Journal showcase
Thursday, 01 May, 2025
In the last 12 months NHS Scotland OpenAthens account holders conducted 1,333,559 journal article downloads. That's 3,653 articles every day!
Following our recent updates to our digital library resources, NES Knowledge Services have worked hard to maintain access for health and social care staff to over 4,000 journals. These include key publications such as the BMJ collections, The Lancet and JAMA, as well as a range of specialised collections. Check out some of the titles showcased below - all available to access online with your NHS Scotland OpenAthens account.
Explore our full collection of journals - browse or search for titles using the Journal Search on The Knowledge Network Library Search.
For help to use the Library Search and access, save and set up alerts for topics of interest to you, see The Knowledge Network Information Skills.
The British Journal of General Practice is an international journal publishing research, editorials, debate and analysis, and clinical guidance for family practitioners and primary care researchers worldwide.
The only monthly, peer-reviewed journal to recognise the importance and potential of the million-strong group of healthcare support workers: healthcare assistants (HCAs) and assistant practitioners (APs).
Each issue contains a wide range of bespoke, evidence-based articles providing examples of good practice in all areas of healthcare. Every article highlights learning outcomes, to support practitioners' training and to help extend their knowledge and skills.
Read British Journal of Healthcare Assistants via Library Search
The British Journal of Social Work is an international, high-impact, academic social work journal, published in the UK and owned by the British Association of Social Workers. Foregrounding of experiential knowledge of social work in our editorial and publishing practice is important to ensure that social work knowledge and resultant practice are developed in partnership with and reflect the needs of the communities, groups, families, and individuals we work with.
Written for upper-level management, this journal presents analysis of management problems, helpful commentary on advanced thinking and practice in all fields of management and administration and the best ideas in business and management to help people, organizations, and economies work better.
Empowering mental health professionals with peer-reviewed psychiatric research and insights. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry is a leading, peer-reviewed medical journal dedicated to advancing the science and practice of psychiatry. It publishes cutting-edge research, reviews, and clinical studies to support mental health professionals in delivering evidence-based care.
Formerly British Journal of Child Health and Journal of Health Visiting (you can still access archives of these titles via our previous subscriptions). Journal of Family and Child Health was launched to support the broad range of professionals caring for children aged 0–19 and the clinical areas covered in their daily practice. Includes articles on public health, mental health and wellbeing, safeguarding, and special and complex needs. Experts in the field also publish commentaries on a variety of issues currently affecting practitioners.
Read the Journal of Family and child health via Library Search
The New England Journal of Medicine - Evidence is a digital journal for innovative original research and fresh, bold ideas in clinical trial design and clinical decision-making. Includes research from first-in-human studies that offer insight into the safety and potential efficacy of novel therapeutics to the late-stage confirmatory trials that solidify the evidence base that forms the foundation of clinical practice.
Radiology publishes cutting edge and impactful imaging research articles in radiology and medical imaging in order to help improve human health.
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