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BMJ Neurology Open is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 3), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by BMJ Publishing Group.
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ISSN 2632-6140Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neurology (clinical) | 234 / 403 | 42nd | Q3 |
| Neurology | 127 / 201 | 37th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 3.
BMJ Neurology Open is Q3 in Neurology (clinical) (rank 234 of 403) and Q3 in Neurology (rank 127 of 201), by CiteScore 2025.
BMJ Neurology Open 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 3, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 42nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.845, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 18.
BMJ Neurology Open is published by BMJ Publishing Group. Its ISSN is 2632-6140.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
BMJ Neurology Open has an h-index of 23 and a 2-year mean of 2.74 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #96 of 403 Scopus journals in Neurology (clinical).
BMJ Neurology Open 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 (2026), authors are most often from United Kingdom (15.1%), United States (15%) and Australia (13.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 4 retracted papers are recorded (7.7 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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