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Clinical Science (journal)
Encyclopedia
Clinical Science is a peer-reviewed medical journal
that covers all areas of clinical investigation, with a focus on translational science
and medicine
. The journal is currently published biweekly by Portland Press
on behalf of the Biochemical Society
.
and James Mackenzie under the title Heart: A Journal for the Study of the Circulation. Lewis was the first editor-in-chief. In 1933, Lewis renamed the journal Clinical Science , his interests having broadened. It was briefly retitled Clinical Science and Molecular Medicine , becoming Clinical Science again in 1979.
The journal was published by the Medical Research Society (founded by Lewis in 1930) from 1945 until 1961, and then jointly by the Medical Research Society and the Biochemical Society
until 2003, when the latter became the sole publisher. It was formerly published by Blackwell Science.
and HTML
formats, with papers from 2005 also being available in an enhanced full-text format. Papers are currently available free 12 months after print publication.
, BIOSIS
, CAB International
, Chemical Abstracts Service
, Current Contents
, EMBASE
, MEDLINE
/Index Medicus
, and the Science Citation Index
. According to the Journal Citation Reports
, the journal has a 2010 impact factor
of 4.163, ranking it 17th out of 116 journals in the category "Medicine, Research & Experimental".
As of 2008, its editor-in-chief is R. Clinton Webb (Georgia Health Sciences University).
Medical journal
A public health journal is a scientific journal devoted to the field of public health, including epidemiology, biostatistics, and health care . Public health journals, like most scientific journals, are peer-reviewed...
that covers all areas of clinical investigation, with a focus on translational science
Translational science
Translational science is a cross disciplinary scientific research that is motivated by the need for practical applications that help people. The term is used mostly in the health sciences and refers to things like the discovery of new drugs that directly help improve human health...
and medicine
Medicine
Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
. The journal is currently published biweekly by Portland Press
Portland Press
Portland Press Limited is the wholly owned publishing subsidiary of The Biochemical Society. It is a not-for-profit publisher of journals and books in the cellular and molecular life sciences...
on behalf of the Biochemical Society
Biochemical Society
The Biochemical Society is a learned society in the United Kingdom in the field of biochemistry, including all the cellular and molecular biosciences.-Structure:...
.
History
The journal was established in 1909 by Thomas LewisThomas Lewis (cardiologist)
Sir Thomas Lewis, CBE, FRS was a British cardiologist. He qualified as a doctor and worked as a physiologist and clinical scientist, carrying out fundamental research on the heart...
and James Mackenzie under the title Heart: A Journal for the Study of the Circulation. Lewis was the first editor-in-chief. In 1933, Lewis renamed the journal Clinical Science , his interests having broadened. It was briefly retitled Clinical Science and Molecular Medicine , becoming Clinical Science again in 1979.
The journal was published by the Medical Research Society (founded by Lewis in 1930) from 1945 until 1961, and then jointly by the Medical Research Society and the Biochemical Society
Biochemical Society
The Biochemical Society is a learned society in the United Kingdom in the field of biochemistry, including all the cellular and molecular biosciences.-Structure:...
until 2003, when the latter became the sole publisher. It was formerly published by Blackwell Science.
Modern journal
Clinical Science is published monthly in print, in two issues; from 2007, it has appeared in 24 online issues annually. Content from 1998 is available online in PDFPortable Document Format
Portable Document Format is an open standard for document exchange. This file format, created by Adobe Systems in 1993, is used for representing documents in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems....
and HTML
HTML
HyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages....
formats, with papers from 2005 also being available in an enhanced full-text format. Papers are currently available free 12 months after print publication.
Abstracting and indexing
Clinical Science is abstracted and indexed by BIOBASEElsevier BIOBASE
Not to be confused with BIOBASE , a German publisher of molecular biology databases.Elsevier BIOBASE is a bibliographic database covering all topics pertaining to biological research throughout the world. It was established in the 1950s in print format as Current Awareness in Biological Sciences....
, BIOSIS
BIOSIS Previews
BIOSIS Previews is an English-language, bibliographic database service, with abstracts and citation indexing. It is part of Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge suite. Content that was originally integrated from the BIOSIS company before the merger in 2004 is now part of the Web of Knowledge...
, CAB International
CAB International
CAB International is a not-for-profit inter-governmental organisation based in the United Kingdom....
, Chemical Abstracts Service
Chemical Abstracts Service
Chemical Abstracts is a periodical index that provides summaries and indexes of disclosures in recently published scientific documents. Approximately 8,000 journals, technical reports, dissertations, conference proceedings, and new books, in any of 50 languages, are monitored yearly, as are patent...
, Current Contents
Current Contents
Current Contents is a rapid alerting service database from the Institute for Scientific Information, now part of Thomson Reuters, that is published online and in several different printed subject sections.-History:...
, EMBASE
EMBASE
Embase is an online information source of published literature designed to supportinformation managers and pharmacovigilance in complying with the regulatoryrequirements of a licensed drug. Through its unique and comprehensive content coverage,...
, MEDLINE
MEDLINE
MEDLINE is a bibliographic database of life sciences and biomedical information. It includes bibliographic information for articles from academic journals covering medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and health care...
/Index Medicus
Index medicus
Index Medicus is a comprehensive index of medical scientific journal articles, published since 1879. It was initiated by John Shaw Billings, head of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office, United States Army...
, and the Science Citation Index
Science Citation Index
The Science Citation Index is a citation index originally produced by the Institute for Scientific Information and created by Eugene Garfield in 1960, which is now owned by Thomson Reuters. The larger version covers more than 6,500 notable and significant journals, across 150 disciplines, from ...
. According to the Journal Citation Reports
Journal Citation Reports
Journal Citation Reports is an annual publication by the Healthcare & Science division of Thomson Reuters. It has been integrated with the Web of Knowledge, by Thomson Reuters, and is accessed from the Web of Science to JCR Web. It provides information about academic journals in the sciences and...
, the journal has a 2010 impact factor
Impact factor
The impact factor, often abbreviated IF, is a measure reflecting the average number of citations to articles published in science and social science journals. It is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field, with journals with higher impact factors deemed...
of 4.163, ranking it 17th out of 116 journals in the category "Medicine, Research & Experimental".
As of 2008, its editor-in-chief is R. Clinton Webb (Georgia Health Sciences University).