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'''JAMA''' (Journal of the American Medical Association) is a peer-reviewed medical journal published 48 times a year by the [[American Medical Association]]. It publishes original research, reviews, and editorials covering all aspects of the biomedical sciences. The journal was established in 1883 with Nathan Smith Davis as the founding editor. 

== History ==
The journal was established in 1883 by the [[American Medical Association]] and was not the first medical journal published in the United States, but it is one of the oldest. The first editor was Nathan Smith Davis, who was a founder of the American Medical Association and had served as its president in 1864. 

== Content ==
JAMA publishes original research, reviews, and editorials covering all aspects of the biomedical sciences. The journal also publishes the JAMA Report, a weekly news and feature radio series that covers important medical stories. 

== Impact ==
JAMA is widely regarded as one of the most influential publications in the field of medicine. Its impact factor, a measure of the frequency with which the average article in a journal has been cited, was 45.54 in 2020, the highest among general medical journals.

== See also ==
* [[List of American Medical Association journals]]
* [[New England Journal of Medicine]]
* [[The Lancet]]
* [[British Medical Journal]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://jama.jamanetwork.com/ Official website]

[[Category:American Medical Association journals]]
[[Category:Publications established in 1883]]
[[Category:Weekly journals]]
[[Category:English-language journals]]
[[Category:General medical journals]]
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