American Journal of Medicine

Aims & Scope

The American Journal of Medicine - "The Green Journal" - publishes original clinical research of interest to physicians in internal medicine, both in academia and community-based practice.

AJM is the official journal of the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine, a prestigious group comprising internal medicine department chairs at more than 125 medical schools across the U.S.

Each issue carries useful reviews as well as seminal articles of immediate interest to the practicing physician, including peer-reviewed, original scientific studies that have direct clinical significance and position papers on health care issues, medical education, and public policy.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	5.3
2024	5.10

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	4812

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	2799

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.002

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline
• Embase

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• High density lipoprotein as a protective factor against coronary heart disease

  Citation: 3744

  Authors: Tavia, William P., Marthana C., William B., Thomas R.

• Consensus development conference: Diagnosis, prophylaxis, and treatment of osteoporosis

  Citation: 2144

  Authors:

• Chronic graft-versus-host syndrome in man

  Citation: 2011

  Authors: Howard M., Keith M., Paul L., George B., Gary E., George E., Robert, Mang-So, Rainer, E.

• Long-term impact of initial surgical and medical therapy on papillary and follicular thyroid cancer

  Citation: 1973

  Authors: Ernest L., Sissy M.

• Weight and Type 2 Diabetes after Bariatric Surgery: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

  Citation: 1969

  Authors: Henry, Rhonda, Kyle, Deirdre, Michael D., Walter J., John P., Isabella

• New criteria for diagnosis of infective endocarditis: utilization of specific echocardiographic findings

  Citation: 1845

  Authors: David T., Andrea S., David K.

• Prognostic effect of weight loss prior tochemotherapy in cancer patients

  Citation: 1839

  Authors: William D., Colin, Philip T., Pierre R., John M., Joseph R., Martin H., Harold O., Paul F., Ediz Z., John, Gerhard J., Charles G., Martin M., Charles, Charles, Murray N., Roland T., Robert W., Douglass C.

• Bioactive compounds in foods: their role in the prevention of cardiovascular disease and cancer

  Citation: 1708

  Authors: Penny M, Kari D, Andrea, Stacie M, Amy E, Kirsten F, Amy E, Terry D

• Nonspecific vaginitis

  Citation: 1675

  Authors: Richard, Patricia A., Carol A., Kirk C.S., David, King K.

• Exercise-based rehabilitation for patients with coronary heart disease: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

  Citation: 1604

  Authors: Rod S, Allan, Shah, Judith, Hussein, Karen, Becky, James A, David R, Neil

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