Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal
Academic journal
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Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal is a quarterly international, peer-reviewed, open access medical journal sponsored by Rambam Health Care Campus covering medical research, in the spirit of Maimonides.[1][2] The journal was established in July 2010[3] and is led by the editor-in-chief, Shraga Blazer since then.
| Discipline | Medicine |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Shraga Blazer |
| Publication details | |
| History | 2010-present |
| Publisher | Rambam Health Care Campus (Israel) |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Yes | |
| License | Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License |
| 1.5 (2022) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Rambam Maimonides Med. J. |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 2076-9172 |
| OCLC no. | 652437167 |
| Links | |
| Discipline | Medicine |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Shraga Blazer |
| Publication details | |
| History | 2010-present |
| Publisher | Rambam Health Care Campus (Israel) |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Yes | |
| License | Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License |
| 1.5 (2022) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Rambam Maimonides Med. J. |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 2076-9172 |
| OCLC no. | 652437167 |
| Links | |
Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal charges no submission, publication, or subscription fees,[4] and it is supported by donors.[5] The journal also has a no-advertisement policy.[6]
The journal is abstracted and indexed in PubMed Central, EBSCO Information Services,[7] the Emerging Sources Citation Index,[8] Scopus,[9] Journal Citation Reports (JCR),[10] the Directory of Open Access Journals,[11] Cabell's Scholarly Analytics, Google Scholar, and Crossref.[12]
The journal's first JCR impact factor (IF) of 1.2 was recorded in 2022.[13] Its IF for 2025 has increased to 2.0.[10] The journal holds a Q2 position in the "MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL" category, having moved up in rank from 150 out of 332 journals in 2024 to 113 out of 336 for 2025.[10] Its Scopus CiteScore for 2025 is 2.8.[9] The journal has published multiple articles of interest that have been cross-posted on university websites,[14] medical societies,[15] businesses,[16] and more. The Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal is known in particular for publishing articles relating to Jewish ethics,[17] Jewish law (Halakha) and medicine,[18][19] controversial topics of strong potential benefit to the academic and medical communities,[20][21][22] and the history of medicine—particularly with regard to Judaism and Jewish contributions to medicine.[23][24]
Media coverage
Individual articles published in the journal have received media coverage on clinical, medical ethics, and professional culture topics. Reported subjects have included medical cannabis for chronic low-back pain,[25] deprescribing and polypharmacy among older adults,[26] and a 2025 study of reported antisemitic and politically charged conduct at commencement ceremonies at leading United States medical schools.[27]
