Journal of Nepal Medical Association

The Journal of Nepal Medical Association is a monthly peer-reviewed open-access medical journal from Nepal. It was established in 1963.

It is published by Nepal Medical Association, a professional association of doctors in Nepal. The current editor-in-chief is Dr. Ashis Shrestha, who was appointed in March 2024.

History
The journal was established in September 1963. The first editor-in-chief was Dr. Mrigendra Raj Pandey.

Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in: • CAB Abstracts

• Embase

• Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed

• International Bibliography of Periodical Literature

• Science Citation Index Expanded

• Scopus

Past editors
The following persons are of have been editor-in-chief:


 * Mrigendra Raj Pandey (1963–1964)
 * Hemang Dixit (1965–1967)
 * BP Sharma (1967–1968)
 * Moin Shah (1969–1970)
 * YB Shrestha (1971–1972)
 * Santosh Man Shrestha (1973)
 * PR Satyal (1974–1976)
 * Shyam Bahadur Pandey (1977–1978)
 * Sanjib Dhungel (1979)
 * Shyam Bahadur Pandey (1980)
 * Tej S Malla (1981–1983)
 * Narayan Bahadur Thapa(1984–1985)
 * Sanjib Dhungel (1986)
 * Ramesh Kant Adhikari (1987–1988)
 * Mahendra Nepal (1989)
 * Rakesh Prasad (1990)
 * Mohan P Joshi (1991)
 * Neelam Adhikari (1992)
 * Nirakar Man Shrestha (1993)
 * Bhagavat P Nepal (1994)
 * Babu Ram Marasini (1995–1997)
 * Ugra Narayan Pathak (1997–1998)
 * Sudha Sharma (1999–2001)
 * Ramesh P Acharya (2002–2004)
 * Achala Vaidya (2005–2006)
 * Kusum Thapa (2007–2011)
 * Rabindra Pradhan (2011–2012)
 * Angel Magar (2013–2023)
 * Ashis Shrestha (2024–present)