First published in 1835, JSCMED is now open access.

About the Journal

The Journal of the Society of Medical Sciences of Lisbon is the true reinvention of a classic. Published since 1835, the Journal of the Society of Medical Sciences of Lisbon (JSCMed) is the official organ of the Society of Medical Sciences of Lisbon, one of the oldest medical-scientific associations in the world, today more than 200 years old. True to its original purpose, JSCMed still undertakes today the mission of constituting one of the main dissemination forums in the biomedical area in Portugal.

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Call for submissions

2024-05-06

We are immensely pleased to bring to reality the revitalization of one of the world’s oldest medical journals. We invite all healthcare professionals, researchers, academics, engineers, and students to contribute their work and visions, sharing knowledge that can inspire and transform people’s health.

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Current Issue

Vol. 169 No. 1 (2025)
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Strengthening our role in Medical Research and Education.
We reaffirm our commitment to making Jornal da Sociedade das Ciências Médicas de Lisboa a key platform for disseminating current knowledge across the broad field of medical and health sciences. Our intention is not to compete with other publications, but to carve out our own path in reaching all areas of health sciences.
As the Jornal da Sociedade das Ciências Médicas de Lisboa is the official publication of the medical schools, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa and Nova Medical School – Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, we are pleased to feature scientific papers from both undergraduate and postgraduate authors, including academic theses and other works from all areas of health sciences.

Published: 2025-03-03

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