Published since 1883, JAMA offers unparalleled reach and an author-friendly approach from manuscript submission through publication. JAMA provides the following:
Prompt Decisions, Rapid Publication Timelines
- Time to first decision overall: 7 days; with review: 34 days
- 52 days from submission to acceptance (including review and author revision) for all articles; 25 days for articles published Online First
- 34 days from acceptance to publication; 20 days for articles published Online First
- Highly selective peer review and editorial evaluation, with 9% acceptance rate of nearly 6000 annual submissions
- JAMA-EXPRESS and Online First publication: Expedited peer review, revision, and online publication in 4 weeks or less for select randomized controlled trials, other major articles, or reports with urgent public health importance
- Opportunity to publish new research in conjunction with your presentation at scientific meetings
Impact and Reach
- Impact Factor: 30, one of the highest in medicine and science
- Largest print circulation of any general medical journal, with more than 300,000 subscribers worldwide
- More than 1 million visits to the JAMA Web site each month
- Weekly JAMA Podcast, e-mail Alerts, RSS Feeds, Facebook, Twitter, and Topic Collections to highlight your article
- News releases of major articles distributed each week to more than 5000 journalists worldwide
- Video news release of major articles seen by at least 15 million viewers each week
Author Focus
- Prompt, expert review and consideration from JAMA's experienced editors
- Highest standards followed to improve your accepted manuscript's accuracy, reliability, and readability for both print and online publication
- Opportunity for your work to be augmented with illustration, interactive features, video, and audio
- Author Video and Audio Interviews of selected articles
- No page or color charges
- Ability to post supplemental content and data online
- Ability to track your published article's Web traffic and citations on your personalized JAMA Author's Article Resource Center
- Alerts when your article is cited by other journals
- Ability to download your published article's figures and tables as PowerPoint slides
- JAMA/Archives Journals Editorial Consortium: Authors of papers that are not accepted by JAMA may have the option to have their papers and peer reviewers' comments referred to 1 of the 9 specialty Archives Journals
For more information, see JAMA's Instructions for Authors.
Submit your manuscript at http://manuscripts.jama.com.
Questions? Contact us at jamams{at}jama-archives.org or call 312-464-4444.
