The Swiss Medical Weekly accepts for consideration original and review articles from all fields of medicine. The quality of SMW publications is guaranteed by a consistent policy of rigorous single-blind peer review. All editorial decisions are made by research-active academics.

SMW adheres to the “Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing”. The "SMW supporting association" guarantees the editorial independence of the journal. The editors have total responsibility, authority, and accountability for the scientific content of the Swiss Medical Weekly. In order to maintain editorial independence, the principles formulated by the World Association of Medical Editors (“The Relationship Between Journal Editors-in-Chief and Owners”) are observed. SMW is a member of COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) and and follows its recommendations.

The Swiss Medical Weekly is the official scientific publication of the Swiss Society of General Internal Medicine, the Swiss Society of Infectiology, the Swiss Society of Rheumatology and the Swiss Society of Pulmonary Hypertension.

The Swiss Medical Weekly has played a decisive role in Swiss clinical research. As a scientific platform, the journal has been contributing for more than 150 years to the promotion of young academics. Some special articles from previous years can be found here.

Previous titles: Correspondenz-Blatt für Schweizer Aerzte (1871-1919) and Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift / Journal Suisse de Médecine (Schweiz Med Wochenschr) (1920-2000)

After the change from Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift to Swiss Medical Weekly in 2001, the journal has been published as a journal of EMH Swiss Medical Publishers Ltd. Having assumed responsibility for the content and finances of the journal, the SMW supporting association now also acts as the journal's publisher. The partnership with EMH is continued, among other things, through mutual rights of use for the articles published by the respective party. 

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Articles published in the Swiss Medical Weekly are preserved in CLOCKSS, a secure dark archive.

PD Dr. med. Christine Baumgartner

Department of General Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland

Prof. Dr. med. Dr. phil. Nikola Biller-Andorno

Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine, Center for Medical Humanities, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Prof. Dr. med. Stefan Borgwardt, PhD

Neuropsychiatry and Brain Imaging research group, Department of Psychiatry (UPK), University of Basel, Switzerland

Prof. Dr. med. Tobias Breidthardt

Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Dr. med. Federico Caobelli

Nuclear Cardiology, Radiology & Nuclear Medicine Clinic, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Prof. Dr. med. Jean-Michel Dayer

Emeritus Professor of Medicine of the University of Geneva, Switzerland

Prof. Dr. med. Daniele De Luca, PhD

Division of Pediatrics and Neonatal Critical Care, APHP, GHU Paris Saclay, “A.Beclere” Medical Center / Associate Professor of Neonatology, Paris Saclay University

Prof. Dr. med. Nicolas Demartines

Department of Visceral Surgery, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Switzerland  

Amit Dutt, PhD

Integrated Cancer Genomics Laboratory, Tata Memorial Centre, Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, India

Prof. Dr. med. Isabella Eckerle

Department of Molecular Medicine and Microbiology / Center for Emerging Viral Diseases, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals , Geneva, Switzerland

Dr. med. Gabor Erdoes, PhD

University Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine,  University Hospital Bern (Inselspital), Bern, Switzerland

Prof. Dr. med. Aristomenis Exadaktylos

Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospital Bern (Inselspital), Bern, Switzerland

Prof. Dr. med. Miodrag Filipovic

Clinic for Anesthesiology & Intensive Care, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland

Prof. Dr. med. Franco Folli

Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy

Prof. Dr. med. Idris Guessous

Division of Primary Care Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland