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BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine

BMJ Publishing Group · United Kingdom · Est. 1985

ISSN2515-4478

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 11.4. 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

2.245

H-Indexi

CiteScorei

11.4

SNIPi

1.578

Total Worksi

750

Total Citationsi

14,405

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.50

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine (BMJ EBM) publishes original evidence-based research, insights and opinions on what matters for health care. We focus on the tools, methods, and concepts that are basic and central to practising evidence-based medicine and deliver relevant, trustworthy and impactful evidence.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1985

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications750

Publisher OrgBMJ

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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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?

2515-4478

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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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?

N/A

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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?

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

106

1.7k

2019

113

2.9k

2020

1.4k

2021

1.6k

2022

1.3k

2023

791

2024

411

2025

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)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Medicine, General & Internal

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Meta-analysis and systematic reviewsHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeHealth Sciences Research and EducationHealthcare cost, quality, practicesClinical practice guidelines implementationHealth Policy Implementation ScienceEthics in Clinical ResearchStatistical Methods in Clinical TrialsPatient-Provider Communication in HealthcareHealth and Medical Research Impacts

Frequently asked questions about BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine

Is BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine: 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 Evidence-Based Medicine?

BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine 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 11.4.

Is BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.