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BMJ Open

is an online, open access journal, dedicated to publishing medical research from all disciplines and therapeutic areas.

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The journal publishes all research study types, from protocols through phase I trials to meta-analyses, including small, specialist studies, and negative studies. 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 pre-publication histories. Authors are asked to pay article-publishing charges on acceptance; the ability to pay does not influence editorial decisions.

All papers are included in MEDLINE/PubMed and Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science).

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BMJ Open accepts submissions on a range of article types, including original research, cohort profiles and protocols.

The Author Information section provides specific article requirements to help you turn your research into an article suitable for BMJ Open.

Information is also provided on editorial policies and open access.

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Press Releases

Health policy:

Trends and determinants of clinical staff retention in the English NHS: a double retrospective cohort study

16 April 2024

Epidemiology:

Association between physical activity over a 10-year period and current insomnia symptoms, sleep duration and daytime sleepiness: a European population-based study

26 March 2024

Health policy:

Assessment of quality of data submitted for NICE technology appraisals over two decades

13 February 2024

Complementary medicine:

Effect of acupuncture on ischaemic stroke in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a nationwide propensity score-matched study

13 February 2024

Epidemiology:

Use of drugs for hyperlipidaemia and diabetes and risk of primary and secondary brain tumours: nested case–control studies using the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD)

9 February 2024

Most Read Articles

Cardiovascular medicine:

Is LDL cholesterol associated with long-term mortality among primary prevention adults? A retrospective cohort study from a large healthcare system

28 March 2024

Epidemiology:

Association between physical activity over a 10-year period and current insomnia symptoms, sleep duration and daytime sleepiness: a European population-based study

26 March 2024

Cardiovascular medicine:

Lack of an association or an inverse association between low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol and mortality in the elderly: a systematic review

27 November 2023

Health services research:

Workplace interventions to improve well-being and reduce burnout for nurses, physicians and allied healthcare professionals: a systematic review

29 June 2023

Health policy:

Assessment of quality of data submitted for NICE technology appraisals over two decades

30 March 2024

Mental Health

Mental health:

Cerina: cognitive–behavioural therapy-based mobile application for managing GAD symptoms among Ulster University Students in Northern Ireland – a protocol for a pilot feasibility randomised controlled trial

1 July 2024

Mental health:

Acceptability and feasibility of a theatre-based wellness programme to support people living with long COVID: a single-arm feasibility study

1 July 2024

Mental health:

Study protocol on the efficacy of exergames-acceptance and commitment therapy program for the treatment of major depressive disorder: comparison with acceptance and commitment therapy alone and treatment-as-usual in a multicentre randomised controlled trial

26 June 2024

Mental health:

Digital cognitive–behavioural therapy application compared with zolpidem for the treatment of insomnia: protocol for an exploratory randomised controlled trial

25 June 2024

Mental health:

Clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of Structured Psychological Support for people with probable personality disorder in mental health services in England: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

25 June 2024

Recent Articles

Health services research:

How the COVID-19 pandemic affected infant vaccination trends in rural and urban communities in Ibadan, Nigeria: a cross-sectional study

2 July 2024

Health services research:

What does good care look like to people living with congenital heart disease in the 21st century? Qualitative online, asynchronous discussion forums

2 July 2024

Global health:

Commonalities and differences in injured patient experiences of accessing and receiving quality injury care: a qualitative study in three sub-Saharan African countries

2 July 2024

Patient-centred medicine:

Just-in-time adaptive interventions for adolescent and young adult health and well-being: protocol for a systematic review

2 July 2024

Gastroenterology and hepatology:

Aggressive hydration with lactated Ringers solution versus plasma solution for the prevention of post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) pancreatitis (ALPS study): protocol for a multicentre, double-blind, randomised controlled trial

2 July 2024

Blog Posts

Celebrating Pride month – highlighting research into LGBTQ+ health published in BMJ Open

24 June 2024

Top 10 most read in April 2024 (and more) – focus on AI in healthcare

15 May 2024

Content Editors picks Highly accessed Open access

Top 10 most read in March: evidence-based practice models, area-level inequalities, and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and long-term mortality.

29 April 2024

Highly accessed Press release

Trends and determinants of clinical staff retention in the English NHS

17 April 2024

In the news Press release

Consistently exercising 2–3 times a week over the long term linked to lower current insomnia risk

28 March 2024

In the news Press release

Altmetrics

Efficacy of probiotics in the management of halitosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
20 December 2022

Multiorgan impairment in low-risk individuals with post-COVID-19 syndrome: a prospective, community-based study
30 March 2021

Effect of portable HEPA filters on COVID-19 period prevalence: an observational quasi-interventional study in German kindergartens
30 July 2023

Viral shedding of SARS-CoV-2 in body fluids associated with sexual activity: a systematic review and meta-analysis
21 February 2024

Association between kimchi consumption and obesity based on BMI and abdominal obesity in Korean adults: a cross-sectional analysis of the Health Examinees study
30 January 2024

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