BMJ: British Medical Journal

In Honor of 150 Years: Classic Papers from the British Medical Journal, Highly Cited from 1945 to 1989

In recent years our citation-based studies have included aseries ofessays discussing highly cited classics from prestigious medicaljoumals. Among these journals are the Annals of Internal Medicine, ~JAMA-Journal of the American Medical Association,2 Lancet,3 and the New England Journa[of Medicine.4 In a 1987 essay, we discussed 101 highly cited papers from the British Medical Journal (BMJ).5 Th...

How submarine and guided missile technology can help reduce injury and improve performance in cricket fast bowlers.

Disclaimer: BJSM is published by BMJ Publishing Group Ltd (a wholly owned subsidiary of the British Medical Association) and the British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine. The owners grant editorial freedom to the Editor of BJSM. BJSM follows guidelines on editorial independence produced by the World Association of Medical Editors and the code on good publication practice of the Commit...

Priests or engineers?

On 5 and 6 May the BMJ held a conference in Oxford to discuss the next 30 years. By invitation, five of the participants prepared working papers, which were circulated beforehand; we print these below, together with an edited version of the discussion. A sixth paper, also prepared for the conference by Professor Rudolf Klein, appears on p 73. The sessions were chaired by Professor Klein and mem...

Misuse of statistical methods: critical assessment of articles in BMJ from January to March 1976.

Sixty-two reports that appeared as Papers and Originals (excluding short reports) in 13 consecutive issues of the British Medical journal included statistical analysis. Thirty-two had statistical errors of one kind or another; in 18 fairly serious faults were discovered. The summaries of five reports made some claim that was unsupportable on re-examination of the data. Medical investigators sho...

Reye's syndrome: 20 years on.

Is it acceptable for people to take methylphenidate to enhance performance? Yes.

A drug that can improve your exam results may sound tempting, and John Harris believes that we should embrace its possibilities. Anjan Chatterjee, however, argues that the dangers have been underplayed Disciplines Bioethics and Medical Ethics | Medicine and Health Sciences Comments Chatterjee A. Head to Head: Is it acceptable for people to take methylphenidate to enhance performance? British Me...