Scimago Journal & Country Rank

BMJ Global Healthopen access

Country

United Kingdom

Universities and research institutions in United Kingdom
Media Ranking in United Kingdom

Subject Area and Category

Publisher

BMJ Publishing Group

BMJ Group in Scimago Institutions Rankings

H-Index

76

Publication type

Journals

ISSN

20597908

Coverage

2016-2023

Information

Homepage

How to publish in this journal

info.bmjgh@bmj.com

Scope

The journal covers all aspects of global health, with particular interest in submissions that address the underfunded area of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Research across all study phases and designs is welcome, from study protocols to phase I trials to meta-analyses, including small or specialist studies. The editor welcomes opinionated discussions on controversial topics to stimulate debate. BMJ Global Health adheres to BMJ’s rigorous standards of peer-review and papers are considered on the basis of ethical and methodological soundness rather than their novelty, significance, or relevance to any particular group. The journal operates a fast submission process with continuous publication online to ensure that timely, up-to-date research is available worldwide to those who need it. Join the conversation about this journal
Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

CategoryYearQuartile
Health Policy2019Q1
Health Policy2020Q1
Health Policy2021Q1
Health Policy2022Q1
Health Policy2023Q1
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2019Q1
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2020Q1
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2021Q1
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2022Q1
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2023Q1
SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

YearSJR
20191.838
20202.111
20212.263
20222.376
20232.449
Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

YearDocuments
201687
2017180
2018262
2019320
2020479
2021629
2022434
2023456
Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per documentYearValue
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20160.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20171.736
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20182.828
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20193.456
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20204.558
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20216.175
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20226.282
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20236.099
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20160.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20171.736
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20182.828
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20193.456
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20204.563
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20216.327
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20226.310
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20236.216
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20160.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20171.736
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20182.828
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20193.353
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20204.378
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20216.283
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20226.338
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20235.840
Total Cites 
Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

CitesYearValue
Self Cites20160
Self Cites201716
Self Cites201875
Self Cites2019134
Self Cites2020265
Self Cites2021443
Self Cites2022383
Self Cites2023366
Total Cites20160
Total Cites2017151
Total Cites2018755
Total Cites20191828
Total Cites20203477
Total Cites20216713
Total Cites20229010
Total Cites20239585
External Cites per Doc 
Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

CitesYearValue
External Cites per document20160
External Cites per document20171.552
External Cites per document20182.547
External Cites per document20193.202
External Cites per document20204.215
External Cites per document20215.910
External Cites per document20226.041
External Cites per document20235.979
Cites per document20160.000
Cites per document20171.736
Cites per document20182.828
Cites per document20193.456
Cites per document20204.563
Cites per document20216.327
Cites per document20226.310
Cites per document20236.216
% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

YearInternational Collaboration
201682.76
201773.33
201867.94
201974.38
202075.99
202177.42
202275.81
202376.32
Citable documents 
Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

DocumentsYearValue
Non-citable documents20160
Non-citable documents20179
Non-citable documents201834
Non-citable documents201975
Non-citable documents202097
Non-citable documents2021154
Non-citable documents2022241
Non-citable documents2023276
Citable documents20160
Citable documents201778
Citable documents2018233
Citable documents2019454
Citable documents2020665
Citable documents2021907
Citable documents20221187
Citable documents20231266
Cited documents 
Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

DocumentsYearValue
Uncited documents20160
Uncited documents201730
Uncited documents201855
Uncited documents201996
Uncited documents2020122
Uncited documents2021121
Uncited documents2022178
Uncited documents2023188
Cited documents20160
Cited documents201757
Cited documents2018212
Cited documents2019433
Cited documents2020640
Cited documents2021940
Cited documents20221250
Cited documents20231354
% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

YearFemale Percent
201634.69
201745.15
201849.56
201946.62
202044.00
202149.08
202248.98
202349.10
Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.

DocumentsYearValue
Overton201642
Overton201799
Overton2018142
Overton2019159
Overton2020224
Overton2021234
Overton202281
Overton202314
Documents related to SDGs (UN)

Evoution of the number of documents related to Sustainable Development Goals defined by United Nations. Available from 2018 onwards.

DocumentsYearValue
SDG2018166
SDG2019237
SDG2020381
SDG2021450
SDG2022313
SDG2023340
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