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| British Journal of Medical Psychology | |
|---|---|
| Title | British Journal of Medical Psychology |
| Discipline | Health psychology; Clinical psychology |
| Abbreviation | Br. J. Med. Psychol. |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| History | 1920–present |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Issn | 0007-1248 |
British Journal of Medical Psychology
The British Journal of Medical Psychology is a peer-reviewed periodical focusing on psychological aspects of physical illness and healthcare, founded in the early 20th century and published in the United Kingdom. It has engaged contributors associated with institutions such as University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, King's College London, University College London, and University of Edinburgh, and it has featured work by researchers affiliated with organizations including the National Health Service, Medical Research Council, Wellcome Trust, Royal Society, and British Psychological Society.
The journal was established shortly after World War I alongside developments at Royal Army Medical Corps, St Thomas' Hospital, Guy's Hospital, Bethlem Royal Hospital, and Maudsley Hospital, responding to clinical needs linked to events like the Spanish flu pandemic and the Interwar period's public health reforms. Early editors and contributors had ties to figures and institutions such as William Osler, Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Anna Freud, Adlerian psychology, Psychoanalytic Society, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, and the British Medical Association. Mid-century shifts reflected research emerging from collaborations with Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, Mayo Clinic, Karolinska Institute, and University of Toronto, while later decades saw methodological influences from proponents associated with Behaviorism, Cognitive revolution, Aaron T. Beck, Albert Ellis, and B.F. Skinner.
The journal covers clinical research and reviews linking psychological processes to somatic conditions studied at centers like Royal Free Hospital, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, and Christie Hospital. Topics span biopsychosocial investigations informed by researchers from Institute of Child Health, Bloomsbury Centre for Global Health Research, Nuffield Department of Population Health, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, and labs associated with Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale University, Columbia University, and Princeton University. Articles report on interventions evaluated in trials with oversight from bodies such as National Institute for Health and Care Research, European Research Council, World Health Organization, Food and Drug Administration, and European Medicines Agency.
Editorial leadership has historically included academics connected to University of Manchester, University of Glasgow, University of Birmingham, University of Leeds, and University of Liverpool, and peer review relies on reviewers from institutions like Imperial College London, Queen Mary University of London, University of Bristol, Newcastle University, and University of Sheffield. Publication ethics follow guidelines aligned with committees and declarations including Committee on Publication Ethics, the Declaration of Helsinki, and standards advocated by organizations such as Cochrane Collaboration, International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, Royal College of Psychiatrists, and British Psychological Society. The journal's production and distribution have been managed by publishers associated with Taylor & Francis, with editorial offices liaising with archives and libraries such as the British Library, Wellcome Library, Bodleian Library, National Library of Scotland, and Cambridge University Library.
The journal is indexed in major bibliographic databases and citation services alongside titles like The Lancet, BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.), Psychological Medicine, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, and Health Psychology. Abstracting coverage has been maintained in repositories and indexing platforms affiliated with PubMed, MEDLINE, Scopus, Web of Science, and PsycINFO, and metadata are interoperable with catalogues used by institutions such as Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Springer Nature, Elsevier, and Wiley-Blackwell.
Scholarly reception has linked the journal to debates and policy discussions involving stakeholders such as Department of Health and Social Care (UK), Royal College of General Practitioners, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, World Psychiatry Association, European Federation of Psychologists' Associations, and advocacy groups including Mind (charity), Samaritans, Age UK, and Carers Trust. Citation impact has been compared with peer publications like Journal of Psychosomatic Research, British Medical Journal, Annals of Internal Medicine, JAMA, and The New England Journal of Medicine, with bibliometric analyses conducted using tools from Clarivate Analytics, Elsevier's SciVal, and Google Scholar.
The journal has published landmark articles and clinical trials that influenced practice areas connected to figures and studies at Maudsley Hospital, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Royal Victoria Infirmary, St George's Hospital, and collaborations with researchers from Columbia University Medical Center, Utrecht University, Karolinska Institutet, University of Copenhagen, McGill University, Monash University, and University of Melbourne. Noteworthy contributions have intersected with work by investigators related to Aaron Beck, Donald Broadbent, Hans Eysenck, Elizabeth Loftus, Michael Rutter, John Bowlby, Mary Ainsworth, Melanie Klein, Donald Winnicott, Viktor Frankl, Erik Erikson, Wilfred Bion, Stanley Milgram, Philip Zimbardo, Noam Chomsky, Daniel Kahneman, Amartya Sen, Paul Ekman, Herbert Simon, Jerome Bruner, Ulric Neisser, Norman Geschwind, Oliver Sacks, Paul Broca, Camille Saint-Saëns, Fritz Perls, Hans Selye, Robert Spitzer, Aaron Klug, John Sulston, Rosalind Franklin, and Maurice Wilkins in interdisciplinary citations and historical overviews.
Category:Psychology journals Category:Medical journals Category:Academic journals published in the United Kingdom