Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

What Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine does

The Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (CCJM) is a peer-reviewed medical journal published by The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, a nonprofit academic medical center headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. Established in 1933, CCJM provides practical clinical information for busy clinicians — including physicians, specialists, and trainees — across more than 30 medical specialties such as cardiology, pulmonology, gastroenterology, hepatology, nephrology, neurology, oncology, women's health, and genetics. The journal operates as an ongoing educational resource offering article-level CME/MOC credits, conference coverage from major medical meetings (ASCO, ADA, AACE, ENDO, CHEST, Kidney Week, ACP, and others), a "Conversations with Leaders" interview series, and organized specialty collections. Content is delivered digitally via ccjm.org, hosted on the HighWire publishing platform (a division of Stanford University Libraries), with supplementary print options and a manuscript submission portal for authors.

Underlying technology is largely standard academic publishing infrastructure: HighWire for digital hosting and content management, identity federation through the DMD Healthcare Communications Network for universal registration/login, and social login support via Google, Facebook, and Twitter. Articles are discoverable through PubMed/MEDLINE and Google Scholar indexing, with citation export support across BibTeX, EndNote, RefWorks, Mendeley, Papers, and Zotero. Compliance posture includes HIPAA adherence for protected health information and GDPR-aligned provisions for international users.

CCJM monetizes through subscription-based access on an annual billing cadence, offered to both individual healthcare professionals and institutional buyers (hospital libraries, medical schools, and healthcare systems). CME/MOC fees constitute a secondary recurring revenue stream tied to credit-bearing articles. Go-to-market is direct-to-consumer with no disclosed sales channel intermediaries, complemented by organic discovery through conference coverage, email alerts, and social/academic network sharing. Operating geographies are anchored in the U.S. but functionally global via digital distribution and academic indexing.

Name

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Legal name

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Website

https://ccjm.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1933

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine is a peer-reviewed medical journal, published continuously since 1933 by The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, providing practical clinical content, CME/MOC credits, and conference coverage to physicians, specialists, and medical institutions across 30+ specialties.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Peer-Reviewed Medical Journal Publishing

NAICS

Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories (6215)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare & Clinical Professional Development (CME/CE) (EDAGANAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Medical & Clinical Reference (Physicians, Nursing, Allied Health) (EDAGAGAA), Healthcare Clinical Professions (CME/CE for Nurses, Allied Health, Pharmacy) (EDAAALAC)

Keywords

• Peer-reviewed medical journal
• Continuing medical education
• Clinical decision support
• Medical specialty publishing
• Physician reference content

Headquarters

HQ city

Cleveland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Journal Subscriptions: Individual and institutional subscriptions providing access to peer-reviewed medical content, CME articles, and archives. The journal offers both print and digital access options.
2. CME/MOC Fees: Continuing medical education credits offered for select articles, with associated fees for physicians seeking professional development credits.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine is a peer-reviewed medical journal that publishes full-text clinical articles across 30+ medical specialties for practicing clinicians. It sells individual and institutional subscriptions (print and digital), provides CME/MOC credit-bearing articles for professional development, and operates a manuscript submission portal for authors. Conference coverage summaries from major medical meetings are included in the core content offering.

Product overview

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (CCJM) is a peer-reviewed medical journal published by Cleveland Clinic that provides practical clinical information to busy clinicians. The journal operates as a unified platform offering published articles across multiple medical specialties, CME/MOC educational credits, conference coverage from major medical events, manuscript submission services, and subscription-based content access. Content is organized by specialty (Cardiology, Pulmonology, Gastroenterology, Women's Health, Genetics, and 30+ others) and article type (Commentary, Clinical Pictures, Reviews, Letters). The journal also features special series like Conversations with Leaders interviews and comprehensive conference coverage from ASCO, ADA, AACE, and other major medical meetings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine Subscription Subscription-based access to the peer-reviewed Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, providing full-text clinical articles across 30+ medical specialties in both digital and print formats for individual physicians and institutional libraries.
• CME/MOC Credit Articles Continuing Medical Education (CME) and Maintenance of Certification (MOC) credit-bearing articles that allow physicians and healthcare professionals to earn professional development credits while reading peer-reviewed clinical content.
• Manuscript Submission Portal Online portal enabling authors to submit manuscripts for publication consideration in the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, including submission guidelines and reviewer resources.

Quantifiable outcome

• Provides practical information to promote better patient care for busy clinicians

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Integration7 records

AI capability1 record

Feature3 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Annals of Internal Medicine: Published by the American College of Physicians, this peer-reviewed journal targets internists with clinical reviews, CME, and similar specialty coverage. Directly comparable in audience, content type, and CME monetization.
• New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM): Premier peer-reviewed general medical journal with CME offerings, subscription model, and broad specialty coverage. Directly comparable as a clinician-targeted subscription journal competing for institutional budgets and clinician reading time.
• JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association): Flagship JAMA Network journal offering peer-reviewed clinical content, CME credits, and conference coverage to a similar clinician audience. Comparable subscription/CME model and institutional licensing approach.
• The Lancet: Leading international peer-reviewed general medical journal offering subscription access, CME, and conference coverage. Comparable in offering breadth and clinician-targeting, though with a more international editorial footprint than CCJM.
• The BMJ (British Medical Journal): Peer-reviewed general medical journal from BMJ (British Medical Association) with CME modules, subscription model, and conference updates. Comparable publication structure and clinician audience, with stronger international footprint.
• Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Peer-reviewed journal published by Mayo Clinic, another top-ranked US academic medical center. Highly comparable as a hospital-system-affiliated general internal medicine journal serving practicing clinicians with CME content and conference coverage.
• American Family Physician: AAFP-published peer-reviewed clinical journal providing CME and practical reviews for primary care physicians. Directly comparable in clinician-targeted subscription/CME model, with a narrower primary-care focus.
• Hospital Practice: Peer-reviewed clinical journal focused on hospital-based medicine, offering CME and reviews across specialties. Comparable in scope (clinical practice, CME) and subscription distribution to institutional medical libraries.

Broad incumbents

• UpToDate: Wolters Kluwer's evidence-based clinical decision support resource used by clinicians at point-of-care with embedded CME. Comparable as a clinician-targeted reference product with CME monetization and institutional licensing, though positioned as a point-of-care tool rather than a journal.

Emerging players

• Medscape: Digital clinician platform offering free CME, clinical news, and conference coverage to a massive physician audience. Comparable in CME/monetization and conference coverage, but differentiated by a free, ad-supported model versus CCJM's paid subscription.

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/ClevelandClinic
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/clevelandclinic
• Facebookfacebook.com/ClevelandClinic
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cleveland-clinic
• Instagraminstagram.com/clevelandclinic

Compliance2 records

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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