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British Journal of Midwifery

MA Healthcare Ltd · United Kingdom

ISSN0969-4900

SJR Q3✓ 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. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.269

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.284

Total Worksi

5,442

Total Citationsi

22,187

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.63

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Maternity and Midwifery.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 105 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications5,442

Publisher OrgMark Allen Group

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

MA Healthcare Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0969-4900

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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.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

165

535

2019

158

657

2020

130

484

2021

115

283

2022

106

203

2023

102

137

2024

106

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Maternity and MidwiferyQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Maternity and Midwifery

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Maternal and Perinatal Health InterventionsGrief, Bereavement, and Mental HealthMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and PostpartumGlobal Maternal and Child HealthHealth Services Management and Policy

Frequently asked questions about British Journal of Midwifery

Is British Journal of Midwifery a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for British Journal of Midwifery: 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 British Journal of Midwifery?

British Journal of Midwifery is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.269.

Is British Journal of Midwifery indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

British Journal of Midwifery is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of British Journal of Midwifery?