JAMA & Archives Backfiles

The JAMA & Archives Journals Backfiles collection includes every issue of JAMA & Archives Journals published from 1883 to 1997: This unusually rich digital archive features landmark articles that played a pivotal role in shaping the last century of medical research, clinical practice, and public health. Update: Backfiles content will begin to go live October 1st, 2008, starting with Archives of Internal Medicine.

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Backfiles content began going live
October 1st, 2008.

Update: All of the Archives Journals are now live!

Publications included in the JAMA & Archives Journals Backfiles collection:

1883-1997 JAMA
1920-1997 Archives of Dermatology
1992-1997 Archives of Family Medicine
1959-1997 Archives of General Psychiatry
1908-1997 Archives of Internal Medicine
1959-1997 Archives of Neurology
1919-1958 Archives of Neurology & Psychiatry
1911-1997 Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine (formerly American Journal of Diseases of Children)
1929-1997 Archives of Ophthalmology
1925-1997 Archives of Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery
1920-1997 Archives of Surgery

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JAMA Classics

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From the 1880s until the 1960s the weekly covers of JAMA displayed only a table of contents. On April 20th, 1964, the JAMA cover featured an original painting for the first time. Since then, works of art have graced the covers of JAMA each week.