Aims and Scope of Systematic Reviews
Systematic Reviews is an online-only open access peer-reviewed medical journal published by BioMed Central that focuses on systematic reviews. Articles are either about specific systematic reviews, reporting their protocols, methodologies, findings, follow-up, etc., or else they are about such reviews as a class, discussing the science of systematic reviews. Less
Key Metrics
CiteScore 

4.2
Impact Factor 

< 5
SJR 

Q2Medicine (miscellaneous)

SNIP 

1.18
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| Overview | |
| Publisher | BMC |
| Language | English |
| Frequency | Continuous publication |
| Article Processing Charges | EUR 2290 | USD 2790 | GBP 1990 |
| Publication Time | 11 |
| Editorial Review Process | Open peer review |
| General Details | |
| Language | English |
| Frequency | Continuous publication |
| Publication Start Year | 2012 |
| Publisher URL | Visit website |
| Website URL | Visit website |
| Publication Details | |
| Editorial Review Detail | |
| Information for authors | |
| Author instructions | Visit website |
| Copyright Details | Visit website |
| Deposit Policy | Sherpa/Romeo |
| License type | CC BY, CC0 |
| OA statement | Visit website |
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