Objective: To assess the characteristics of editorial articles in high quality Colombian medical journals. Methods: A standardized search allowed identifying the expected characteristics of editorial articles according to journalism. Colombian journals with “A” classification by Colciencias were selected and their editorial articles were evaluated. Article length, number of authors, number of references, and adherence to expected characteristics were determined. Results: Eighty-eight editorial articles were evaluated, of which 21% declared an opinion and 10% had long titles. The mean number of words per article was 1 579. Nine percent were written in English, 15% had multiple authors, and 35% had over eight references. Conclusions: Editorial articles in Colombian medical journals are still far from meeting journalism guidelines. It is necessary to educate those who adopt editorial roles of medical journals.