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BMJ Innovations

BMJ Publishing Group · United Kingdom · Est. 2013

ISSN2055-8074eISSN2055-642X
SJR Q3WOS ESCIScopus / SJR
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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3 · Scopus CiteScore 4.9. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q3
SJR · Scopus
Top 75% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.365
H-Indexi
37
CiteScorei
4.9
SNIPi
0.613
Total Worksi
478
Total Citationsi
5,478
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.92
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

BMJ Innovations is an online journal, covering research on emerging digital health, medical devices and innovations. BMJ Innovations is a peer reviewed online journal focused on novel technologies, emerging digital health and pioneering medical devices. The journal champions high-quality original research, systemic and narrative reviews as well as early-stage innovation reports that are designed to accelerate transferable lessons from new health solutions . Along with a rich mix of news, discussion and debate BMJ Innovations aims to ensure innovators, clinicians, leaders and policy makers stay informed on and are empowered to adopt the latest innovations that will make the biggest impact on health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2013
Annual Volume~ 24 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications478
Publisher OrgBMJ
Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Reviewsingle anonymised
OA LicenseCC BY
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

7/11 · 64%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
BMJ Publishing Group
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
2055-8074 / 2055-642X
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
single anonymised
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
23
443
2019
93
1k
2020
66
898
2021
65
440
2022
15
106
2023
19
61
2024
38
51
2025
66
1
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)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Care Sciences & Services

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Mobile Health and mHealth ApplicationsBiomedical and Engineering EducationTelemedicine and Telehealth ImplementationDigital Mental Health InterventionsArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and EducationHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeHealth Policy Implementation ScienceSurgical Simulation and TrainingHealthcare Systems and TechnologyInnovation and Socioeconomic Development

Frequently asked questions about BMJ Innovations

Is BMJ Innovations a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for BMJ Innovations: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, 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 Innovations?

BMJ Innovations 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 4.9.

Is BMJ Innovations indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

BMJ Innovations is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of BMJ Innovations?

BMJ Innovations is an online journal, covering research on emerging digital health, medical devices and innovations. BMJ Innovations is a peer reviewed online journal focused on novel technologies, emerging digital health and pioneering medical devices. The journal champions high-quality original research, systemic and narrative reviews as well as early-stage innovation reports that are designed to accelerate transferable lessons from new health solutions . Along with a rich mix of news, discussion and debate BMJ Innovations aims to ensure innovators, clinicians, leaders and policy makers stay

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref