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BMJ Open

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BMJ
ISSN: 20446055

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SCImago
Q1
Impact factor
2.4
SJR
0.971
CiteScore
4.4
Categories
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Areas
Medicine
Years of issue
2011-2025
journal names
BMJ Open
Publications
37 393
Citations
520 350
h-index
173
Top-3 citing journals
BMJ Open
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PLoS ONE (12046 citations)
Top-3 organizations
University of Oxford
University of Oxford (1265 publications)
University College London
University College London (1219 publications)
University of Sydney
University of Sydney (1006 publications)
Top-3 countries
United Kingdom (10149 publications)
USA (8010 publications)
China (4472 publications)

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United Kingdom, 10149, 27.14%
USA, 8010, 21.42%
China, 4472, 11.96%
Australia, 4137, 11.06%
Canada, 3428, 9.17%
Italy, 2999, 8.02%
Netherlands, 2125, 5.68%
Germany, 1732, 4.63%
Sweden, 1710, 4.57%
Denmark, 1240, 3.32%
Japan, 1202, 3.21%
France, 984, 2.63%
Norway, 963, 2.58%
South Africa, 893, 2.39%
Switzerland, 862, 2.31%
India, 794, 2.12%
Spain, 644, 1.72%
New Zealand, 614, 1.64%
Brazil, 584, 1.56%
Republic of Korea, 577, 1.54%
Belgium, 550, 1.47%
Finland, 485, 1.3%
Ireland, 475, 1.27%
Saudi Arabia, 466, 1.25%
Iraq, 448, 1.2%
Ethiopia, 284, 0.76%
Iran, 272, 0.73%
Singapore, 265, 0.71%
Malaysia, 247, 0.66%
Vietnam, 225, 0.6%
Portugal, 215, 0.57%
Austria, 211, 0.56%
Turkey, 210, 0.56%
Ghana, 206, 0.55%
Nigeria, 202, 0.54%
Uganda, 201, 0.54%
Indonesia, 177, 0.47%
Pakistan, 176, 0.47%
Thailand, 174, 0.47%
Poland, 158, 0.42%
Bangladesh, 151, 0.4%
Tanzania, 149, 0.4%
Israel, 133, 0.36%
Russia, 128, 0.34%
Greece, 124, 0.33%
Cameroon, 113, 0.3%
UAE, 99, 0.26%
Kenya, 93, 0.25%
Chile, 93, 0.25%
Qatar, 88, 0.24%
Mexico, 85, 0.23%
Argentina, 79, 0.21%
Czech Republic, 76, 0.2%
Lebanon, 74, 0.2%
Hungary, 72, 0.19%
Philippines, 59, 0.16%
Sri Lanka, 59, 0.16%
Jordan, 56, 0.15%
Colombia, 56, 0.15%
Iceland, 54, 0.14%
Malawi, 52, 0.14%
Croatia, 51, 0.14%
Nepal, 50, 0.13%
Panama, 50, 0.13%
Falkland Islands (Malvinas), 47, 0.13%
Egypt, 45, 0.12%
Zambia, 43, 0.11%
Costa Rica, 43, 0.11%
Luxembourg, 43, 0.11%
Democratic Republic of the Congo, 37, 0.1%
Rwanda, 36, 0.1%
Zimbabwe, 35, 0.09%
Slovenia, 31, 0.08%
Bulgaria, 30, 0.08%
Mozambique, 30, 0.08%
Jamaica, 27, 0.07%
Estonia, 26, 0.07%
Benin, 21, 0.06%
Burkina Faso, 20, 0.05%
Kuwait, 20, 0.05%
Botswana, 19, 0.05%
Ecuador, 19, 0.05%
Peru, 17, 0.05%
Sierra Leone, 17, 0.05%
Georgia, 16, 0.04%
Cyprus, 15, 0.04%
Reunion, 15, 0.04%
Romania, 15, 0.04%
Lithuania, 14, 0.04%
Myanmar, 14, 0.04%
Serbia, 14, 0.04%
Bahrain, 12, 0.03%
Côte d'Ivoire, 12, 0.03%
Palestine, 12, 0.03%
Montenegro, 12, 0.03%
Liberia, 11, 0.03%
Mali, 11, 0.03%
Namibia, 11, 0.03%
Oman, 11, 0.03%
Latvia, 10, 0.03%
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United Kingdom, 5022, 23.43%
USA, 4600, 21.46%
China, 2892, 13.49%
Australia, 2117, 9.87%
Canada, 1902, 8.87%
Italy, 1848, 8.62%
Netherlands, 1179, 5.5%
Germany, 1040, 4.85%
Sweden, 911, 4.25%
Japan, 647, 3.02%
Denmark, 633, 2.95%
South Africa, 574, 2.68%
France, 538, 2.51%
Switzerland, 528, 2.46%
India, 509, 2.37%
Norway, 482, 2.25%
Spain, 362, 1.69%
Brazil, 358, 1.67%
Belgium, 305, 1.42%
Saudi Arabia, 298, 1.39%
New Zealand, 293, 1.37%
Republic of Korea, 282, 1.32%
Iraq, 257, 1.2%
Ireland, 254, 1.18%
Ethiopia, 238, 1.11%
Finland, 218, 1.02%
Nigeria, 161, 0.75%
Singapore, 160, 0.75%
Ghana, 158, 0.74%
Iran, 148, 0.69%
Uganda, 146, 0.68%
Vietnam, 143, 0.67%
Pakistan, 139, 0.65%
Malaysia, 136, 0.63%
Turkey, 133, 0.62%
Portugal, 132, 0.62%
Indonesia, 128, 0.6%
Austria, 124, 0.58%
Thailand, 120, 0.56%
Bangladesh, 113, 0.53%
Tanzania, 102, 0.48%
Russia, 86, 0.4%
Poland, 80, 0.37%
Israel, 78, 0.36%
UAE, 63, 0.29%
Greece, 61, 0.28%
Kenya, 61, 0.28%
Argentina, 53, 0.25%
Mexico, 53, 0.25%
Czech Republic, 52, 0.24%
Qatar, 50, 0.23%
Cameroon, 47, 0.22%
Chile, 47, 0.22%
Jordan, 45, 0.21%
Hungary, 44, 0.21%
Philippines, 43, 0.2%
Lebanon, 41, 0.19%
Nepal, 37, 0.17%
Sri Lanka, 37, 0.17%
Panama, 36, 0.17%
Zambia, 34, 0.16%
Malawi, 34, 0.16%
Costa Rica, 33, 0.15%
Colombia, 31, 0.14%
Zimbabwe, 30, 0.14%
Falkland Islands (Malvinas), 30, 0.14%
Luxembourg, 27, 0.13%
Egypt, 26, 0.12%
Iceland, 26, 0.12%
Croatia, 25, 0.12%
Democratic Republic of the Congo, 23, 0.11%
Slovenia, 21, 0.1%
Mozambique, 18, 0.08%
Jamaica, 18, 0.08%
Rwanda, 17, 0.08%
Sierra Leone, 16, 0.07%
Ecuador, 16, 0.07%
Bulgaria, 15, 0.07%
Benin, 14, 0.07%
Burkina Faso, 14, 0.07%
Estonia, 12, 0.06%
Botswana, 12, 0.06%
Georgia, 12, 0.06%
Cyprus, 12, 0.06%
Peru, 11, 0.05%
Reunion, 11, 0.05%
Côte d'Ivoire, 9, 0.04%
Mali, 9, 0.04%
Romania, 9, 0.04%
Kuwait, 8, 0.04%
Liberia, 8, 0.04%
Lithuania, 8, 0.04%
Madagascar, 8, 0.04%
Namibia, 8, 0.04%
Oman, 8, 0.04%
Montenegro, 8, 0.04%
Brunei, 7, 0.03%
Gambia, 7, 0.03%
Malta, 7, 0.03%
Myanmar, 7, 0.03%
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