Affinity and Society Publishing

BMJ Group provides a wide range of products and services for doctors, other healthcare professionals and patients – we only provide medical products and services. We are one of the world’s best known and most respected medical publishers. We have gained our reputation for excellence in medical publishing through over 150 years of commitment to the highest standards.

Our journal publishing service – Affinity - reflects the objectives and values that we share with the medical community. We believe that healthy profits follow good ideas that meet the needs of our customers. By serving medicine well we also serve our publishing partners and ourselves. Placing customers and medical advancement at the heart of our business is central to our working philosophy.

BMJ Group is a small but extremely influential medical publisher. Our size means you will be a big fish in a small pond and will not have to fight for attention with direct competitors or non-medical products. BMJ Group is an innovative publisher, the BMJ was one of the first medical journals online in full text and was Open Access before the concept had even been considered.

Our journals division – BMJ Journals – publishes some of the leading specialty journals in their fields, many published in partnership with prestigious medical societies and colleges. Our flagship weekly journal – the British Medical Journal (BMJ) – is one of the top cited medical journals in the world.

Stable and secure
BMJ Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of the British Medical Association. As such, we are not subject to takeovers and mergers. Our record of long-serving staff provides a level of continuity that is much valued by our partners. We publish in partnership with a wide range of medical organizations and most of our collaborations have existed for many years; some stretch back well over half a century.

Unparalleled access
We have a deep understanding of the medical market and unparalleled access to the global medical market place. Our online services are accessed by over a million unique users every month and we have developed strong relationships with medical information purchasers and distributors around the world.

A unique relationship
We believe in the value of personal relationships and individual attention. To us, each journal is unique, and that is how we will treat you. We will of course offer you the economies of scale you expect from a major international publisher, without losing sight of your particular needs. Our mission is focused on the progress of medicine; at the same time, we are a commercial organization with a responsibility to generate profits for the many organizations with whom we partner, for ourselves and for our owner the BMA. This blend of commercial drive with a commitment to medical advancement gives us a unique viewpoint, helping us form strong and progressive partnerships with medical societies – working together, towards common goals.

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Contact us

For more information about the full range of publishing services available, please contact affinity@bmjgroup.com or telephone +44 (0)20 7383 6318.