 Menopause: The Journal of The North American Menopause Society is a peer-reviewed scientific journal owned by NAMS and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins LWW . This bimonthly journal has become the world's most widely regarded forum for scholarly articles on the leading research related to menopause. Menopause provides a forum for new research, applied basic science, and clinical guidelines on all aspects of menopause. The journal's scope and usefulness extend beyond gynecology, encompassing many varied biomedical areas, including internal medicine, family practice, medical subspecialties such as cardiology and geriatrics, epidemiology, pathology, sociology, psychology, anthropology, and pharmacology. This forum is essential to help integrate these areas, highlight needs for future research, and enhance health care. Menopause was launched in the spring of 1994 with quarterly distribution to all NAMS members worldwide. In 2000, Menopause began bimonthly distribution. The journal continues to be distributed six times each year, although available editorial pages per issue have been expanded significantly, allowing for more rapid publication of the increased numbers of top quality papers that have been submitted and accepted. The Society is proud that Menopause continues to achieve high ranking among scientific publications. For example, in the most recent Journal Citation Report for the year 2005, Menopause ranked #3 out of the 57 journals listed in the Ob/Gyn category – with its highest impact factor (3.913) in history. Menopause is a steady performer that attracts the leading papers. With a paid circulation of over 2,500 individuals and institutions receiving the print and electronic journal, and thousands more accessing the journal electronically through their institutions, Menopause reaches the leaders in the field who are influential in shaping opinions worldwide. Authors are encouraged to submit their papers for consideration. Advertisers are encouraged to support the official journal with their advertisements. Nonmembers of the Society are invited to subscribe or to join NAMS and receive Menopause plus additional member benefits for nearly the same price as that of a subscription. Full text articles published in Menopause since the January 2001 issue are posted in the Menopause Web site at www.menopausejournal.com maintained by LWW. Subscribers, including NAMS members, gain free access and others pay a nominal fee per article accessed.
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