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Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA)

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The Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA) is an international, peer-reviewed journal published quarterly that aims to advance the practice and research knowledgebase of health sciences librarianship.

The impact factor of the JMLA, a measure of the frequency with which an average article is cited each year in the two years after publication, is 1.225 (2005). Thomson Scientific's Journal Citation Reports (JCR) calculates the impact factor and other quantifiable measures to provide a systematic, objective way to evaluate journals and their influence in the global research community. The aggregate impact factor for other journals in the Information Science and Library Science category of the JCR is 0.818.

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The JMLA welcomes the submission of any original manuscript that seeks to improve the practice of health sciences librarianship or information provision in health or biological sciences or articulates developments and history of the profession and related fields. The JMLA also welcomes manuscripts that extend the knowledgebase through research in the organization, delivery, use, and impact of information on health care, biomedical research, and health professionals' education.

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Authors own copyright of their articles appearing in the Journal of the Medical Library Association, since 2003. MLA holds copyright prior to 2003. Readers may copy articles without permission of the copyright owner(s), as long as the author and the Medical Library Association are acknowledged in the copy and the copy is used for educational, not-for-profit purposes. For any other use of articles, please contact the copyright owner.

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