Swiss Medical Weekly
DisciplineMedicine
LanguageEnglish
Edited byAdriano Aguzzi and Gérard Waeber
Publication details
Former name(s)
Correspondenz-Blatt für Schweizer Aerzte, Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift
History1871-present
Publisher
SMW supporting association
Frequencycontinuous online
4.203 (2021)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Swiss Med. Wkly.
Indexing
ISSN1424-3997
OCLC no.807721576
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The Swiss Medical Weekly is a peer-reviewed open access medical journal published by the SMW supporting association. It was established in 1871 as the Correspondenz-Blatt für Schweizer Aerzte, then renamed to Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift, before obtaining its current title in 2001. SMW was one of the first journals to adhere to the principles of Diamond open access (also known as Platinum Open Access). The editors-in-chief are Adriano Aguzzi and Gérard Waeber.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 4.203.[1]

Important papers

In 1957 Roland Kuhn published an observational study on the effectiveness of Imipramine in treating Depression (mood). [2] Other examples are the fundoplication described by Rudolf Nissen[3] in 1956 and the first description of a haemolytic-uraemic syndrome by Conrad Gasser in 1955.[4]

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "Swiss Medical Weekly". 2021 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2021.
  2. ↑ Cahn, Charles (May 2006). "Roland Kuhn, 1912–2005". Neuropsychopharmacology. 31 (5): 1096. doi:10.1038/sj.npp.1301026. ISSN 1740-634X.
  3. ↑ Nissen, R. (18 May 1956). "[A simple operation for control of reflux esophagitis]". Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift. 86 (Suppl 20): 590–592. PMID 13337262.
  4. ↑ Gasser, C.; Gautier, E.; Steck, A.; Siebenmann, R. E.; Oechslin, R. (20 September 1955). "[Hemolytic-uremic syndrome: bilateral necrosis of the renal cortex in acute acquired hemolytic anemia]". Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift. 85 (38–39): 905–909. PMID 13274004.
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