Our impact: 2021

BMJ impact report 2021 | Supporting information needs during the global pandemic

Building confidence with BMJ’s Coronavirus Hub When the pandemic hit, we responded to the global community’s urgent need for the latest information by consolidating all our relevant research, learning and knowledge resources in one place and making all the content freely available around the world. We fast-tracked production of covid guidance by BMJ Best Practice, and updated that resource more than 100 times as new evidence emerged. With this better evidence , we supported health professionals to make better decisions .

“Gosh... this is fantastic stuff. I can’t be any happier and pleased with a short and concise [BMJ Learning] course.” A UK-based general practitioner on the introduction to testing for covid-19 course review.

Since February 2020: 1.4 million people accessed BMJ’s Coronavirus Hub

5.4 million page views were recorded

6 million views of 1,000+ covid- related journal articles in just 6 months

Through this invaluable free service, we equipped clinicians, policy makers, and global public with much of the vital information they needed to help them respond to the devastating effects of covid-19.

2,812 citations were used in policy documents

24,413 citations with an Altmetric 8 score of 121,317 were achieved by our journals collection

Continuing our work Lasting legacy of the coronavirus and long covid While continuing to chart the effects of the pandemic and the world’s response to it , we are now working to understand and respond to the long term consequences of covid-19, in particular its impact on mental and physical health. Health systems need to be rebuilt, communities restored, and research efforts refocused. The damaging impact of this virus will affect many areas of global health for years to come. We will continue to use all the resources at our disposal to create positive change that improves health and healthcare around the world.

In these very challenging times, a trusted source like BMJ will not only help us fight this virus but the misinformation that goes with it.” Dr Elkanah Kabilis , Family Physician in Training, Bingham University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Nigeria.

2 million individuals used the free BMJ Best Practice covid-19 guidance

5 star mean user rating was given to the BMJ Learning covid-19 related modules

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