Multiple Sclerosis Journal
{{Infobox journal
| title = Multiple Sclerosis Journal
| cover = Multiple Sclerosis Journal.jpg
| editor = Alan J Thompson
| discipline = Multiple sclerosis
| former_names = Multiple Sclerosis
| abbreviation = Mult. Scler. J.
| publisher = SAGE Publications
| country =
| frequency = Monthly
| history = 1995-present
| openaccess =
| license =
| impact = 5.855
| impact-year = 2021
| website = https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/journal/multiple-sclerosis-journal
| link1 = https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/msj/current
| link1-name = Online access
| link2 = https://journals.sagepub.com/loi/msj
| link2-name = Online archive
| JSTOR =
| OCLC = 39932110
| LCCN = 96039038
| CODEN = MUSCFZ
| ISSN = 1352-4585
| eISSN = 1477-0970
}}
The Multiple Sclerosis Journal (formerly Multiple Sclerosis) is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering the clinical neurology of multiple sclerosis. The editor-in-chief is Alan J Thompson (University College London). It was established in 1995 and is published by SAGE Publications.{{Cite web |title=Sage Journals: Discover world-class research |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/overview-metric/MSJ? |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Sage Journals |language=en}}
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
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- Biological Abstracts
- BIOSIS
- Current Contents
- EMBASE
- Excerpta Medica
- Elsevier BIOBASE
- Current Awareness in Biological Sciences
- EMBASE
- Excerpta Medica
- Index Medicus/MEDLINE
- Science Citation Index Expanded
- Scopus
}}
According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2021 impact factor is 5.855, ranking it 40 out of 212 journals in the category "Clinical Neurology".{{cite book |year=2015 |chapter=Journals Ranked by Impact: Clinical Neurology|title=2014 Journal Citation Reports |title-link=Journal Citation Reports|publisher=Thomson Reuters |edition= Sciences |work=Web of Science}}
History
The journal was first established in 1995 with Ingrid Allen (Queen's University Belfast) as founding editor.{{Cite web |date=2019-06-11 |title=Prof Dame Ingrid Allen - A Tribute {{!}} School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences {{!}} Queen's University Belfast |url=https://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/mdbs/Connect/GenderEqualityOffice/ProfDameIngridAllen-ATribute/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=www.qub.ac.uk |language=en}} Four issues appeared in 1995, eight in 1996, and from 1997 seven or eight issues appeared each year until 2006.{{Cite web |title=Multiple Sclerosis Journal - All Issues |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/loi/msja/group/d2000.y2000 |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Sage Journals}} In 2007 there were nine issues and in 2009, the current monthly publication was established. Donald Silverberg took over the editorship of the journal. He retired in 2006 and was succeeded by Alan J Thompson.{{Cite web |title=Multiple Sclerosis Journal Editorial Team |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/msj/multiplesclerosisjournaleditorialteam |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Sage Journals}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|1=https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/journal/multiple-sclerosis-journal}}
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