Journal profile · Medicine-Health Policy
BMJ Global Health
ISSN 2059-7908 · BMJ Publishing Group · ENGLAND
BMJ Global Health: CAS Zone 1 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 5.68; fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 274 days to acceptance (112 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 15% (journal website); 620 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
BMJ Global Health is published by BMJ Publishing Group and is in Zone 1 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Global Maternal and Child Health, Global Health and Surgery and Healthcare Systems and Reforms, together about 33.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Acceptance Rate:15%Time to first decision with review:107 days*Impact Factor (JCR):5.8Citescore:9.32025 total content views:1.32 million2025 total Altmetric mentions:2,664More journal metricsHow we get these metrics*median number of days Aims & scope Ownership Editorial board Journal information Journal Statistics 2025 Affiliations
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Health Policy
Editor-in-chief Mark G. ShrimePublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Canada 2, United States 1, Australia 1, Belgium 1, South Africa 1 (6 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Global Maternal and Child HealthMedicine19%
- Global Health and SurgeryMedicine7.4%
- Healthcare Systems and ReformsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.1%
- Viral Infections and Outbreaks ResearchMedicine6.2%
- Global Public Health Policies and EpidemiologyBusiness, Management and Accounting6.1%
- Child Nutrition and Water AccessNursing5.6%
- Vaccine Coverage and HesitancySocial Sciences4%
- COVID-19 epidemiological studiesMathematics3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 5.68LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 5.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 9.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 9.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.31LetPub ·
- h-index
- 146OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,631OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.1OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.91%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 502LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,762 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 371 | 371 | 257 |
| 2025 | 620 | 620 | 2,845 |
| 2024 | 369 | 369 | 3,835 |
| 2023 | 475 | 475 | 8,176 |
| 2022 | 467 | 467 | 15,366 |
| 2021 | 633 | 633 | 28,095 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
274 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 137 days – 379 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 26 days (112 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 309 days
- Sample
- 112 articles with submission and acceptance dates (1,101 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 18 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 15%Publisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 33 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | GBP 3,580 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | GBP 3,000 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 3,245 | Yes | — |
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
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2059-7908
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about BMJ Global Health
What CAS zone is BMJ Global Health in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, BMJ Global Health is in Zone 1 of Medicine, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of BMJ Global Health?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 5.68; CiteScore 9.3, h-index 146.
How long does peer review take at BMJ Global Health?
Based on the dates recorded on 112 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 274 days (interquartile range 137–379 days); authors report an average review time of about 18 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 15%. 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 BMJ Global Health based?
Of the 6 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Canada (2), United States (1) and Australia (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index BMJ Global Health?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, BMJ Global Health is indexed in SCIE, SSCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is BMJ Global Health open access, and what is the APC?
BMJ Global Health is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .