As the official journal of the Birmingham, Alabama-based Southern Medical Association (SMA), the Southern Medical Journal (SMJ) has for more than 100 years provided the latest clinical information in areas that affect patients' daily lives. Now delivered to individuals exclusively online, the SMJ has a multidisciplinary focus that covers a broad range of topics relevant to physicians and other healthcare specialists in all relevant aspects of the profession, including medicine and medical specialties, surgery and surgery specialties; child and maternal health; mental health; emergency and disaster medicine; public health and environmental medicine; bioethics and medical education; and quality health care, patient safety, and best practices. Each month, articles span the spectrum of medical topics, providing timely, up-to-the-minute information for both primary care physicians and specialists. Contributors include leaders in the healthcare field from across the country and around the world. The SMJ enables physicians to provide the best possible care to patients in this age of rapidly changing modern medicine.

《Southern Medical Journal》是一本由LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS出版商出版的专业医学期刊，该刊创刊于1908年，刊期Monthly，该刊已被国际权威数据库SCIE、SCI收录。在中科院最新升级版分区表中，该刊分区信息为大类学科：医学 4区，小类学科：医学：内科 4区；在JCR（Journal Citation Reports）分区等级为Q4。该刊发文范围涵盖医学：内科等领域，旨在及时、准确、全面地报道国内外医学：内科工作者在该领域取得的最新研究成果、工作进展及学术动态、技术革新等，促进学术交流，鼓励学术创新。2021年影响因子为0.81，平均审稿速度偏慢,4-8周。