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Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

peer-reviewed medical journal

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ6296188 ↗
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The Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering research in clinical medicine, medical education, and the history of medicine, published by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. It was established in 1971 as Chronicle (Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh), renamed in 1988 to Proceedings of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, and obtained its current title in 2002. In December 2025, the journal published its last issue and is now closed.

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The public source identifies “Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh” as peer-reviewed medical journal. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Journal, Royal and College.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1971, 1988, 2002, 2025—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1971-01-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Journal, Royal and College providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.