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BMC Medical Research Methodology

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1919

ISSN1471-2288eISSN1471-2288

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

1.426

H-Indexi

218

SNIPi

1.732

Total Worksi

4,045

Total Citationsi

307,408

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.06

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Health Care Sciences & Services; Epidemiology; Health Informatics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1919

Annual Volume~ 309 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,045

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

LOCKSSBritish Library; National Library of the Netherlands; Library of CongressPMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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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?

1471-2288 / 1471-2288

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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?

LOCKSS, British Library; National Library of the Netherlands; Library of Congress, PMC

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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

15k

2019

299

13k

2020

288

11k

2021

339

7.5k

2022

302

3.5k

2023

325

2.8k

2024

299

1.5k

2025

232

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.

EpidemiologyQ1

Health InformaticsQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Care Sciences & Services

Scopus Categories

Health InformaticsEpidemiology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Meta-analysis and systematic reviewsAdvanced Causal Inference TechniquesStatistical Methods and Bayesian InferenceStatistical Methods in Clinical TrialsHealth Policy Implementation ScienceEthics in Clinical ResearchSurvey Methodology and NonresponseStatistical Methods and InferenceHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeReliability and Agreement in Measurement

Frequently asked questions about BMC Medical Research Methodology

Is BMC Medical Research Methodology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for BMC Medical Research Methodology: 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 Medical Research Methodology?

BMC Medical Research Methodology 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 4.06.

Is BMC Medical Research Methodology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

BMC Medical Research Methodology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of BMC Medical Research Methodology?