Academic journal
The Journal of Clinical Investigation (JCI) is a twice-monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering biomedical research. It was established in 1924 and is published by the American Society for Clinical Investigation, one of the oldest and most respected medical honor societies in the United States. Articles focus on the mechanisms of disease, with an emphasis on basic research, early-stage clinical studies in humans, and new research tools and techniques. The journal also publishes reviews in edited series or as stand-alone articles, commentaries on research, editorials, and feature items. The editor-in-chief is Elizabeth M. McNally (Northwestern University).
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
Editors-in-chief
The following persons have been editor-in-chief of the journal:
Most cited articles
The following articles have received the most citations as of October 2017[update], according to Scopus:
- Havel, RJ; Eder, HA; Bragdon, JH (1955). "The distribution and chemical composition of ultracentrifugally separated lipoproteins in human serum". Journal of Clinical Investigation. 34 (9): 1345–1353. doi:10.1172/JCI103182. PMC 438705. PMID 13252080. (6051 citations)
- Jaffe, Eric A.; Nachman, Ralph L.; Becker, Carl G.; Minick, C. Richard (1 November 1973). "Culture of human endothelial cells derived from umbilical veins. Identification by morphologic and immunologic criteria". Journal of Clinical Investigation. 52 (11): 2745–2756. doi:10.1172/JCI107470. PMC 302542. PMID 4355998. (5476 citations)
- Weisberg, Stuart P.; McCann, Daniel; Desai, Manisha; Rosenbaum, Michael; Leibel, Rudolph L.; Ferrante, Anthony W. (15 December 2003). "Obesity is associated with macrophage accumulation in adipose tissue". Journal of Clinical Investigation. 112 (12): 1796–1808. doi:10.1172/JCI19246. PMC 296995. PMID 14679176. (4971 citations)
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