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BMJ Nutrition, Prevention and Health is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 4), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by BMJ Publishing Group.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health (social science) | 105 / 387 | 72nd | Q2 |
| Medicine (miscellaneous) | 155 / 466 | 66th | Q2 |
| Nutrition and Dietetics | 72 / 147 | 51st | 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 4.
BMJ Nutrition, Prevention and Health is Q2 in Health (social science) (rank 105 of 387), Q2 in Medicine (miscellaneous) (rank 155 of 466) and Q2 in Nutrition and Dietetics (rank 72 of 147), by CiteScore 2025.
BMJ Nutrition, Prevention and 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 4, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 72nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.860, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 25.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,839 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 Nutrition, Prevention and Health is published by BMJ Publishing Group. Its ISSN is 2516-5542.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
BMJ Nutrition, Prevention and Health has an h-index of 37 and a 2-year mean of 2.58 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #62 of 378 Scopus journals in Health (social science).
BMJ Nutrition, Prevention and Health published 90 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 99 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from United Kingdom (14.4%), China (10.8%) and United States (10.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (4.6 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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