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BMJ Global Health

BMJ Publishing Group · United Kingdom · Est. 1973

ISSN2059-7908eISSN2059-7908

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · SSCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1 · Scopus CiteScore 11.7. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

2.14

H-Indexi

139

CiteScorei

11.7

SNIPi

2.121

Total Worksi

4,579

Total Citationsi

130,744

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.61

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

BMJ Global Health is an open access, peer-reviewed journal publishing research on all aspects of global health. BMJ Global Health is an open access, online journal dedicated to publishing high-quality peer-reviewed content relevant to those involved in global health, including policy makers, funders, researchers, clinicians and frontline healthcare workers.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1973

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,579

Publisher OrgBMJ

OA Since2015

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC, 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

PMC

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?

2059-7908 / 2059-7908

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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?

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

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

554

21k

2019

516

29k

2020

633

28k

2021

467

15k

2022

475

7.9k

2023

369

3.6k

2024

620

2.6k

2025

350

192

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.

Health PolicyQ1

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHealth Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Global Maternal and Child HealthGlobal Health and SurgeryHealthcare Systems and ReformsGlobal Public Health Policies and EpidemiologyViral Infections and Outbreaks ResearchChild Nutrition and Water AccessVaccine Coverage and HesitancyCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeMalaria Research and Control

Frequently asked questions about BMJ Global Health

Is BMJ Global Health a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for BMJ Global Health: 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 Global Health?

BMJ Global Health 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 11.7.

Is BMJ Global Health indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

BMJ Global Health is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.