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BMC Anesthesiology

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1975

ISSN1471-2253eISSN1471-2253

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.819

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.04

Total Worksi

4,182

Total Citationsi

56,854

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.29

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Anesthesiology; Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1975

Annual Volume~ 534 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,182

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2000

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewOpen

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PMCCLOCKSSNational Library of the Netherlands; British Library

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1471-2253 / 1471-2253

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Open

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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?

PMC, CLOCKSS, National Library of the Netherlands; British Library

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

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

246

2019

300

5.4k

2020

319

5.1k

2021

413

5.8k

2022

421

4.4k

2023

479

2024

703

1.6k

2025

613

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.

Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Anesthesiology

Scopus Categories

Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Anesthesia and Pain ManagementAnesthesia and Sedative AgentsAirway Management and Intubation TechniquesNausea and vomiting managementEnhanced Recovery After SurgeryIntensive Care Unit Cognitive DisordersHemodynamic Monitoring and TherapyRespiratory Support and MechanismsCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesSepsis Diagnosis and Treatment

Frequently asked questions about BMC Anesthesiology

Is BMC Anesthesiology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for BMC Anesthesiology: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 BMC Anesthesiology?

BMC Anesthesiology is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 2.29.

Is BMC Anesthesiology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

BMC Anesthesiology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of BMC Anesthesiology?