国际著名四大医学周刊栏目设置及对我国医学期刊的启示

The column setup of international famous medical journals and the enlightment to the medical journals in our country

【目的】探讨国际著名医学期刊JAMA《美国医学会杂志》、NEJM《新英格兰医学杂志》、The Lancet《柳叶刀》和BMJ《英国医学杂志》(简称四大医学周刊)的栏目设置及内容特色。【方法】逐期浏览2013年1-6月四大医学周刊,其中BMJ26期,JAMA 24期,NEJM 26期,The Lancet 25期,分析101期期刊的栏目设置及内容特色。【结果】四大医学周刊每期都包括十几个栏目,有固定栏目和非固定栏目,每个栏目根据期刊内容刊登不同数量的文章。内容主要以研究类、观点类、通信类、人文类等为主。【结论】四大医学周刊栏目设置多样、灵活、内容丰富,突出了期刊办刊特色及办刊宗旨。

[ Purposes] This paper aims at exploring the column setup and content characteristics of the four famous medical journals including BMJ （British Medical Journal） , JAMA （ The Journal of the American Medical Association） , NEJM （New England Journal of Medicine ） , and The Lancet. [ Methods ] The column setup and content were analyzed by looking through the four medical journals one by one. The total issues were 101 including 26 issues of BMJ, 24 of JAMA, 26 of NEJM and 25 of The Lancet. [ Findings] Every issue of the four journals consists of a dozen columns ： fixed and non-fixed columns. Various kinds of papers were published based on various topics. These topics focused on observations, viewpoints, correspondence and humanity. [ Conclusions ] The setup of columns is flexible and rich in content and highlights the characteristics and principles of publication.