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BMC Global and Public Health is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.9), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by BioMed Central Ltd.
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ISSN 2731-913XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: BioMed Central Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health (social science) | 159 / 387 | 59th | Q2 |
| Public Administration | 103 / 248 | 58th | Q2 |
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | 349 / 725 | 51st | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2023–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.9.
BMC Global and Public Health is Q2 in Health (social science) (rank 159 of 387), Q2 in Public Administration (rank 103 of 248) and Q2 in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (rank 349 of 725), by CiteScore 2025.
BMC Global and Public Health is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 2.9, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 59th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.250, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 14.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,490 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
BMC Global and Public Health is published by BioMed Central Ltd. Its ISSN is 2731-913X.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
BMC Global and Public Health has an h-index of 21 and a 2-year mean of 4.25 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.9, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #22 of 378 Scopus journals in Health (social science).
BMC Global and Public Health published 113 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 100 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from United States (22.6%), United Kingdom (14.1%) and Australia (5%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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