Back to Top
Go Back
Journal Photo for BMJ Open
Peer reviewed only Open Access

BMJ Open (BMJO)

Publisher : BMJ Publishing Ltd
Health Services Research Health Economics Surgery
Claim Your Journal Get PRC Visit Website
e-ISSN 2044-6055
Issue Frequency Bi-Monthly
Impact Factor 4.4
Est. Year 2011
Mobile 4402071111105
Country United Kingdom
Language English
APC YES
Impact Factor Assignee Google Scholar
Email info.bmjopen@bmj.com

Journal Descriptions

BMJ Open is a medical journal. We consider papers addressing research questions in clinical medicine, public health and epidemiology. We also welcome studies in health services research, health economics, surgery, qualitative research, research methods, medical education, medical publishing and any other field that directly addresses patient outcomes or the practice and delivery of healthcare. Our focus is on research that is relevant to patients and clinicians, including public health. We do not publish studies conducted in animals, laboratory studies not linked to patient outcomes, papers reporting solely physiological or biomechanical results from healthy participants, anatomy, cell biology or non-clinical psychology. All research study types are considered, from study protocols through phase I trials to meta-analyses. This includes specialist studies and studies reporting negative results. Case reports should be submitted to BMJ Case Reports. Our aim is to provide a home for all properly conducted medical research to be fully reported, after a rigorous and transparent peer review process. See our Resources for authors for more information on what we look for in a research study and how to maximise your chances of publication. 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. Authors are asked to pay article-publishing charges on acceptance; the ability to pay does not influence editorial decisions.

BMJ Open (BMJO) is :-

  • International, Peer-Reviewed, Open Access, Refereed, Health Services Research, Health Economics, Surgery, Medical Education, Clinical Research, Health Policy, Evidence-Based Medicine, Cost-Effectiveness Analysis, Patient-Centered Care, Healthcare Utilisation, Randomised Controlled Trials, Healthcare Quality Improvement, Outcome Assessment, Medical Ethics, Public Health, Health Technology Assessment , Online , Bi-Monthly Journal

  • UGC Approved, ISSN Approved: P-ISSN E-ISSN: 2044-6055, Established: 2011, Impact Factor: 4.4
  • Does Not Provide Crossref DOI

  • Indexed in: Scopus, WoS, DOAJ, PubMed

  • Not indexed in UGC CARE

Indexing

Publications of BMJO

How do the prevalence and relative risk of non-suicidal self-injury and suicidal thoughts vary across the population distribution of common mental dis...
Peter B Jones March, 2020
Objectives To inform suicide prevention policies and responses to youths at risk by investigating whether suicide risk is predicted by a summary measure of common mental distress (CMD (the p...
Delphi study to identify key features of community-based child and adolescent mental health services in the East of England
Peter B Jones
Objective To identify priorities for the delivery of community-based Child and Adolescent Mental health Services (CAMHS). Design (1) Qualitative methods to gather public and professional ...
Coproducing healthcare service improvement for people with common mental health disorders including psychotic experiences: a study protocol of a multi...
Peter B Jones December, 2018
Introduction Some people, who have common mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety, also have some psychotic experiences. These individuals may experience a treatment gap: thei...
Protocol for the insight study: a randomised controlled trial of single-dose tocilizumab in patients with depression and low-grade inflammation
Peter B Jones September, 2018
Introduction Observational studies indicate a potentially causal role for interleukin 6 (IL-6), a proinflammatory cytokine, in pathogenesis of depression, but interventional studies based on...
Protocol for the Mindful Student Study: a randomised controlled trial of the provision of a mindfulness intervention to support university students' w...
Peter B Jones September, 2016
Introduction Levels of stress in UK university students are high, with an increase in the proportion of students seeking help in recent years. Academic pressure is reported as a major trigge...
Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial evaluating an evidence-based, stepped and coordinated care service model for mental disorders (RECOVE...
Peer Briken February, 2025
Introduction Healthcare systems around the world are looking for solutions to the growing problem of mental disorders. RECOVER is the synonym for an evidence-based, stepped and cross-sectora...
Web-based and mHealth interventions for intimate partner violence prevention: a systematic review protocol
Mary P. Koss July, 2019
Introduction Victims of intimate partner violence (IPV), or those individuals susceptible to IPV victimisation or perpetration, may benefit from participation in primary, secondary or tertia...
Changing epidemiology of firearm injury: a cohort study of non-fatal firearm victimisation before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, Indianapolis, Indi...
James Dennis Fortenberry March, 2022
Objective To examine victimisation rates, geographic patterns and neighbourhood characteristics associated with non-fatal firearm injury rates before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Des...