BMJ (company)

BMJ major publications

• 1840: Provincial Medical and Surgical Journal first published
• 1847: James Simpson uses the journal to publicise chloroform, which paved the way for modern anaesthetic techniques
• 1867: Joseph Lister publishes his introduction to the concept of antiseptic in wound healing
• 1950: Richard Doll publishes his discovery of the link between tobacco consumption and lung cancer
• 1958: Alice Stewart publishes her study of the risks of low-level radiation
• 1995: First website

  BMJ campaigns

• 1865-71: Baby farming - BMJ was largely responsible for the Infant Life Protection Act of 1872, directed against the lucrative practice of baby farming. The BMJ led a series of exposures which forced an inquiry into the state of London's work-house infirmaries.
• 2009: Tamiflu and open data campaign - A Cochrane review and BMJ Investigation into the anti-influenza drug Tamiflu sparked a worldwide campaign for access to hidden clinical trial data
• 2011: MMR investigation - A series of BMJ Investigations about the MMR vaccine scare led a BMJ editorial to conclude that the 1998 Lancet paper that started the scare was "an elaborate fraud".
• 2013: The Patient revolution - The BMJ launched an initiative to champion partnerships between doctors and patients in healthcare and research.
• 2014: The BMJ journal was awarded the coveted "Patients Included" badge; the first medical journal to receive it.

  Online publishing

• 1995: The BMJ was the first general medical journal to be available online.
• 1998: The BMJ online was publishing the free full text of all The BMJ articles.
• 2005: Hybrid business model for online access. The BMJ kept research content open access but started to charge for non-research content. It introduced author fees in 2010.
• 2011: BMJ Open launched as an online, author-pays, open access journal.
• 2014: BMJ makes its integrated clinical audit software available to healthcare providers in the UK.