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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 4.8), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by BioMed Central Ltd.
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ISSN 1471-2393Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: BioMed Central Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obstetrics and Gynecology | 48 / 218 | 78th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2001–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 4.8.
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth is Q1 in Obstetrics and Gynecology (rank 48 of 218), by CiteScore 2025.
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, 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 4.8, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 78th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.066, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 131.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,290 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 Pregnancy and Childbirth is published by BioMed Central Ltd. Its ISSN is 1471-2393.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth has an h-index of 175 and a 2-year mean of 2.85 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.8, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #27 of 210 Scopus journals in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth published 1,480 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 98 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (27%), Türkiye (12.8%) and United States (10.9%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 34 retracted papers are recorded (3.1 per 1,000 papers). 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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