Where Medical Students Can Publish Their Research

Looking to publish in surgery or medical history? This webpage is your guide to journal opportunities across specialties.

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Medical History/Humanities Journals
BMJ Medical Humanities Medical Humanities is an international journal from BMJ and IME publishing studies on the history of medicine, cultures of medicine, disability, gender, bioethics & medical education - Impact Factor: 1.2, Citescore: 2.6
Hektoen International A Journal of Medical Humanities
Journal of Medical Humanities A Springer Nature journal
Perspectives in Biology and Medicine Published by Johns Hopkins University Press

Traditional Clinical Journals
Annals of Surgery – Open A Wolters Kluwer journal, part of “prestigious” Annals of Surgery family – Accepts anything in the history of surgery, writ large – History editor is Justin Barr – word limit flexible – online only – $1500 APC but 10% discount for AAHM members	The American Surgeon Published by the Southeastern Surgical Congress - anything in the history of surgery - stricter word limits - wants more clinically relevant topics - no APC - print and online
CHEST - has a medical humanities section encompassing history of medicine, ethics, narrative medicine, etc - fairly strict 2,500 word limit but two-part articles have been published rarely - print and online - looking for relatively rigorous historical work	New England Journal of Medicine Describes itself as “as the world’s leading medical journal and website.” - sections include Fundamentals of Medical Ethics, Medicine and Society, Race and Medicine, and Recognizing Historical Injustices and the Journal
Journal of the American Medical Association Originally an association organ as the name suggests, now the original, JAMA Network Open, and 11 specialty journals. - sections include Viewpoint, Perspective, A Piece of My Mind	Annals of Internal Medicine Journal of the American College of Physicians, a SpringerLink journal - has a History of Medicine section - 4000 word, 75 reference limit - No APC - Impact Factor 19.6
Journal of General Internal Medicine Journal of the Society of General Internal Medicine, a SpringerLink journal - dedicated section called Medicine Then and Now w/ 4,000-word limit and up to 75 references - editor is Kristen Ehrenberger - submissions may also fit under Healing Arts, Perspectives, Viewpoints	Academic Medicine Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, published by Lippincott - consider the Medicine and the Arts (MATA) section for a primary source + commentary - Editor is Anne Farmakidis
American Journal of Public Health Journal of the American Public Health Association - section called “Public Health Then and Now”	Academic Pediatrics Official journal of the Academic Pediatrics Association
Pediatrics Official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics - Ethics Rounds and Special Article sections - 1200 words for history article	The Permanente Journal Publication of The Permanente Foundation
Family Systems & Health From the American Psychological Association	Journal of Palliative Medicine A Sage journal Impact factor: 2.2, CiteScore 3.9
Patient Education and Counseling Official journal of EACH, the International Association fro Communication in health Care and ACH, the Academy of Communication in Healthcare, published by Science Direct - open access APC of $3,830	Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Should be somehow related to trauma/military surgery/ No APC No strict word length but looking for shorter (~2000 words) Impact factor 2.9
Journal of Medical Biography Print and online 5500 word limit Must be biographical, but can be physician, nurse, patient, public health figure – anything connected to medicine

Online Venues	Podcasts
Nursing Clio “The personal is historical.” - Accepts both long- and short-form pieces about medicine both old and new nt for AAHM members	For the Medical Record From Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Medical Humanities and Social Medicine Hosts for Season 1 (2022-23): Christy Slobogin & Antoine Johnson Hosts Season 2 (2025): Mia Levenson & Richard Del Rio
Kevin MD Published by MedPage Today	The Doctor’s Art Hosts: Henry Bair and Tyler Johnson - updated weekly
Op-Med Published by Doximity - also has a writing fellowship	This Podcast Will Kill You Hosts: Erin Welsh and Erin Allmann Updyke - epidemiology, biology, infectious diseases, etc.
“The Public’s Health” Philadelphia Inquirer’s public health blog that runs twice a week - Reaches 20-40,000 readers per month - 300-800 words on a public health and medicine topic, including history - For more information please contact Michael Yudell ([email protected]) or Janet Golden ([email protected])

Essay Contests	No Longer In Print	Other Resources	Student Publications
William Osler Medal American Association for the History of Medicine - medical students (but not MD PhD students in history of medicine or similar fields) - 9,000-word maximum - due at end of January	Historia Medicinae Online student medical history journal	National Library of Medicine/National Institutes of Health Online versions of NLM exhibitions. Images from the History of Medicine has an especially strong collection of public health posters. Dormant syllabus archive (1993-2008)	In-Training “The agora of the medical student community”
Richard Shryock Medal American Association for the History of Medicine - Graduate students - 12,000-word maximum, including endnotes - due at end of January	Medical Heritage Library Offered both texts and images as well as a list of other resources.	LitMed: Literature, Arts, Medicine Database, NYU School of Medicine Searchable database of visual arts, literature, and performance arts pieces (including film) that touch on birth, death, bodies, and illness	The Pharos Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society organ
Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Winning essays are published in Academic Medicine, on the Foundation’s website, and in their newsletter.	Remedia Network Covered the history of medicine in dialogue with its present. Accepted pieces 500-2000 words + ≤5 images.	Recommended Dose 2015-2020 teaching initiative of AAHM in partnership with Bulletin of the History of Medicine. Includes a syllabus archive. http://teachhistmed.com/	Tendon Publication of the Johns Hopkins University Center for Medical Humanities & Social Medicine -”a literary and visual arts magazine that aims to create space for creative and critical work across the medical humanities”
The Legible Script, University of South Florida College of Medicine Submissions are due in March with publication in July.	The Yale Journal for Humanities in Medicine Student publication	Wellcome Library & Images Offers both a list of “Blogs we like” and a database of photographs of medical illustrations and objects. http://blog.wellcomelibrary.org/blogs-we-like/#