Ulster Medical Journal
Encyclopedia
The Ulster Medical Journal is an international general medical journal
with contributions on all areas of medical and surgical specialties relevant to a general medical readership. It retains a focus on material relevant to the health of the Northern Ireland
population.
The Ulster Medical Journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics and subscribes to its principles.
It is owned and published by The Ulster Medical Society
http://www.ums.ac.uk, itself founded in 1862 by the amalgamation of the Belfast Medical Society (founded 1806) and the Belfast Clinical and Pathological Society (founded 1853). The Ulster Medical Journal follows guidelines on editorial independence produced by the World Association of Medical Editors, and the code of good practice of the Committee on Publication Ethics
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Honorary Assistant Editors are Shane A. McKee and Roy AJ Spence.
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...
with contributions on all areas of medical and surgical specialties relevant to a general medical readership. It retains a focus on material relevant to the health of the Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
population.
The Ulster Medical Journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics and subscribes to its principles.
It is owned and published by The Ulster Medical Society
Ulster Medical Society
The Ulster Medical Society was formed in Belfast in 1862 through the amalgamation of two older societies, the Belfast Medical Society which was founded in 1806, and the Belfast Clinical and Pathological Society which was founded in 1853. The UMS publishes a quarterly journal, Ulster Medical...
http://www.ums.ac.uk, itself founded in 1862 by the amalgamation of the Belfast Medical Society (founded 1806) and the Belfast Clinical and Pathological Society (founded 1853). The Ulster Medical Journal follows guidelines on editorial independence produced by the World Association of Medical Editors, and the code of good practice of the Committee on Publication Ethics
Committee on Publication Ethics
The Committee on Publication Ethics is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to define best practice in the ethics of scholarly publishing and to assist editors, publishers, etc. to achieve this.- Mission :...
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Production
The journal is published in January, May and September, by the Ulster Medical Society, and typeset and printed in the UK by Dorman and Sons Ltd, Belfast. Costs for institutional and personal subscriptions are shown on the Subscription page.Editor
The Honorary Editor is Barry E. Kelly.Honorary Assistant Editors are Shane A. McKee and Roy AJ Spence.