Journal profile · Medicine-Medicine (all)
BMJ Case Reports
ISSN 1757-790X · BMJ Publishing Group
BMJ Case Reports: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; 1,955 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
BMJ Case Reports is published by BMJ Publishing Group and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Vasculitis and related conditions, Cardiac tumors and thrombi and Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis, together about 18.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Medicine (all)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Vasculitis and related conditionsMedicine6.6%
- Cardiac tumors and thrombiMedicine6.2%
- Infectious Diseases and TuberculosisMedicine5.5%
- Metastasis and carcinoma case studiesMedicine5.2%
- Abdominal vascular conditions and treatmentsMedicine5.2%
- Gastrointestinal disorders and treatmentsMedicine5%
- Sarcoma Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine4.3%
- Lymphoma Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Medicine | Q3 | 427/669 | — |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.34LetPub ·
- h-index
- 56OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 4,963OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.58OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 8.14%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 1,783LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 34,095 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,575 | 247 | 12,268 |
| 2025 | 1,955 | 260 | 17,227 |
| 2024 | 1,730 | 804 | 18,435 |
| 2023 | 1,372 | 1,349 | 19,459 |
| 2022 | 1,825 | 1,817 | 20,240 |
| 2021 | 3,458 | 3,453 | 19,027 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessLetPub
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- BMJ Publishing Group
- ISSN
- 1757-790X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about BMJ Case Reports
What CAS zone is BMJ Case Reports in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, BMJ Case Reports is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Medicine, General & Internal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index BMJ Case Reports?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, BMJ Case Reports is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is BMJ Case Reports open access, and what is the APC?
BMJ Case Reports is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .