Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Mayo Clinic Proceedings
Title	Mayo Clinic Proceedings
Discipline	Internal medicine
Abbreviation	Mayo Clin. Proc.
Publisher	Elsevier on behalf of Mayo Clinic
Country	United States
History	1926–present
Frequency	Monthly
Issn	0025-6196

Mayo Clinic Proceedings is a peer-reviewed medical journal associated with the Mayo Clinic, publishing clinical research, reviews, and commentary in internal medicine. The journal serves clinicians, researchers, and policy-makers by disseminating evidence-based reviews, clinical guidelines, and case reports informed by practice at large academic medical centers. It has longstanding ties to major American medical institutions and professional societies.

History

The journal was established in 1926 during a period of expansion for American academic medicine that included institutions such as Johns Hopkins Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, and Barnes Hospital. Early editorial leadership drew contributors affiliated with Mayo Clinic founders who interacted with contemporaries at Harvard Medical School, University of Pennsylvania, University of Chicago, and Columbia University. Throughout the 20th century it paralleled developments reported in journals like The Lancet, The New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, British Medical Journal and collaborated indirectly with organizations such as the American Medical Association, American College of Physicians, American Board of Internal Medicine, National Institutes of Health, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Milestones in the journal’s timeline coincided with broader events affecting clinical practice, including the rise of specialties exemplified by institutions like Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, the growth of biomedical research funded by the National Cancer Institute, and health policy shifts following acts such as the Social Security Act amendments. Editorial shifts reflected influences from leaders who trained at centers including Stanford University School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, and Yale School of Medicine.

Editorial and Publication Details

The journal is published monthly by a major academic publisher on behalf of Mayo Clinic and maintains editorial governance involving chairs and associate editors with appointments at institutions such as Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Mount Sinai Health System, and Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Its editorial board has included faculty who trained at Johns Hopkins University, Duke University School of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and University of Michigan Medical School. The Proceedings follows peer review practices comparable to those of Nature Medicine, The Lancet Oncology, Annals of Internal Medicine, and BMJ Quality & Safety, and publishes content types similar to New England Journal of Medicine case reports, systematic reviews akin to work appearing in Cochrane Collaboration outputs, and guideline summaries paralleling statements from the American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, and American Diabetes Association. The publisher handles production operations like those used by Elsevier, Wiley-Blackwell, and Springer Nature.

Scope and Content

Content encompasses general internal medicine and subspecialty topics encountered at centers such as Mayo Clinic Hospital, Johns Hopkins Hospital, UCSF Medical Center, Mount Sinai Hospital, and Massachusetts General Hospital. Article types include original clinical investigations referencing methods used at institutions like Stanford Health Care, diagnostic reviews reminiscent of work from Cleveland Clinic, management recommendations comparable to American College of Cardiology guidance, and clinical images in the style seen in The New England Journal of Medicine. Subspecialty areas frequently addressed align with departments at Mayo Clinic and peer institutions: cardiology with ties to American Heart Association science, oncology paralleling work from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, endocrinology relevant to American Diabetes Association standards, infectious diseases in the context of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance, and neurology reflecting scholarship from American Academy of Neurology. The journal also publishes commentary and health policy analysis touching on themes central to organizations such as World Health Organization and National Institutes of Health.

Abstracting and Indexing

The journal is indexed in major bibliographic services alongside peer titles like PubMed Central, MEDLINE, Scopus, and Web of Science. Abstracting and indexing practices place it in platforms used by researchers at Harvard University, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, University of Toronto, and University of Sydney. Citation tracking appears in databases maintained by Clarivate Analytics and bibliometric analyses often compare Proceedings metrics with those of The BMJ, The Lancet, and JAMA Network Open.

Impact and Reception

Scholarly reception situates the journal among reputable clinical periodicals read by clinicians affiliated with Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Cleveland Clinic. Impact metrics reported by services connected to Clarivate Analytics and Scopus place it within rankings for internal medicine journals that include peers such as Annals of Internal Medicine, JAMA Internal Medicine, and The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. Practitioner readership spans staff at institutions like Vanderbilt University Medical Center and policy audiences at Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and National Institutes of Health.

Notable Articles and Special Issues

Notable articles and themed issues have addressed topics comparable to landmark reports published in New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet—for example, comprehensive reviews on cardiovascular disease aligning with American Heart Association priorities, cancer screening analyses resonant with National Cancer Institute initiatives, and practice-changing diagnostic reviews relevant to American College of Physicians members. Special issues have focused on topics of global interest parallel to symposia convened by World Health Organization and consensus statements akin to those issued by American Thoracic Society, Infectious Diseases Society of America, and European Society of Cardiology. Contributors have included clinicians and investigators with affiliations to Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins University, Harvard Medical School, Stanford University, and University of California, San Francisco.

Category:Medical journals