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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

Epidemiology:

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

Health policy:

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

30 March 2024

Mental Health

Mental health:

Mentalisation-based online intervention for psychologically distressed parents: protocol of a non-randomised feasibility trial of the Lighthouse Parenting Programme-Online (LPP-Online)

5 July 2024

Mental health:

Work-related musculoskeletal disorders, fatigue and stress among gas station workers in China: a cross-sectional study

5 July 2024

Mental health:

Suicidal behaviours and associated factors among medical students in Bangladesh: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis (2000–2024)

4 July 2024

Mental health:

Efficacy of MRI-guided rTMS for post-traumatic stress disorder by modulating amygdala activity: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

3 July 2024

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

Recent Articles

Oncology:

Protocol for a systematic review with prospective individual patient data meta-analysis in EGFR-mutant NSCLC with brain metastases to assess the effect of SRS+osimertinib compared to osimertinib alone: the STARLET Collaboration

5 July 2024

Mental health:

Mentalisation-based online intervention for psychologically distressed parents: protocol of a non-randomised feasibility trial of the Lighthouse Parenting Programme-Online (LPP-Online)

5 July 2024

Occupational and environmental medicine:

Effect of occupational stress and resilience on insomnia among nurses during COVID-19 in China: a structural equation modelling analysis

5 July 2024

Evidence based practice:

Guideline-based exercise management for hip and knee osteoarthritis: a cross-sectional comparison of healthcare professional and patient beliefs in Ireland

5 July 2024

Public health:

Willingness to get vaccinated initially and yearly against COVID-19 and its association with vaccine hesitancy, vaccine knowledge and psychological well-being: a cross-sectional study in UK adults

5 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

Zinc for the prevention or treatment of acute viral respiratory tract infections in adults: a rapid systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
2 November 2021

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

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