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Research Integrity and Peer Review

BMC · United Kingdom · Est. 2004

eISSN2058-8615

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Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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H-Indexi

Total Worksi

186

Total Citationsi

9,279

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.25

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Ethics; History & Philosophy Of Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2004

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications186

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2015

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewOpen peer review

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BMC

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2058-8615

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Open peer review

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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?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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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.

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EthicsHistory & Philosophy Of Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Meta-analysis and systematic reviewsAcademic integrity and plagiarismscientometrics and bibliometrics researchAcademic Publishing and Open AccessEthics in Clinical ResearchPharmaceutical industry and healthcareAcademic Writing and PublishingSex and Gender in HealthcareArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and EducationHealth and Medical Research Impacts

Frequently asked questions about Research Integrity and Peer Review

Is Research Integrity and Peer Review a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Research Integrity and Peer Review: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Research Integrity and Peer Review?

Research Integrity and Peer Review 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 3.25.

Is Research Integrity and Peer Review indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Research Integrity and Peer Review is indexed in Web of Science, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Research Integrity and Peer Review?