Medical Decision Making (journal)
{{Infobox journal
| title = Medical Decision Making
| cover = Medical Decision Making.jpg
| editor = Brian Zikmund-Fisher
| discipline = Decision-making, medical informatics
| former_names =
| abbreviation = Med. Decis. Mak.
| nlm = Med Decis Making
| publisher = SAGE Publications on behalf of the Society for Medical Decision Making
| country =
| frequency = 8/year
| history = 1981–present
| openaccess =
| license =
| impact = 2.583
| impact-year = 2020
| website = http://journals.sagepub.com/home/mdm
| link1 = http://journals.sagepub.com/toc/mdm/current
| link1-name = Online access
| link2 = http://journals.sagepub.com/loi/mdm
| link2-name = Online archive
| ISSN = 0272-989X
| eISSN = 1552-681X
| OCLC = 300296676
| CODEN = MDMADE
}}
Medical Decision Making is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the fields of decision-making and medical informatics. Its editor-in-chief is Brian Zikmund-Fisher (University of Michigan). It was established in 1981 and is currently published by SAGE Publications on behalf of the Society for Medical Decision Making. A sister open access journal focusing on applications of medical decision making, Medical Decision Making Policy & Practice, began publishing in 2016.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in MEDLINE, Scopus, Science Citation Index Expanded, and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2020 impact factor is 2.583, ranking it 21st out of 30 journals in the category "Medical Informatics",{{cite book |year=2021 |chapter=Journals Ranked by Impact: Medical Informatics |title=2020 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Clarivate |edition= Sciences |series=Web of Science |title-link=Journal Citation Reports}} 59th out of 108 journals in the category "Health Care Sciences & Services",{{cite book |year=2021 |chapter=Journals Ranked by Impact: Health Care Sciences & Services |title=2020 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Clarivate |edition= Sciences |series=Web of Science |title-link=Journal Citation Reports }} and 42nd out of 88 journals in the category "Health Policy & Services" {{cite book |year=2021 |chapter=Journals Ranked by Impact: Health Policy & Services |title=2020 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Clarivate Analytics |edition= Sciences |series=Web of Science |title-link=Journal Citation Reports}}
Editors
The following persons have been editors-in-chief of the journal:
- Lee B. Lusted, 1981–1985
- Dennis G. Fryback, 1986–1988
- J. Robert Beck, 1989–1994
- Arthur S. Elstein, 1995–1999
- Frank A. Sonnenberg, 2000–2004
- Mark Helfand, 2005–2012
- Alan J. Schwartz, 2013-2020
- Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher, 2021-2025
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://journals.sagepub.com/home/mdm}}
Category:SAGE Publishing academic journals
Category:English-language journals