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BMJ Health and Care Informatics is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 6.6), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by BMJ Publishing Group.
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Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Science Applications | 271 / 1022 | 73rd | Q2 |
| Health Informatics | 46 / 168 | 72nd | Q2 |
| Health Information Management | 19 / 64 | 71st | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 6.6.
BMJ Health and Care Informatics is Q2 in Computer Science Applications (rank 271 of 1022), Q2 in Health Informatics (rank 46 of 168) and Q2 in Health Information Management (rank 19 of 64), by CiteScore 2025.
BMJ Health and Care Informatics 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 6.6, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 73rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.395, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 53.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,207 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.
BMJ Health and Care Informatics is published by BMJ Publishing Group. Its ISSN is 2632-1009.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
BMJ Health and Care Informatics has an h-index of 49 and a 2-year mean of 5.19 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.6, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #156 of 818 Scopus journals in Computer Science Applications.
BMJ Health and Care Informatics published 116 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 Kingdom (18.9%), United States (17.3%) and Taiwan (7.7%).
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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