Our impact: 2022

Better evidence | BMJ impact report 2022

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Creating academic impact The impact of academic research cannot be defined by any single metric. As a DORA signatory, BMJ believes that the journal impact factor (JIF) is best shared alongside other metrics that can help an author decide where to publish.

60% are now indexed by Clarivate’s Journal Citation Reports 10 89% had their impact factor (JIF) rise in 2021

80% indexed in Scopus also saw an increase in their CiteScore 50% are at the top of their category (Q1-Q2)

These include Citescore, Total Altmetric mentions, and time to first decision amongst others. They are made available on our journal sites and demonstrate how BMJ is meeting researchers’ needs for timely publication, reach and influence.

In the 2021 Journal Citation Report, the Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery took first place in the Neuroimaging category, and three BMJ journals received their first impact factor, taking BMJ’s JIFs indexed total to 41 journals:

BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine: 4.691

BMJ Open Respiratory Research: 5.054

BMJ Paediatrics Open: 2.926

Encouraging new and important open science research discoveries

Four of our titles received their first Citescore, taking our total to 63:

11th most cited publisher in Clinical Medicine

And 32 of our indexed journals (84%) observed an increase in JIF, with Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (27.973) and Gut (31.793) seeing increases above 8 points. Finally, our flagship journal The BMJ increased its JIF from 39.890 in 2020 to 93.333, 11 moving it into fourth place in the Medicine, General and Internal ranks.

BMJ Surgery, Interventions, & Health Technologies: 1.2

BMJ Neurology Open: 0.9

8th in Health Services Research 12 10th in Public Health

World Journal of Pediatric Surgery: 0.7

BMJ Open Science: 3.7

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