Annals, Academy of Medicine, Singapore (AAMS) is referenced in Index Medicus.

The AAMS’ impact factor, an index of the biomedical importance of published articles, is now 1.25.

The Annals receives about 500 (Free & Theme) manuscripts a year, including letters to the editor and commentaries. Its acceptance rate for unsolicited articles is about 50%.

Impact factors of the AAMS since 2004 were:

Year Impact Factor
2004 0.375
2005 0.419
2006 0.772
2007 0.745
2008 1.004
2009 1.01
2010 1.2
2011 1.25



Annals, Academy of Medicine Best Publication Award 2011

GOLD Hormone Receptors and HER-2 Status as Surrogates for Breast Cancer Molecular Subtypes Prognosticate for Disease Control in Node Negative Asian Patients Treated with Breast Conservation Therapy
Fuh Yong Wong, Francis KC Chin, Kuo Ann Lee, Yoke Lim Soong, Eu Tiong Chua

SILVER Normative Data for Quantitative Calcaneal Ultrasound in Asian Children
Siok Ying Goh, Jedeane Mendoza Aragon, Yung Seng Lee, Kah Yin Loke

BRONZE Thyroid Dysfunction and Long-term Outcome during and after Interferon-alpha Therapy in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C
Themistoklis Vasiliadis, Panagiotis Anagnostis, Georgios Nalmpantidis, Konstantinos Soufleris, Kaliopi Patsiaoura, Nikolaos Grammatikos, Eleni Orfanou-Koumerkeridou, Konstantinos Kargiotis, Aristidis Slavakis, Aristidis Deliyiannidis, Nikolaos Eugenidis

      
 
 
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The Annals is the official medical journal of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. It is a refereed monthly journal appearing in the Index Medicus and has been accepted in the Science Citation Index-Expanded, ISI Alerting Services, and Current Contents/Clinical Medicine.

It serves the various specialties that form the membership of the Academy and orientates its publications to these disciplines.

The Annals Editorial Board comprises full-time professionals who meet regularly for policy decisions. All articles submitted to the Annals are reviewed by experts drawn from the Academy's membership. In cases where there are no suitable local reviewers, the articles are sent to overseas reviewers.

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