Title:<\/strong>\u00a0Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA)<\/em><\/p>\n ISSN<\/strong>: 1536-5050 (Print)1<\/sup>\u00a0and 1558-9439 (Online)2<\/sup><\/p>\n Website:<\/strong>\u00a0JMLA<\/em> Current Issue<\/a><\/p>\n Purpose, objective, or mission:<\/strong> According to the journal\u2019s website: \u201cThe Journal of the Medical Library Association<\/em>\u00a0(JMLA<\/em>) is an international, peer-reviewed specialty journal that aims to advance the practice and research knowledgebase of health sciences librarianship.\u201d3<\/sup><\/p>\n Target audience:<\/strong>\u00a0Instructors, practitioners, and students interested in the practice and research aspects of health sciences librarianship.4<\/sup><\/p>\n Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0University Library System \/ University of Pittsburgh.5<\/sup><\/p>\n Peer reviewed?<\/strong>\u00a0Yes.6<\/sup><\/p>\n Type:<\/strong>\u00a0LIS scholarly.7<\/sup><\/p>\n Medium:<\/strong>\u00a0Print and online.8<\/sup><\/p>\n Content:\u00a0<\/strong>This journal covers a variety of topics pertaining to health sciences librarianship, including information literacy, the information behaviors of cancer survivors, library instruction in medical education, evidence-based practice, etc.9<\/sup><\/p>\n Frequency of publication:<\/strong>\u00a0Quarterly.10<\/sup><\/p>\n Location of submission guidelines:\u00a0<\/strong>Author Guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n Types of contributions accepted:<\/strong>\u00a0The journal accepts original submissions in a variety of categories, including original investigations, case studies, systematic reviews, obituaries, commentaries, and letters to the editor.11<\/sup><\/p>\n Submission and review process:<\/strong>\u00a0Each category has different requirements or guidelines for authors to follow concerning length and format, among other criteria. For example, an original investigation should be a maximum of 5,000 words and contain the following sections: an abstract (which is a maximum of 250 words), introduction, methods, results, and discussion.12<\/sup><\/p>\n JMLA<\/em>\u00a0uses a double-blind peer review process, which takes up to eight weeks from the time of submission.13<\/sup><\/p>\n Editorial tone:<\/strong>\u00a0Scholarly.14<\/sup><\/p>\n Style guide used:<\/strong>\u00a0The journal uses several style guides, including the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors\u2019\u00a0Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals<\/a>; the\u00a0Medical Library Association (MLA) Style Manual<\/a>;<\/em>Citing Medicine: The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers,<\/em>\u00a02nd edition<\/a>; the latest edition of the\u00a0Chicago Manual of Style<\/em>; and the latest edition of\u00a0Merriam-Webster\u2019s Collegiate Dictionary.<\/em>15<\/sup><\/p>\n The\u00a0JMLA<\/em>\u00a0is arguably the premier medical librarianship journal. Additionally, the organization for which it is named dates back to 1898 and \u201cis the second oldest special library association in the United States.\u201d16<\/sup>\u00a0Authors looking to establish themselves in the field of health sciences librarianship should seriously consider submitting to\u00a0the\u00a0JMLA<\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n Publication circulation:<\/strong>\u00a0Although exact circulation numbers are unavailable, the Medical Library Association \u201ccurrently has more than 4,000 health sciences information professional members and partners worldwide.\u201d17<\/sup><\/p>\n Audience location and language or cultural considerations:<\/strong>\u00a0International,18<\/sup>\u00a0although the journal is based in the U.S. and is published in English.19<\/sup><\/p>\n Reader characteristics:<\/strong>\u00a0Most readers are likely to be members of the Medical Library Association (MLA) and thus, are professionals or students within the medical librarianship field. At the very least, readers are interested in medical librarianship and will expect articles that are up-to-date with the latest advancements in the field.20<\/sup><\/p>\n Knowledge of LIS subject matter:<\/strong>\u00a0Readers of the journal will likely have a background in LIS with specific knowledge within the medical LIS field.21<\/sup><\/p>\n The audience for this publication is interested in original, cutting-edge research pertinent to the specialized field of medical librarianship. Additionally, readers will expects articles which are technical in nature and scholarly in tone. Thus, authors should possess specialized technical knowledge of medical librarianship and ideally, have professional experience within this field.<\/p>\n Last updated:<\/strong>\u00a0February 16, 2018<\/p>\n Publication analysis About the publication Title:\u00a0Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA) ISSN: 1536-5050 (Print)1\u00a0and 1558-9439 (Online)2 Website:\u00a0JMLA Current Issue Purpose, objective, or mission: According to the journal\u2019s website: \u201cThe Journal of the Medical Library Association\u00a0(JMLA) is an international, peer-reviewed specialty journal that aims to advance the practice and research knowledgebase of health sciences librarianship.\u201d3 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":772,"featured_media":0,"parent":2013,"menu_order":34,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2170","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/772"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2170"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3515,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2170\/revisions\/3515"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}About the publication\u2019s submission guidelines<\/h3>\n
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