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Where to Submit Your Writing: “Quality Improvement-Friendly” Peer-Reviewed Journals

The following is a short, informal list of peer-reviewed journals that we have found to be receptive to publishing articles related to quality improvement.

Note: The best way to get to know what any journal is all about is to sit down and go through several recent issues, cover-to-cover. It’s best to do this in the library with a print version, since you’ve got the whole issue in your hand. It’s also useful to take a look at the online version, but remember that online versions a) may have only selected pieces of content, and b) don’t put some of their content up for six months.

Annals of Internal Medicine



Established in 1927 by the American College of Physicians (ACP), the Annals of Internal Medicine is the leading journal for studies in internal medicine. The purpose of the journal–to promote excellence in the clinical practice of internal medicine–is supported by presentation of a wide variety of experimental and clinical subject matter in the Article, Brief Communication, Update, and Review formats. And to support the belief that physicians should also be well-informed citizens of both the medical community and society at large, Annals offers background and discussion of issues that influence both physicians and patients. This information is primarily carried in the Perspective, In the Balance, and Editorial formats. In addition, the journal presents personal narratives in the On Being a Doctor and the On Being a Patient formats that convey the feeling and the art of medicine.

Note: Annals has a section called “Improving Patient Care,” which includes reports of original research, reviews, and perspectives on improving the quality of patient care and avoiding medical errors. More information here:

Archives of Internal Medicine



The Archives of Internal Medicine, with a print circulation of over 100 000 physicians in 75 countries, began publication in 1908. It is an international peer-reviewed journal published 22 times per year and reaches the majority of office- and hospital-based general internists and significant numbers of internal medicine subspecialists in the United States.

British Medical Journal (BMJ)



The BMJ is an international peer reviewed medical journal and a fully “online first” publication. Our publishing model—”continuous publication”— means that all articles appear on before being included in an issue of the print journal. The website is updated daily with the BMJ’s latest original research, education, news, and comment articles, as well as podcasts, videos, and blogs.

BMJ Quality & Safety



BMJ Quality & Safety (previously Quality & Safety in Health Care) is an international peer review publication providing, news, opinion, debate and research for academics, clinicians and healthcare managers. It encourages innovation and creative thinking to improve the quality of health care and the science of improvement. It is an interdisciplinary journal with an international readership and contributions from all healthcare professions.

Health Affairs



Serious exploration of major domestic and international health policy issues…to incorporate in one publication the diverse viewpoints and perspectives of the health sphere — industry, labor, government, and academe.

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety



…publishes original manuscripts on innovative thinking, strategies, and practices in improving health care quality. The improvement of health care quality is understood to entail measurement, assessment, and/or improvement of performance in health care...The...Journal is particularly interested in manuscripts that illu+B16strate the process of change in a system, process, or function and that show linkage between the change and health outcomes or other performance measures. Case studies, program or project reports, reports of new methodologies or new applications of methodologies, research studies, and commentaries on issues and policies are all considered. Manuscripts may be descriptive ("this is what we did") or prescriptive ("this is how to do it"). Authors are encouraged to show how the "lessons learned" are applicable to other settings. Any topic within the general "quality of care" arena will be considered.

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)



JAMA, published continuously since 1883, is an international peer-reviewed general medical journal published 48 times per year. JAMA is the most widely circulated medical journal in the world. JAMA is published in multiple international editions and languages; the online version is made freely available to institutions in developing countries.

The Lancet



The journal was, and remains, independent, without affiliation to a medical or scientific organisation. More than 180 years later, The Lancet is an independent and authoritative voice in global medicine. We seek to publish high-quality clinical trials that will alter medical practice; our commitment to international health ensures that research and analysis from all regions of the world is widely covered.

Pulse Magazine



An online magazine that uses stories and poems from patients and health care professionals to talk honestly about giving and receiving medical care.

Pulse is also an online community, a chance for patients, doctors, nurses, social workers—everyone—to come together, share our experiences in health care, and explore our common wish for a humane system of health for all.

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