Journal profile · HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES
BMJ Quality & Safety
ISSN 2044-5415 · eISSN 2044-5423 · BMJ Publishing Group · ENGLAND · Founded 2011
BMJ Quality & Safety: CAS Zone 1 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 6.87; hybrid open access; median 131 days to acceptance (81 articles, last 24 months); 121 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
BMJ Quality & Safety 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 Patient Safety and Medication Errors, Healthcare Quality and Management and Primary Care and Health Outcomes, together about 30.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
BMJ Quality & Safety is an international peer-reviewed journal covering the science of improvement across healthcare service and provision.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Patient Safety and Medication ErrorsHealth Professions16.3%
- Healthcare Quality and ManagementHealth Professions7.1%
- Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Professions7%
- Medical Malpractice and Liability IssuesHealth Professions6.1%
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.4%
- Clinical practice guidelines implementationMedicine4.8%
- Hospital Admissions and OutcomesMedicine4.4%
- Patient Satisfaction in HealthcareHealth Professions4.3%
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 | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Health Policy & Services | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Health Policy & Services | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Health Policy & Services | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
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
- 6.87LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 6.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 10.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 10.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.96LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.68LetPub ·
- h-index
- 126LetPub ·
- h-index
- 222OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,984OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.85OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 48.98%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 76LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,893 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 64 | 35 | 51 |
| 2025 | 121 | 72 | 445 |
| 2024 | 113 | 71 | 950 |
| 2023 | 98 | 76 | 1,485 |
| 2022 | 112 | 80 | 2,109 |
| 2021 | 128 | 98 | 3,173 |
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
131 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 99 days – 175 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 137 days (103 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 308 days
- Sample
- 81 articles with submission and acceptance dates (260 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)
- 4–8 weeksLetPub ·
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- BMJ Publishing Group
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Founded
- 2011
- ISSN
- 2044-5415
- Electronic ISSN
- 2044-5423
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about BMJ Quality & Safety
What CAS zone is BMJ Quality & Safety in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, BMJ Quality & Safety is in Zone 1 of Medicine, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Health Care Sciences & Services / Health Policy & Services; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of BMJ Quality & Safety?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 6.87; CiteScore 10.8, h-index 222.
How long does peer review take at BMJ Quality & Safety?
Based on the dates recorded on 81 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 131 days (interquartile range 99–175 days); authors report an average review time of 4–8 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.
Which databases index BMJ Quality & Safety?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, BMJ Quality & Safety is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is BMJ Quality & Safety open access, and what is the APC?
BMJ Quality & Safety 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: .