Journal profile · Medicine-Medicine (miscellaneous)
BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care
ISSN 2045-435X · eISSN 2045-4368 · BMJ Publishing Group · United Kingdom
BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.3; hybrid open access; median 108 days to acceptance (105 articles, last 24 months); 231 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 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 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health and Cancer survivorship and care, together about 48.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
A palliative care journal publishing research, reviews and editorials to aid all clinicians supporting patients with life limiting illnesses.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Medicine (miscellaneous)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesMedicine34.2%
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental HealthPsychology7.6%
- Cancer survivorship and careMedicine6.2%
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of LifeMedicine5.8%
- Geriatric Care and Nursing HomesHealth Professions5.4%
- Patient Dignity and PrivacyMedicine5.2%
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsHealth Professions5%
- Pain Management and Opioid UseMedicine4.2%
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 | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | 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 | Health Care Sciences & Services | 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
- 2.3LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 5.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.03LetPub ·
- h-index
- 21LetPub ·
- h-index
- 70OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 928OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.68OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 19.5%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 175LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,479 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 148 | 41 | 29 |
| 2025 | 231 | 53 | 244 |
| 2024 | 199 | 71 | 696 |
| 2023 | 227 | 80 | 1,290 |
| 2022 | 202 | 66 | 1,642 |
| 2021 | 284 | 113 | 3,472 |
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
108 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 50 days – 140 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 60 days (105 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 182 days
- Sample
- 105 articles with submission and acceptance dates (613 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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- BMJ Publishing Group
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2045-435X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2045-4368
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care
What CAS zone is BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Health Care Sciences & Services. 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 Supportive & Palliative Care?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.3; CiteScore 5.6, h-index 70.
How long does peer review take at BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care?
Based on the dates recorded on 105 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 108 days (interquartile range 50–140 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.
Which databases index BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care open access, and what is the APC?
BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .