Mayo Clinic Proceedings is a peer-reviewed medical journal published by Elsevier and sponsored by Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. In its 89th year, the Journal promotes the best interest of patients by advancing the knowledge and professionalism of the physician community and includes content from Nobel-prize-winning research. The Journal has an impact factor of 6.262, is ranked 11th of 153 journals in the General/Internal Medicine category, and reaches more than 125,000 physicians. Media coverage reaches a potential audience of more than 4 million per day and approximately 1 billion annually. The Journal welcomes submissions from authors worldwide, publishing articles that focus on clinical medicine and support the professional and educational needs of its readers. The time from receipt to first decision of a manuscript is usually 3 weeks and from acceptance to publication 12 weeks. The Journal's acceptance rate is approximately 15%, with more than 80% of manuscripts submitted by non-Mayo authors. For novel, time-sensitive research, an expedited review is available upon request and at the discretion of the Editorial Board. Mayo Clinic Proceedings carries individual articles and features each month, consisting of original research, reviews, clinical content, editorials, commentaries, brief reports, special articles, and other short items. The Journal also offers unique features such as Concise Review for Clinicians, Residents' Clinics, and specially commissioned Symposia. In addition, Proceedings includes articles with free CME credit from Mayo Clinic. Finally, the Journal carries online-only content such as Historical Vignettes, Stamp Vignettes, and Art at Mayo, as well as supplemental material and videos directly related to the individual articles.
