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Pilot and Feasibility Studies

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1966

ISSN2055-5784eISSN2055-5784

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.

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📊 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

0.681

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.668

Total Worksi

1,818

Total Citationsi

25,145

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.34

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Medicine, Research & Experimental; Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1966

Annual Volume~ 175 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,818

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2014

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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

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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?

2055-5784 / 2055-5784

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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, PMC, CLOCKSS

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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

156

4.2k

2019

196

3.4k

2020

222

2.8k

2021

267

2.4k

2022

197

1.7k

2023

154

502

2024

173

224

2025

144

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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Medicine, Research & Experimental

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Health Policy Implementation SciencePhysical Activity and HealthDigital Mental Health InterventionsCancer survivorship and careStroke Rehabilitation and RecoveryDiabetes Management and EducationMobile Health and mHealth ApplicationsBalance, Gait, and Falls PreventionObesity, Physical Activity, DietDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research

Frequently asked questions about Pilot and Feasibility Studies

Is Pilot and Feasibility Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Pilot and Feasibility Studies: 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 Pilot and Feasibility Studies?

Pilot and Feasibility Studies 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 1.34.

Is Pilot and Feasibility Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Pilot and Feasibility Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Pilot and Feasibility Studies?