First-time authors of quality improvement articles should begin with a review of Standards for Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence (SQUIRE). The SQUIRE guidelines help authors write excellent, usable articles about quality improvement in health care so that findings may be easily discovered and widely disseminated.

Where to publish your quality improvement work?

• American Journal of Medical Quality
• BMJ Quality & Safety
• Journal of Patient Safety
• Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
• Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare
• Patient Safety in Surgery
• Quality Management in Health Care
• Southern Medical Journal
• The Joint Commission Journal on Quality & Patient Safety
• Health Care: The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation
• Implementation Science
• The Internal Journal for Quality in Health Care
• Journal for Healthcare Quality
• The Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management
• Journal of Graduate Medical Education
• The Journal of Healthcare Risk Management

Many specialty journals are interested in quality improvement.

Student Publications

Students who would like to publish their work should target these student-run publications:

• International Journal of Medical Students
• Student BMJ
• The Student Doctor Network