Medical publisher the BMJ Group, UK, has announced that it will take over production and publication of the Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps (JRAMC) from March 2013. First issue of the journal under the new partnership is due in March.
The quarterly title will add to the burgeoning number of specialist titles BMJ Group now publishes in partnership with other professional and academic bodies under its contract publishing programme.
The JRAMC has a long and distinguished history of publishing a wide range of material relevant to the practice of military medicine dating back to 1903. As such, it contains contributions from all ranks, services, and corps within the UK Defence Medical Services, both regular and reserve as well as those from civilian authors.
The title aims not only to further current knowledge and expertise in what is now a rapidly developing field, but also to act as an institutional memory for the practice of medicine within the military. It is distributed to members of the Royal Army Medical Corps as well as subscribers from other forces and institutions.
Lt Col Jeff Garner, a consultant colorectal surgeon at Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust, is the editor of the journal.
