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Frequency	12 times a year
Launch date	1925
ISSN PMJ	0032-5473
ISSN PMJ Online	1469-0756
Readership	Clinicians in all specialties, doctors with supervisory responsibilities, trainees and examination candidates, postgraduate nurses
Print circulation	1475 (32% UK; 14% Europe; 32% North America; 22% other) Not including online only or consortia customers
Indexed by	Current Contents Biological Abstracts ASCA ISI/BIOMED Index Medicus (Medline) Excerpta Medica Science Citation Index
Impact factor	The 2006 impact factor is 1.093 (ISI Web of Science)
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Lead times	Time from submission to first decision: average 3 weeks About 64% of submissions are rejected without external peer review Time from acceptance to publication: approximately 6-8 months (original papers)
Acceptance rate	20%
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