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BMJ Open Science

BMJ Publishing Group · United Kingdom · Est. 2017

ISSN2398-8703

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2023-01-10). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal is inactive. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.59

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

Total Citationsi

1,169

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Languageen

1st Year Published2017

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2024)

Total Publications49

Publisher OrgBMJ

OA Since2016

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PMCPortico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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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?

2398-8703

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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, Portico

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

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

2017

2018

215

2019

475

2020

359

2021

110

2022

2024

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

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Animal testing and alternativesMeta-analysis and systematic reviewsVeterinary Pharmacology and AnesthesiaImmunotoxicology and immune responsesMesenchymal stem cell researchEthics in Clinical ResearchNeurotransmitter Receptor Influence on BehaviorHealth and Medical Research ImpactsCell Image Analysis TechniquesMisinformation and Its Impacts

Frequently asked questions about BMJ Open Science

Is BMJ Open Science a predatory journal?

BMJ Open Science was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal is inactive" (2023-01-10). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of BMJ Open Science?

BMJ Open Science is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.59.

Is BMJ Open Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

BMJ Open Science is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of BMJ Open Science?