The American Journal of Medicine is a peer-reviewed medical journal and the official journal of the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine. It was established in 1946. The journal is published monthly by Elsevier. It is also known as "the green journal". Elsevier's former sister company Cahners Publishing acquired The American Journal of Medicine publisher Technical Publishing in 1986. Joseph S. Alpert (University of Arizona College of Medicine) became editor-in-chief of the journal in 2004. At that time, the editorial office moved to Tucson, Arizona.