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2022 Journal Performance Data for:
BMJ Open
Open Access since 2011
ISSN EISSN
2044-6055 2044-6055
JCR ABBREVIATION ISO ABBREVIATION
BMJ OPEN BMJ Open
Journal Information
EDITION CATEGORY
Science Citation Index
Expanded (SCIE) MEDICINE, GENERAL &
INTERNAL - SCIE
LANGUAGES REGION 1ST ELECTRONIC JCR YEAR
English ENGLAND 2012
Publisher Information
PUBLISHER ADDRESS PUBLICATION FREQUENCY
BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP BRITISH MED ASSOC HOUSE, TAVISTOCK SQUARE, LONDON WC1H 9JR, ENGLAND
12 issues/year
Journal's Performance
Journal Impact Factor
The Journal Impact Factor (JIF) is a journal-level metric calculated from data indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection. It should be used with careful attention to the many factors that influence citation rates, such as the volume of publication and citations characteristics of the subject area and type of journal. The Journal Impact Factor can complement expert opinion and informed peer review.
In the case of academic evaluation for tenure, it is inappropriate to use a journal-level metric as a proxy measure for individual researchers, institutions, or articles. Learn more
2022 JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR 2022 JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR WITHOUT SELF CITATIONS
2.9 2.8
Journal Impact Factor Trend 2022
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Journal Impact Factor is calculated using the following metrics Citations in 2022 to items published in 2020 (11,911) -
2021 (11,262) 23,173
= = 2.9
Number of citable items in 2020 (3,571) + 2021 (4,382) 7,953
Journal Impact Factor without self cites is calculated using the following metrics Citations in 2022 to items published in 2020 (11,911) +
2021 (11,262) - Self Citations in 2022 to items published
in 2020 (599) + 2021 (554) 23,173 -
1,153
= = 2.8
Number of citable items in 2020 (3,571) + 2021 (4,382) 7,953
Journal Impact Factor Contributing Items
Citable Items (7,953)
TITLE CITATION COUNT
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on utilisation of healthcare services: a systematic review
Authors: Moynihan, Ray;Johansson, Minna;Lang, Eddy;Duggan, Anne;Scott, Ian;Albarqouni, Loai;Sanders, Sharon;Michaleff, Zoe A.;Scott, Anna Mae;Clark, Justin; et al.
Volume: 11
Accession number: WOS:000631126600008 Document Type: Article
193
Perceptions of medical students towards online teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic: a national cross-sectional survey of 2721 UK medical students Authors: Dost, Samiullah;Hossain, Aleena;Shehab, Mai;Abdelwahed, Aida;Al- Nusair, Lana
Volume: 10
Accession number: WOS:000591838700003 Document Type: Article
175
Incubation period of COVID-19: a rapid systematic review and meta-analysis of observational research
Authors: McAloon, Conor;McEvoy, David;Wall, Patrick;Green, Martin;O'Grady, Luke;More, Simon J.;Collins, Aine;Hunt, Kevin;Barber, Ann;Byrne, Andrew W.; et al.
Volume: 10
Accession number: WOS:000564351500102 Document Type: Review
104
Multiorgan impairment in low-risk individuals with post-COVID-19 syndrome: a prospective, community-based study
Authors: Dennis, Andrea;Hishmeh, Lyth;Attree, Emily;Heightman,
Melissa;Banerjee, Rajarshi;Banerjee, Amitava;Wamil, Malgorzata;Alberts, Johann;Oben, Jude;Cuthbertson, Daniel J.; et al.
Volume: 11
Accession number: WOS:000636355300003 Document Type: Article
102
Demographic risk factors for COVID-19 infection, severity, ICU admission and death: a meta-analysis of 59 studies
Authors: Pijls, Bart G.;Zalpuri, Saurabh;Zeegers, Maurice P.;Jolani, Shahab;Atherley, Anique;Derckx, Raissa T.;Dijkstra, Janna I. R.;Franssen, Gregor H. L.;Hendriks, Stevie;Richters, Anke; et al.
Volume: 11
Accession number: WOS:000611965400006 Document Type: Article
97
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Journal Impact Factor Contributing Items
Citing Sources (4,277)
SOURCE NAME COUNT
BMJ OPEN 1,153
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC
HEALTH 1,009
PLOS ONE 705
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH 434
BMC PUBLIC HEALTH 263
BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH 247
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 239
NUTRIENTS 185
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE 184
HEALTHCARE 173
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY 154
FRONTIERS IN MEDICINE 135
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY 125
BMC GERIATRICS 120
CUREUS JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE 104
VACCINES 100
CANCERS 99
JAMA NETWORK OPEN 98
TRIALS 90
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH 80
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Journal Citation Indicator (JCI) 0.72
The Journal Citation Indicator (JCI) is the average Category Normalized Citation Impact (CNCI) of citable items (articles & reviews) published by a journal over a recent three year period. The average JCI in a category is 1. Journals with a JCI of 1.5 have 50% more citation impact than the average in that category. It may be used alongside other metrics to help you evaluate journals. Learn more
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Total Citations 80,581
The total number of times that a journal has been cited by all journals included in the database in the JCR year. Citations to journals listed in JCR are compiled annually from the JCR years combined database, regardless of which JCR edition lists the journal.
Citation Distribution
The Citation Distribution shows the frequency with which items published in the year or two years prior were cited in the JCR data year (i.e., the component of the calculation of the JIF). The graph has similar functionality as the JIF Trend graph, including hover-over data descriptions for each data point, and an interactive legend where each data element's legend can be used as a toggle. You can view Articles, Reviews, or Non-Citable (other) items to the JIF numerator. Learn more
ARTICLE CITATION MEDIAN REVIEW CITATION MEDIAN UNLINKED CITATIONS
2 1 565
0 times cited
ARTICLES REVIEWS OTHER
1,637 409 73
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Open Access (OA)
The data included in this tile summarizes the items published in the journal in the JCR data year and in the previous two years. This three-year set of published items is used to provide descriptive analysis of the content and community of the journal.Learn more
Items
TOTAL CITABLE % OF CITABLE OA
13,185 98.23%
CITABLE
GOLD OPEN ACCESS
12,951 / 97.35%
SUBSCRIPTION OR BRONZE
234 / 1.76%
NON-CITABLE
OTHER (NON-CITABLE ITEMS)
119 / 0.89%
Citations*
TOTAL CITABLE % OF CITABLE OA
24,885 99.26%
CITABLE
GOLD OPEN ACCESS
24,701 / 96.80%
SUBSCRIPTION OR BRONZE
184 / 0.72%
NON-CITABLE
OTHER (NON-CITABLE ITEMS)
1 / 0.00%
UNLINKED CITATIONS
631 / 2.47%
* Citations in 2022 to items published in (2020-2022)
Rank by Journal Impact factor
Journals within a category are sorted in descending order by Journal Impact Factor (JIF) resulting in the Category Ranking below. A separate rank is shown for each category in which the journal is listed in JCR. Data for the most recent year is presented at the top of the list, with other years shown in reverse chronological order. Learn more
EDITION
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
CATEGORY
MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
80/169
JCR
YEAR JIF RANK QUART
ILE JIF PERCENTILE
2022 80/169 Q2 53.0 2021 86/172 Q2 50.29 2020 64/167 Q2 61.98 2019 52/165 Q2 68.79 2018 50/160 Q2 69.06 2017 43/155 Q2 72.58 2016 38/155 Q1 75.81 2015 32/155 Q1 79.68 2014 40/154 Q2 74.35 2013 43/156 Q2 72.76 2012 61/155 Q2 60.97
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Rank by Journal Citation Indicator (JCI)
Journals within a category are sorted in descending order by Journal Citation Indicator (JCI) resulting in the Category Ranking below. A separate rank is shown for each category in which the journal is listed in JCR. Data for the most recent year is presented at the top of the list, with other years shown in reverse chronological order.Learn more
CATEGORY
MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
79/327
JCR
YEAR JCI RANK QUART
ILE JCI PERCENTILE
2022 79/327 Q1 75.99 2021 72/329 Q1 78.27 2020 62/315 Q1 80.48 2019 53/312 Q1 83.17 2018 51/304 Q1 83.39 2017 43/298 Q1 85.74
Citation network
Cited Half-life
4.0 years
The Cited Half-Life is the median age of the items in this journal that were cited in the JCR year. Half of a journal's cited items were published more recently than the cited half-life.
TOTAL NUMBER OF CITES NON-SELF CITATIONS SELF CITATIONS
80,581 77,069 3,512
# OF CITES FROM
2022 CUMULATIVE
% # OF CITING SOURCES 80,581 citations 100.00% 7,028 sources 2,344 citations 2.91% 946 sources 11,262 citations 16.88% 2,935 sources 11,911 citations 31.67% 3,194 sources 14,333 citations 49.45% 3,535 sources 9,131 citations 60.78% 2,884 sources 9,781 citations 72.92% 2,987 sources 8,042 citations 82.90% 2,703 sources 4,961 citations 89.06% 2,002 sources 3,646 citations 93.58% 1,649 sources 3,105 citations 97.44% 1,559 sources Previous years:
2,065 citations
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Citing titles in all years
BMJ Open
SOURCE NAME COUNT
All Others 2,023
1 BMJ Open 3,512
2 PLoS One 2,154
3 Frontiers in Public Health 1,212
4 BMC PUBLIC HEALTH 818
5 BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH 773
6 Scientific Reports 740
7 Nutrients 693
8 Journal of Clinical Medicine 608
9 Healthcare 508
10 Frontiers in Psychiatry 433
11 Cureus Journal of Medical Science 394
12 Frontiers in Medicine 389
13 BMC Geriatrics 377
14 Frontiers in Psychology 372
15 BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 330
16 Trials 307
17 JAMA Network Open 302
18 JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH 290
19 Cancers 272
20 Frontiers in Pharmacology 265
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Citing Half-life
6.6 years
The Citing Half-Life is the median age of items in other publications cited by this journal in the JCR year.
TOTAL NUMBER OF CITES NON-SELF CITATIONS SELF CITATIONS
225,637 222,125 3,512
# OF CITES FROM
2022 CUMULATIVE
% # OF CITED SOURCES 225,637 citations 100.00% 36,530 sources 3,411 citations 1.51% 1,707 sources 19,231 citations 10.03% 6,058 sources 28,185 citations 22.53% 7,683 sources 18,527 citations 30.74% 5,722 sources 17,991 citations 38.71% 5,389 sources 16,369 citations 45.96% 5,111 sources 14,286 citations 52.30% 4,422 sources 13,122 citations 58.11% 4,083 sources 10,827 citations 62.91% 3,631 sources 10,231 citations 67.44% 3,313 sources
Previous years:
73,457 citations
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Cited titles in all years
BMJ Open
SOURCE NAME COUNT
All Others 26,405
1 BMJ-British Medical Journal 3,982
2 PLoS One 3,934
3 LANCET 3,811
4 BMJ Open 3,512
5 NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 2,215
6 JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 2,076
7 BMC PUBLIC HEALTH 1,690
8 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 1,344
9 ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE 1,293
10 JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY 1,189
11 BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH 1,173
12 Implementation Science 891
13 CIRCULATION 845
14 SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE 830
15 PLOS MEDICINE 823
16 PEDIATRICS 759
17 BMC Medical Research Methodology 729
18 JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH 681
19 JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY 629
20 BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 625
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Journal Citation Relationships
Cited Data
Top 20 journals citing BMJ OPEN by number of citations
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Citing Data
Top 20 journals cited by BMJ OPEN by number of citations
Content metrics
Source data
This tile shows the breakdown of document types published by the journal. Citable Items are Articles and Reviews. For the purposes of calculating JIF, a JCR year considers the publications of that
journal in the two prior years. Learn more
5,232 total citable items
ARTICLES REVIEWS COMBINED (C) OTHER DOCUMENT TYPES (O)
PERCENTAGE
NUMBER IN JCR
YEAR 2022 (A) 4,231 1,001 5,232 45 99%
NUMBER OF
REFERENCES (B) 176,830 48,742 225,572 65 100%
RATIO (B/A) 41.8 48.7 43.1 1.4
Average JIF Percentile
The Average Journal Impact Factor Percentile takes the sum of the JIF Percentile rank for each category under consideration, then calculates the average of those values. Learn more
ALL CATEGORIES AVERAGE
53.0
EDITION
Science Citation Index Expanded
MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
53.0
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Contributions by Organizations
Organizations that have contributed the most papers to the journal in the most recent three-year period. Learn more
RANK ORGANIZATION COUNT
1 UNIVERSITY OF LONDON 1211
2 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO 498
3 UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD 470
4 UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY 395
5 HARVARD UNIVERSITY 376
6 UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE 314
7 IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON 310
8 KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET 290
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Contributions by country/region
Countries or Regions that have contributed the most papers to the journal in the most recent three- year period. Learn more
RANK COUNTRY/REGION COUNT
1 England 3312
2 USA 2301
3 CHINA MAINLAND 1828
4 Australia 1581
5 Canada 1333
6 Netherlands 904
7 GERMANY (FED REP GER) 759
8 Sweden 607
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Additional metrics
Eigenfactor score 0.15660
The Eigenfactor Score is a reflection of the density of the network of citations around the journal using 5 years of cited content as cited by the Current Year. It considers both the number of citations and the source of those citations, so that highly cited sources will influence the network more than less cited sources. The Eigenfactor calculation does not include journal self-citations. Learn more
Normalized Eigenfactor 34.08273
The Normalized Eigenfactor Score is the Eigenfactor score normalized, by rescaling the total number of journals in the JCR each year, so that the average journal has a score of 1. Journals can then be compared and influence measured by their score relative to 1. Learn more
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Article influence score 1.040
The Article Influence Score normalizes the Eigenfactor Score according to the cumulative size of the cited journal across the prior five years. The mean Article Influence Score for each article is 1.00. A score greater than 1.00 indicates that each article in the journal has above-average influence. Learn more
5 year Impact Factor 3.3
The 5-year Impact Factor is the average number of times articles from the journal published in the past five years have been cited in the JCR year. It is calculated by dividing the number of citations in the JCR year by the total number of articles published in the five previous years.
5 year Impact Factor calculation
Citations in 2022 to items published in [2017-2021]
(56,418) 56,418
= = 3.3
Number of citable items in [2017-2021] (17,141) 17,141
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Immediacy Index 0.4
The Immediacy Index is the count of citations in the current year to the journal that reference content in this same year. Journals that have a consistently high Immediacy Index attract citations rapidly.
Learn more
Immediacy Index calculation
Cites in 2022 to items published in 2022 2,344
2,344 / 5,232 = 0.4 Number of items published in 2022 5,232