doi = 10.1001/jama.2014.11680 | journal=JAMA| doi-access = free }}

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• Nathan S. Davis (1883–1888)
• John B. Hamilton (1889, 1893–1898)
• John H. Hollister (1889–1891)
• James C. Culbertson (1891–1893)
• Truman W. Miller (1899)
• George H. Simmons (1899–1924)
• Morris Fishbein (1924–1949)
• Austin Smith (1949–1958)
• Johnson F. Hammond (1958–1959)
• John H. Talbott (1959–1969)
• Hugh H. Hussey (1970–1973)Gunby, Phil, [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/380700?redirect=true Hugh Hussey, MD, former JAMA editor, dead at 71] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180520193331/https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/380700?redirect=true |date=2018-05-20 }}, JAMA, December 10, 1982, JAMA. 1982;248(22):2952. doi:10.1001/jama.1982.03330220012004[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1982/11/11/dr-hugh-h-hussey-dean-emeritus-at-gu/1786a6ad-0205-470d-add5-ac06180bac10/ Dr. Hugh H. Hussey, Dean Emeritus at GU] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705233603/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1982/11/11/dr-hugh-h-hussey-dean-emeritus-at-gu/1786a6ad-0205-470d-add5-ac06180bac10/ |date=2018-07-05 }}, The Washington Post, November 11, 1982
• Robert H. Moser (1973–1975)
• William R. Barclay (1975–1982)
• George D. Lundberg (1982–1999)
• Catherine D. DeAngelis (2000–2011)
• Howard C. Bauchner (2011–2021)

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JAMA – Journal of the American Medical Association consistently ranks among the leading journals in the medical field. The table below outlines its recent citation-based performance across major indexing platforms.

Journal ranking summary (2023)JRank: JAMA – Journal of the American Medical Association. [https://jrank.net/journals/jama_j-am-med-assoc/metrics https://jrank.net/journals/jama_j-am-med-assoc/metrics]

JAMA is abstracted and indexed in:

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• Academic OneFile
• Academic Search
• BIOSIS Previews{{cite web |url=http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl/ |title=Master Journal List |publisher=Thomson Reuters |work=Intellectual Property & Science |access-date=2014-12-27 |archive-date=2017-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926150543/http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl/ |url-status=dead }}
• Biological Abstracts
• CAB Abstracts{{cite web |url= http://www.cabi.org/publishing-products/online-information-resources/cab-abstracts/ |title= Serials cited |work= CAB Abstracts |publisher= CABI |access-date= 2014-12-27 |archive-date= 2014-12-20 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141220045851/http://www.cabi.org/publishing-products/online-information-resources/cab-abstracts/ |url-status= live }}
• Chemical Abstracts{{cite web|url=http://cassi.cas.org/search.jsp |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20100211180645/http://cassi.cas.org/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-02-11 |title=CAS Source Index |publisher=American Chemical Society |work=Chemical Abstracts Service |access-date=2014-12-27 }}
• CINAHL{{cite web |url=http://www.ebscohost.com/titleLists/ccf-coverage.htm |title=CINAHL Complete Database Coverage List |publisher=EBSCO Information Services |work=CINAHL |access-date=2014-12-27 |archive-date=2023-11-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128115236/https://www.ebsco.com/ |url-status=live }}
• Current Index to Statistics
• Current Contents/Clinical Medicine
• Current Contents/Life Sciences
• Elsevier BIOBASE{{cite web |title= JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association |url= http://www.ulrichsweb.serialssolutions.com/title/1419685242719/41747 |work= Ulrichsweb |access-date= 2014-12-27 |url-access= subscription |archive-date= 2023-11-28 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231128115339/http://www.ulrichsweb.serialssolutions.com/login |url-status= live }}
• Embase
• Global Health{{cite web |url= http://www.cabi.org/publishing-products/online-information-resources/global-health/ |title= Serials cited |work= Global Health |publisher= CABI |access-date= 2014-12-27 |archive-date= 2015-01-02 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150102124815/http://www.cabi.org/publishing-products/online-information-resources/global-health/ |url-status= live }}
• Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed{{cite web |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/7501160 |title=JAMA |work=NLM Catalog |publisher=National Center for Biotechnology Information |access-date=2014-12-27 |archive-date=2014-10-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012010530/http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/7501160 |url-status=live }}
• PsycINFO{{cite web |url=http://www.apa.org/pubs/databases/psycinfo/coverage.aspx |publisher=American Psychological Association |title=PsycINFO Journal Coverage |access-date=2014-12-27 |archive-date=2012-04-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421010214/http://www.apa.org/pubs/databases/psycinfo/coverage.aspx |url-status=live }}
• Science Citation Index
• Scopus
• Tropical Diseases Bulletin{{cite web |url= http://www.cabi.org/publishing-products/online-information-resources/tropical-diseases-bulletin/ |title= Serials cited |work= Tropical Diseases Bulletin |publisher= CABI |access-date= 2014-12-27 |archive-date= 2014-12-14 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141214004132/http://www.cabi.org/publishing-products/online-information-resources/tropical-diseases-bulletin/ |url-status= live }}

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• List of American Medical Association journals

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• [http://pubs.ama-assn.org/ American Medical Association Archives]
• [http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/serial?id=jama Free copies of volumes 1–80 (1883–1923)], from the Internet Archive and HathiTrust

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