What question did this study set out to answer?

To explore the various needs physicians have for clinical journals and the challenges in selecting them.

November 1, 1976

What Journals for the Physicians?

Key Points

To explore the various needs physicians have for clinical journals and the challenges in selecting them.
Analyzed coverage of clinical oncology in three broad-scope journals.
Discussed the diversity of needs served by clinical journals.
Identified that busy clinicians have little time for reading journals.
Functional purposes of journals include providing new information, treatment reviews, and community outlook.

Abstract

Editorial Notes1 November 1976What Journals for the Physicians?Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-85-5-674 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail AbstractAbstractOnly a naive editor could think of clinical journals as the first sources of information in the day-to-day work of the busy clinician. But journals do meet some needs; thousands of physicians voluntarily subscribe to The Lancet, The New England Journal of Medicine, this journal, and others. The needs served are diverse—new information, new concepts, reviews of treatment or diagnostic methods, didactic exercises such as the clinicopathologic conference, an outlook onto the society and culture of medicine, even professional gossip. But whatever the busy clinician's particular needs, he or she has little time for reading or even for scanning; journals must be chosen carefully. The choice is difficult for the clinician who wants to keep informed both widely and well. Papers and articles pertinent to clinical medicine are divided among scores and scores of journals, some broad in scope but most highly specialized. How many journals and what journals should the internist follow closely?The paper in this issue (p. 686) by Dr. Oster looks at one aspect of this problem. He has analyzed the coverage of clinical oncology in three broad-scope journals andReference1. GARFIELD E (editor and compiler): Journal Citation Reports. A Bibliometric Analysis of References Processed for the 1974 Science Citation Index, vol. 9, Science Citation Index, 1975 Annual. Philadelphia, Institute for Scientific Information, 1976 Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byLoose Connections between Peer-Reviewed Clinical Journals and Clinical PracticeR. Brian Haynes, MD, PhDAn Information System for the Future?A Toast to the AnnalsW. B. SPAULDING, M.D., F.R.C.P.(C), F.A.C.P. 1 November 1976Volume 85, Issue 5Page: 674-675KeywordsDiagnostic medicineExercise ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 November 1976 PDF downloadLoading ...

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