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Aims and Scope of BMJ Open
BMJ Open is a peer-reviewed open access medical journal that is dedicated to publishing medical research from all disciplines and therapeutic areas. It is published by BMJ and considers all research study types, from protocols through phase I trials to meta-analyses, including small, specialist studies, and negative studies. Publishing procedures are built around fully open peer review and continuous publication, publishing research online as soon as the article is ready. BMJ Open aims to promote transparency in the publication process by publishing reviewer reports and previous versions of manuscripts as prepublication histories.The editor-in-chief is Adrian Aldcroft. Less
Key Metrics
CiteScore 
3.9
Impact Factor
< 5
Scite Index
0.85 5-Year SI
SJR
Q1Medicine (all)
SNIP
1.29
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| Overview | |
| Publisher | BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP |
| Language | English |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Article Processing Charges | GBP 2060 |
| Publication Time | 24 |
| Editorial Review Process | Open peer review |
| General Details | |
| Language | English |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Publication Start Year | 2011 |
| Publisher URL | Visit website |
| Website URL | Visit website |
| Publication Details | |
| Editorial Review Detail | |
| Information for authors | |
| Author instructions | Visit website |
| Deposit Policy | Sherpa/Romeo |
| License type | CC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND |
| OA statement | Visit website |
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Recently Published Papers in BMJ Open
Family-supported hearing aid use behaviour intervention to improve outcomes in older adults at high risk for dementia (SOUND): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.
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Patient and family experiences of sedation in an urban academic tertiary-level intensive care unit in Canada: a qualitative study.
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Women's preference for HPV self-sampling devices: a programme-embedded, large-scale paired comparative study within the cervical cancer screening programme in the Capital Region of Denmark.
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Global Healthcare Study on Psoriasis (GHSP): cohort profile and first findings.
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Safety and efficacy of esketamine versus remifentanil as adjuncts to propofol sedation in children undergoing haematologic-oncologic procedures in China: a single-centre, randomised, controlled, crossover trial protocol.
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Family-supported hearing aid use behaviour intervention to improve outcomes in older adults at high risk for dementia (SOUND): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.
- 19 May 2026
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Patient and family experiences of sedation in an urban academic tertiary-level intensive care unit in Canada: a qualitative study.
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Women's preference for HPV self-sampling devices: a programme-embedded, large-scale paired comparative study within the cervical cancer screening programme in the Capital Region of Denmark.
- 19 May 2026
- BMJ open
Screening for hyperglycaemia in pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes among Aboriginal women in remote communities of the Northern Territory, Australia: a retrospective cohort study.
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- BMJ open
Global Healthcare Study on Psoriasis (GHSP): cohort profile and first findings.
- 19 May 2026
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Safety and efficacy of esketamine versus remifentanil as adjuncts to propofol sedation in children undergoing haematologic-oncologic procedures in China: a single-centre, randomised, controlled, crossover trial protocol.
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