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BMJ Open Gastroenterology

BMJ Publishing Group · United Kingdom · Est. 1989

ISSN2054-4774eISSN2054-4774

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS ESCI+10

✓ Scopus Q1+25

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total60

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

1.166

H-Index

CiteScore

5.8

SNIP

1.247

Total Works

740

Total Citations

12,138

2yr Mean Citedness

2.82

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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.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Average · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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

Review Time~15 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

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

PMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/12 · 83%

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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?

Scopus, DOAJ

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

GastroenterologyQ1

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