The Journal

The National Medical Journal of India is a premier bi-monthly health sciences journal published from India. It is widely indexed and abstracted in all the major abstracting services including Index Medicus (MEDLINE), Current Contents—Clinical Medicine, Excerpta Medica and BIOSIS. It is also indexed in the Science Citation Index.

The Journal informs, educates and entertains through its myriad columns including Editorials, Selected summaries, Review articles, Original articles, letters from Chennai, Mumbai, Australia, North America and Glasgow, Book reviews, Clinico-pathological conferences, Everyday practice, Masala and News from Here and There. It provides for analysis and advocacy of issues relevant to health policy and health provider training through sections on ‘Medicine and society’ and ‘Medical education’. It also gives opportunity for expression of individual opinions on healthcare through its column ‘Speaking for myself’.