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BMJ Open Gastroenterology

BMJ Publishing Group · United Kingdom · Est. 1989

ISSN2054-4774eISSN2054-4774

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

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 · Scopus CiteScore 5.8. 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

0.848

H-Indexi

CiteScorei

5.8

SNIPi

1.247

Total Worksi

740

Total Citationsi

12,138

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.82

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

BMJ Open Gastroenterology is an online-only, peer-reviewed, open access journal, dedicated to publishing high-quality papers in gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy, clinical nutrition, paediatric gastroenterology and basic science. BMJ Open Gastroenterology publishes across all areas of gastroenterology and hepatology. The journal publishes all research study types, from study protocols to phase I trials to meta-analyses, including small or specialist studies.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1989

Annual Volume~ 81 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications740

Publisher OrgBMJ

OA Since2013

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoLOCKSS

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?

2054-4774 / 2054-4774

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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?

Portico, LOCKSS

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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

1.7k

2019

1.9k

2020

2.1k

2021

1.3k

2022

431

2023

514

2024

283

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.

GastroenterologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Scopus Categories

Gastroenterology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseColorectal Cancer Screening and DetectionLiver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentLiver Disease and TransplantationMicroscopic ColitisGastrointestinal motility and disordersLiver Diseases and ImmunityHepatitis C virus researchGastroesophageal reflux and treatmentsHelicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies

Frequently asked questions about BMJ Open Gastroenterology

Is BMJ Open Gastroenterology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for BMJ Open Gastroenterology: 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 Gastroenterology?

BMJ Open Gastroenterology 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 5.8.

Is BMJ Open Gastroenterology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

BMJ Open Gastroenterology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.