Reflecting on 80 years of excellence
Ushma Savla
Ushma Savla
Published October 15, 2004
Citation Information: J Clin Invest. 2004;114(8):1006-1016. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI23290.
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Editorial

Reflecting on 80 years of excellence

Abstract

A small group of members of the American Society for Clinical Investigation began chatting in 1916 about the possibility of launching a new biomedical research journal. By October 1924, they managed to make the idea a reality with the publication of the first issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation. Our 80th birthday seems an appropriate time to reflect on the history of biomedical science as it has been played out on our pages.

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Data on the number of articles published in the JCI from 1924 to 2003 (r...
Data on the number of articles published in the JCI from 1924 to 2003 (red) alongside the total number of articles submitted for consideration (green). The JCI’s impact factor (blue), calculated by the Thomson Institute for Scientific Information, represents the current number of citations of articles the JCI has published in the previous 2 years; this index is used as an objective measure of the influence of journals in their chosen discipline. Broken lines indicate that data from these time periods are unavailable.