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Status
Inactive/Discontinued
Coverage
2017–2022
Source type
Journal
Open access
No
SJR · SCImago
0.590
Q2 SJR quartile
H-index
16
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BMJ Open Science
BMJ Open Science is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by BMJ Publishing Group.
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ISSN 2398-8703Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
Scopus · Inactive
0
Indexed in
Cost to publish: About US$1,839 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
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Not in DOAJ
Open accessNot registered as fully open access
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is BMJ Open Science indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2017–2022).
What is the impact factor of BMJ Open Science?
BMJ Open Science has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.590, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 16.
How much does it cost to publish in BMJ Open Science?
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,839 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Who publishes BMJ Open Science and what is its ISSN?
BMJ Open Science is published by BMJ Publishing Group. Its ISSN is 2398-8703.
Is BMJ Open Science in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is BMJ Open Science open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed BMJ Open Science for 6 years, between 2017 and 2022. Coverage ended in 2022, 4 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 49 works and 1,235 citations for the title. Its papers appear as late as 2024, 2 years after Scopus coverage ended in 2022. That pattern fits a journal Scopus stopped indexing while it kept publishing, but it can also come from a changed ISSN or merged records. Confirm the journal's current status before submitting.
How well cited is BMJ Open Science? — open metrics via OpenAlex
BMJ Open Science has an h-index of 17 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
17
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
21
i10-index
49
works indexed
1,235
total citations
Publication fee · open access list price, US$
US$1,839
BMJ Open Science published 1 papers in 2024; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 14. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-10-14.
Who publishes in BMJ Open Science? — latest 25 articles, 2021–2022
In its latest 25 research articles (2021–2022), authors are most often from United Kingdom (22.7%), Netherlands (15.3%) and Australia (13.3%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Are there integrity warnings for BMJ Open Science? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2022. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2022
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
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.
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