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• Abstracts and extracts of articles
• Original Research (Original Article, Special Article, Special Report) submitted before February 1, 2024, and 6 months after publication
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• Image Challenge
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• Double Take videos
• Corrections
• Retractions

The following additional content is also freely available to all with account sign-in:

• Any two subscriber-only NEJM articles (from 1990 to present) of your choosing, free, each calendar month
• Quick Take videos
• Articles coordinated with medical meetings (during the meeting)

• Create a free NEJM.org account or, if you’ve already done so, sign in to access two subscriber-only NEJM articles (from 1990 to present) of your choice each calendar month.
• Ongoing access to the article and all features (PDF, PowerPoint slides, etc.) associated with the article will last for the duration of the calendar month, until the free account benefit resets on the first day of the next month.
• Content such as Interactive Medical Cases and Videos in Clinical Medicine are considered the equivalent of an article.
• This benefit applies to content published from 1990 to present, and does not include the NEJM Archive (1812-1989).

All NEJM.org visitors have access to the following content without subscription or account sign-in requirements. These items are not subscriber-only and therefore do not count towards the free account benefit of two subscriber-only articles each month:

• Abstracts and extracts of articles
• Original Research (Original Article, Special Article, Special Report) submitted before February 1, 2024, and 6 months after publication
• Articles meeting editorial criteria for being made freely available to all
• Image Challenge
• NEJM Podcasts including NEJM This Week, Intention to Treat, Not Otherwise Specified, and NEJM Interviews
• Double Take videos
• Corrections
• Retractions

In addition, although the following content does not count against the two subscriber-only article benefit, account sign-in is required to view:

• Quick Take Videos
• Articles coordinated with medical meetings (during the meeting)

No. Articles associated with Weekly CME may be accessed, but the CME activity is only available to personal subscribers. Personal subscriptions include full access to all Weekly CME activities.

Articles from the NEJM Archive (1812-1989) also must be purchased. Personal subscriptions include 50 free NEJM Archive (1812-1989) views. Many institutional site licenses include access to the NEJM Archive (1812-1989).

No. On the 1st of each month, the count of two subscriber-only articles starts over for that month.

For those who want to read additional articles and who do not have access through an institution, a personal subscription may be purchased.

Articles published in coordination with medical meetings are freely available to all with sign-in during the meeting. Afterwards, most of this content becomes subscriber-only and can be accessed by using one of the two free subscriber-only articles that comes with a free NEJM.org account each month, by accessing NEJM.org through your institution (if your institution has an NEJM.org site license), or by purchasing a personal subscription to NEJM.

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Starting January 2024, NEJM began publishing 48 print issues each year to reduce our environmental impact. As a result, readers continue to have access to the same current volume of content in both print and digital formats with NEJM.org remaining the journal of record for the New England Journal of Medicine.

Please note that the New England Journal of Medicine is published weekly on Thursday with the exception of the following weeks in 2025: March 20, May 22, August 28, December 25.

NEJM is published weekly on Thursday with the exception of the following weeks in 2025: March 20, May 22, August 28, December 25.

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• Free access to all NEJM Weekly CME activities (over 350 weekly exams to choose from)
• 50 free NEJM Archive (1812–1989) article views

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NEJM personal subscribers receive 50 NEJM Archive (1812–1989) article views as part of their paid subscription. Your My Account will track the number of free NEJM Archive article views you have available.

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Yes, contact Customer Service to suspend delivery of your print NEJM subscription and/or online access.

Please note that the New England Journal of Medicine is published weekly on Thursday with the exception of the following weeks in 2025: March 20, May 22, August 28, December 25.

Go to My Account to confirm that your subscription is active and that your mailing address is correct. If you still require assistance after verifying your information, contact Customer Service.

Every effort is made to ensure delivery by Thursday issue cover dates. However, deliveries can sometimes be delayed. If this situation occurs frequently, contact Customer Service.

Due to the many challenges subscribers in India have experienced with on-time delivery of NEJM print issues, we are permanently discontinuing print issue delivery in India. Digital-only subscriptions are available and provide subscriber access to NEJM.org that includes all the content in print issues, as soon as it is published, plus all content back to 1990, valuable multimedia and interactive features, article collections by specialty, and more.

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Yes. In low-income countries where resources are limited, NEJM provides free or low-cost full-text access to NEJM.org through Geo-IP (recognition of regionally-based IP addresses) and through partnership with Research4Life’s Access to Research in Health (Hinari) program. In determining which countries qualify for such access, NEJM generally follows eligibility criteria established by Research4Life.

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Yes, NEJM offers personal subscribers free access to the entire collection of more than 300 NEJM Weekly CME activities and Interactive Medical Case e-learning modules across a wide variety of medical specialties. For more details, visit NEJM Weekly CME Program.

Yes, you must receive a score of 100% to receive AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Once you have successfully completed a CME activity, you can claim CME credit. You should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of your participation in the activity.

NEJM personal subscribers receive full access to the entire collection of more than 300 NEJM Weekly CME activities and Interactive Medical Cases (during paid subscription term). NEJM Weekly CME and Interactive Medical Case activities are worth one AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ^™ each.

Browse hundreds of NEJM Weekly CME activities and Interactive Medical Cases across a wide variety of medical specialties and topics. NEJM adds three new Weekly CME activities each week.

NEJM automatically tracks your completion of Weekly CME activities through the My CE Activities & Profile section of the Continuing Education Center. Certificates for CME record-keeping are available for download. From My Account on NEJM.org, click on My CME Activity.

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NEJM works with Altmetric.com to gather article metrics that offer valuable information about a paper’s global reach, distribution, and impact across the medical community and mainstream media.

Found on the Metrics & Citations tab of every article page on NEJM.org, the Altmetrics badge features an at-a-glance view of where and how the article is being noticed across diverse sources like social media, newspapers and mainstream media, blogs, and academic forums.

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