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BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care

BMJ Publishing Group · United Kingdom · Est. 1969

ISSN2052-4897eISSN2052-4897

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 · Scopus CiteScore 7.9. 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

1.646

H-Indexi

CiteScorei

7.9

SNIPi

1.374

Total Worksi

1,552

Total Citationsi

40,077

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.89

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care is an open access diabetes journal from the ADA and BMJ that strives to publish innovative studies on diabetes in all disciplines and therapeutic areas as quickly and transparently as possible. BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care is an open access journal committed to publishing high-quality basic and clinical research articles regarding type 1 and type 2 diabetes and associated complications. The online-only format allows for continuous updates and serves as an invaluable resource to the multidisciplinary community of endocrinology, public health/prevention and internal medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1969

Annual Volume~ 103 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,552

Publisher OrgBMJ

OA Since2012

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC, 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

PMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BMJ Publishing Group

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2052-4897 / 2052-4897

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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

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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

100

3.9k

2019

390

13k

2020

230

5.6k

2021

143

2.8k

2022

103

1.6k

2023

118

927

2024

269

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.

Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Endocrinology & Metabolism

Scopus Categories

Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and LipoproteinsDiabetes Management and ResearchDiabetes Treatment and ManagementDiabetes Management and EducationDiabetes and associated disordersHyperglycemia and glycemic control in critically ill and hospitalized patientsPancreatic function and diabetesGestational Diabetes Research and ManagementChronic Kidney Disease and DiabetesAdipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases

Frequently asked questions about BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care

Is BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care: 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 BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care?

BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care 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. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 7.9.

Is BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.