Deutsches Ärzteblatt

Deutsches Ärzteblatt International is a bilingual online journal that publishes weekly editions focused on clinical medicine and public health. It serves as the official publication of the German Medical Association and the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians, featuring independently reviewed articles from various fields of clinical medicine. Readers can also find editorials and a section for scientific discussions (correspondence). We aim to provide our international audience with valuable medical insights and a glimpse into the German healthcare landscape. This journal is entirely free of advertisements, and all articles are available for open access. Since its launch in January 2008, Deutsches Ärzteblatt International has been indexed in several databases, including Carelit, CINAHL, Compendex, DOAJ, EMBASE, EMNursing, GEOBASE, HINARI, Index Copernicus, Medline, Medpilot, PsycINFO, Science Citation Index Expanded, and Scopus. For more details about the journal, please visit our "From the editor's desk" section (located in the right margin), where you can find information about our policies on conflicts of interest, authorship guidelines, and bilingual medical publishing. Additionally, the "Editorial team" section (found in the left margin) provides information about our scientific advisory board, editorial staff, and publisher details.