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Originally launched in 1995, The BMJ 's website contains all The BMJ 's content back to 1840. All research articles in the archive are free; to access the remaining content, a subscription is required.
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in addition get access to:
• All archive content from the current issue back to 1840
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Reprints
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The BMJ and sBMJ ISSNs
The BMJ
The complete, authentic, and citable version of The BMJ is bmj.com , and only this version contains the full and complete journal content.
Other editions, such as The BMJ clinical research, The BMJ general practice and The BMJ academic edition, contain only an incomplete selection of the content.
There are three weekly printed editions of The BMJ . The editorial content of all these editions is identical; the main difference is the advertisements.
0959-8138:
The BMJ
clinical research
edition includes a BMJ Careers section specifically aimed at hospital doctors.
0959-8154:
The BMJ
general practice
edition includes a BMJ Careers section aimed at GPs.
1759-2151:
The BMJ
is available for retired members of the BMA.
2057 - 0066:
The BMJ
academic
edition, published monthly it includes primarily research and education content of interest to an international academic readership.
BMJ Student
0966-6494 : Student BMJ (print).
BMJ Student
was formerly published as a stand-alone journal under the following ISSN.
1752-069X
:
Student BMJ
(online).
New
BMJ Student
content will be under the existing ISSN for
The BMJ
.
