BMJ

BMJ Publishing Group · United Kingdom

ISSN0959-8146

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.988

H-Indexi

543

SNIPi

9.446

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

BMJ: British Medical Journal aims to publish material that will help doctors and medical students in their daily practice. BMJ Open is a medical journal that considers papers addressing research questions in clinical medicine, public health and epidemiology, health services research, health economics, surgery, qualitative research, research methods, medical education, medical publishing and any other field that directly addresses patient outcomes or the practice and delivery of healthcare.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

FrequencyWeekly

StatusActive

Total Publications—

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BMJ Publishing Group

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

0959-8146

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)

Frequently asked questions about BMJ

Is BMJ a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for BMJ: it is indexed in Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of BMJ?

BMJ is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 1.988.

Is BMJ indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

BMJ is indexed in Scopus.

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