Journal profile
Bengal Physician Journal
ISSN 2582-1202 · Jaypee Brothers Medical Publisher · India
Bengal Physician Journal: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 13 weeks (community reports); 48 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Bengal Physician Journal is published by Jaypee Brothers Medical Publisher. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes and Diabetes Treatment and Management, together about 20.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Infectious Diseases. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Bengal Physician Journal, open-access publication of the Association of Physicians of India, West Bengal Chapter. The journal aims to publish original research, reviews, novel case reports, and clinical techniques in English across all medical specialties, with a focus on national issues. While the print version was established in 2014, the online format launched in 2018. The journal has been publishing on a quarterly schedule since 2025.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Nandini ChatterjeePublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named India 29, Bangladesh 1 (30 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesMedicine8.5%
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient OutcomesMedicine6.5%
- Diabetes Treatment and ManagementMedicine6%
- Diabetes Management and ResearchMedicine6%
- Acute Ischemic Stroke ManagementMedicine5%
- Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug ReactionsPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics4.5%
- Infectious Encephalopathies and EncephalitisMedicine4.5%
- Pharmacy and Medical PracticesPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics4.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.24OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 290 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 42 | 42 | 22 |
| 2025 | 48 | 48 | 29 |
| 2024 | 36 | 36 | 34 |
| 2023 | 38 | 38 | 19 |
| 2022 | 16 | 16 | 15 |
| 2021 | 37 | 37 | 7 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 13 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 13 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Self-archiving
- Publication ethics Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement
This Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement is based on the Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors as per Committee on Publication Ethics, 2011, ICMJE & WAME. Please visit Policy page for more details.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright and Licensing
Under Creative Commons the Authors retain ownership of the copyright for their content. The authors assign exclusive commercial re-use rights of the article to the Publisher. All open access articles published are distributed under the terms of the CC BY-NC 4.0 license (Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 4.0 International Public License as currently displayed at http://creativecommons.org…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
A comprehensive outlook on open access policy that we follow: Open access refers to the practice of making peer-reviewed scholarly research and literature freely available online to anyone interested in reading it at no cost and with limited restrictions with regards to reuse. Open access publications are freely and permanently available online to anyone with an internet access. The journal allows…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Self-Archiving Policy for Authors
The Bengal Physician Journal upholds a Repository Policy and is listed in Sherpa Romeo for compliance with self-archiving regulations. Authors are encouraged to deposit the final published PDF in their institutional repository or any suitable subject repository (according to the end-user license of the article, i.e., strictly for non-commercial re-use) immediately upon publication. The deposited v…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Jaypee Brothers Medical Publisher
- Country or region
- India
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2582-1202
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Bengal Physician Journal
How long does peer review take at Bengal Physician Journal?
Authors report an average review time of about 13 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of Bengal Physician Journal based?
Of the 30 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are India (29) and Bangladesh (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Bengal Physician Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Bengal Physician Journal is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Bengal Physician Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Bengal Physician Journal is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .