Southern Medical Journal

Aims & Scope

As the official journal of the Birmingham, Alabama-based Southern Medical Association (SMA), the Southern Medical Journal (SMJ) has for more than 100 years provided the latest clinical information in areas that affect patients' daily lives.

Now delivered to individuals exclusively online, the SMJ has a multidisciplinary focus that covers a broad range of topics relevant to physicians and other healthcare specialists in all relevant aspects of the profession, including medicine and medical specialties, surgery and surgery specialties; child and maternal health; mental health; emergency and disaster medicine; public health and environmental medicine; bioethics and medical education; and quality health care, patient safety, and best practices.

Each month, articles span the spectrum of medical topics, providing timely, up-to-the-minute information for both primary care physicians and specialists.

Contributors include leaders in the healthcare field from across the country and around the world.

The SMJ enables physicians to provide the best possible care to patients in this age of rapidly changing modern medicine.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.320

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	87

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2024	1.00

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	16035

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	359

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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.

• EPILEPSY AND THE FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY OF THE HUMAN BRAIN

  Citation: 1445

  Authors: Wilder, Herbert

• Male Pattern Baldness: classification and Incidence

  Citation: 639

  Authors: OʼTAR T.

• Bodily Changes in Pain, Hunger, Fear and Rage

  Citation: 632

  Authors: Walter B.

• Noise Pollution: A Modern Plague

  Citation: 391

  Authors: Lisa, Louis

• Positive Therapeutic Effects of Intercessory Prayer in a Coronary Care Unit Population

  Citation: 377

  Authors: RANDOLPH C.

• Cutaneous Metastasis: A Meta-Analysis of Data

  Citation: 312

  Authors: Richard A., Ida F., Ted

• Premature Ejaculation

  Citation: 308

  Authors: JAMES H.

• Long-term Medical Consequences of Incest, Rape, and Molestation

  Citation: 299

  Authors: VINCENT J.

• Religion, Spirituality, and Medicine: Research Findings and Implications for Clinical Practice

  Citation: 270

  Authors: Harold G.

• Clinical Utility of Bile Acid Sequestrants in the Treatment of Dyslipidemia: A Scientific Review

  Citation: 261

  Authors: William

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