Basic Medicine

Basic Medicine
The journal's cover. The cover's background color is green. At the top, a red North Korean propaganda message can be read above a white ribbon. Below, in large yellow text is "Basic Medicine" in Korean. At the bottom, publication information including the publisher, issue, and year can be found. The publisher's logo can also be found which consists of an atom overlayed on a globe.
October 2022 issue cover
DisciplineMedical science
LanguageKorean
Publication details
History1969–present
Publisher
Science and Encyclopedia Publishing House (North Korea)
FrequencyQuarterly
Indexing
ISSN1728-0338
OCLC no.70664592

Basic Medicine (Korean: 기초의학; MR: Kich'o ŭihak) is a North Korean quarterly general medical journal established in 1969 and published by the Science and Encyclopedia Publishing House (과학백과사전출판사).[1] The journal is subject to widespread publication bias and does not meet international standards; it lacks peer review, in-line citations, and an ethical code. Basic Medicine is produced primarily for domestic distribution, although it is one of ten North Korean medical journals available in South Korea.

  1. ^ Ha et al. 2018, p. 2.