Journal profile · MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
BMJ Military Health
ISSN 2633-3767 · eISSN 2633-3775 · BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP · ENGLAND
BMJ Military Health: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.69; hybrid open access; median 82 days to acceptance (122 articles, last 24 months); 170 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
BMJ Military Health 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 Occupational Health and Performance, Disaster Response and Management and Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation, together about 37.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
A military health journal publishing research, reviews and case reports pertaining to the practice of military medicine.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
Editor-in-chief Jason SmithPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 12 (12 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Occupational Health and PerformanceHealth Professions15.2%
- Disaster Response and ManagementHealth Professions11.7%
- Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, ResuscitationMedicine10.5%
- Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesMedicine9.7%
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ResearchPsychology7.4%
- Health and Conflict StudiesHealth Professions6.3%
- Cardiac Arrest and ResuscitationMedicine3%
- Sports injuries and preventionMedicine3%
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)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 1.69LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 3.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.51LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.94LetPub ·
- h-index
- 27OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 150OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.27OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 23.22%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 81LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,168 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 91 | 29 | 13 |
| 2025 | 170 | 51 | 181 |
| 2024 | 122 | 48 | 292 |
| 2023 | 163 | 66 | 557 |
| 2022 | 129 | 21 | 591 |
| 2021 | 172 | 39 | 1,009 |
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
82 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 51 days – 119 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 92 days (128 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 247 days
- Sample
- 122 articles with submission and acceptance dates (413 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".
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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)
Open calls for papers1, by deadline
- Advances in Combat Casualty CareDeadline
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
- BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- ISSN
- 2633-3767
- Electronic ISSN
- 2633-3775
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about BMJ Military Health
What CAS zone is BMJ Military Health in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, BMJ Military Health 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.
What is the impact factor of BMJ Military Health?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.69; CiteScore 3.6, h-index 27.
How long does peer review take at BMJ Military Health?
Based on the dates recorded on 122 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 82 days (interquartile range 51–119 days). 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 Military Health based?
Of the 12 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (12). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index BMJ Military Health?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, BMJ Military Health is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is BMJ Military Health open access, and what is the APC?
BMJ Military Health is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .