Journal profile · GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY
BMJ Open Gastroenterology
ISSN 2054-4774 · BMJ Publishing Group · United Kingdom
BMJ Open Gastroenterology: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.6 (journal website); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 105 days to acceptance (108 articles, last 24 months); 99 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
BMJ Open Gastroenterology is published by BMJ Publishing Group and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, together about 29.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Hepatology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Impact Factor:2.6Citescore:4.7Citescore rank:54/176Time from acceptance to publication:24 days*2025 total content views:183,7832025 total Altmetric mentions:232More journal metricsHow we get these metrics*median number of days Aims & scope Ownership Editorial Board Journal information Journal Statistics 2025 Contact information For Authors Rights and permissions Affiliations
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY
Editor-in-chief Christian SelingerPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 10%); most named United Kingdom 8, Mainland China 1, United States 1 (10 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.4%
- Colorectal Cancer Screening and DetectionMedicine9.8%
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine8%
- Liver Disease and TransplantationMedicine7.5%
- Microscopic ColitisMedicine6%
- Gastrointestinal motility and disordersMedicine5.7%
- Liver Diseases and ImmunityMedicine3.9%
- Hepatitis C virus researchMedicine3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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 (publisher)
- 2.6Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.85LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.18LetPub ·
- h-index
- 54OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 353OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.84OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 96LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 774 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 57 | 57 | 33 |
| 2025 | 99 | 99 | 328 |
| 2024 | 80 | 80 | 546 |
| 2023 | 64 | 64 | 444 |
| 2022 | 75 | 75 | 1,339 |
| 2021 | 96 | 96 | 2,117 |
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
105 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 65 days – 139 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 29 days (108 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 137 days
- Sample
- 108 articles with submission and acceptance dates (179 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 2 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 41 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 24 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 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 2,390 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | GBP 1,700 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 2,163 | 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
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2054-4774
- Society / sponsor
- British Society of Gastroenterology
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- 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 ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about BMJ Open Gastroenterology
What CAS zone is BMJ Open Gastroenterology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, BMJ Open Gastroenterology is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Gastroenterology & Hepatology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of BMJ Open Gastroenterology?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.6 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 4.7, h-index 54.
How long does peer review take at BMJ Open Gastroenterology?
Based on the dates recorded on 108 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 105 days (interquartile range 65–139 days); authors report an average review time of about 2 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 BMJ Open Gastroenterology based?
Of the 10 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 10%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (8), Mainland China (1) and United States (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index BMJ Open Gastroenterology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, BMJ Open Gastroenterology is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is BMJ Open Gastroenterology open access, and what is the APC?
BMJ Open Gastroenterology 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .