Medical Decision Making (journal)
Medical Decision Making is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the fields of decision-making and medical informatics. Its editor-in-chief is Alan J. Schwartz. It was established in 1981 and is currently published by SAGE Publications on behalf of the Society for Medical Decision Making. A sister open access journal focusing on applications of medical decision making, Medical Decision Making Policy & Practice, began publishing in 2016.Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in MEDLINE, Scopus, Science Citation Index Expanded, and the Social Science Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2019 impact factor is 2.309, ranking it 10th out of 27 journals in the category "Medical Informatics", 33th out of 102 journals in the category "Health Care Sciences & Services"., and 20th out of 87 journals in the category "Health Policy & Services"Editors
The following persons have been editors-in-chief of the journal:
- Lee B. Lusted, 1981–1985
- Dennis G. Fryback, 1986–1988
- J. Robert Beck, 1989–1994
- Arthur S. Elstein, 1995–1999
- Frank A. Sonnenberg, 2000–2004
- Mark Helfand, 2005–2012
- Alan J. Schwartz, 2013-2020
- Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher, appointed 2021-2025
