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BMJ Open Quality

BMJ Publishing Group · United Kingdom · Est. 2017

ISSN2399-6641eISSN2399-6641

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2 · Scopus CiteScore 2.5. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.711

H-Indexi

CiteScorei

2.5

SNIPi

0.797

Total Worksi

1,948

Total Citationsi

14,955

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.75

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

BMJ Open Quality is a peer reviewed, Open Access journal covering all content in healthcare improvement work. The journal adheres to a rigorous and transparent peer review process and papers are considered on the basis of methodological soundness rather than priority or novelty. BMJ Open Quality is the open access companion journal to BMJ Quality & Safety.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2017

FrequencyContinuous publication online

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,948

Publisher OrgBMJ

OA Since2016

Visit Journal Website

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?

2399-6641 / 2399-6641

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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

180

2.6k

2019

163

2.5k

2020

241

2.7k

2021

258

2.3k

2022

253

1.9k

2023

251

1.1k

2024

349

565

2025

143

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 PolicyQ2

Leadership and ManagementQ2

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Care Sciences & ServicesMedicine, General & Internal

Scopus Categories

Leadership and ManagementPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHealth Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Patient Safety and Medication ErrorsHealth Policy Implementation ScienceEmergency and Acute Care StudiesHospital Admissions and OutcomesPrimary Care and Health OutcomesPatient Satisfaction in HealthcareSepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentHealthcare cost, quality, practicesPharmaceutical Practices and Patient OutcomesInterprofessional Education and Collaboration

Frequently asked questions about BMJ Open Quality

Is BMJ Open Quality a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for BMJ Open Quality: 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 Open Quality?

BMJ Open Quality 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 2.5.

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

BMJ Open Quality is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.