Saudi Medical Journal is an open access, peer-reviewed, monthly publication.

Our mission is to disseminate accessible, useful, up-to-date, medical information for healthcare professionals of various specialities; and to promote research with clear clinical implications that enriches knowledge locally and internationally.

The Journal's vision is to be recognized as the leading journal in the biomedical publication in the region.

Saudi Medical Journal Online features free access to all issues, Instructions to Authors, Topic Collections and Information for Authors, Reviewers and Readers.

Saudi Medical Journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Indexed in MEDLINE/Index Medicus (National Library of Medicine) available through PubMed, PubMed Central, Europe PubMed Central, PubMed Central Canada, SCOPUS, EMR Index Medicus, Excerpta Medica Database (EMBASE), BIOBASE, and Thomson ISI in Science Citation Index Expanded online at ISI Web of Knowledge.