About the journal
BMC Medical Research Methodology is an open-access journal published by BMC in United Kingdom, publishing in english. It is listed in DOAJ and MEDLINE and PUBMED according to the sources read. Declared publication charge: 2,690 EUR. Declared review time at DOAJ: 23 weeks. Facts are reproduced as recorded at their sources with their capture dates; PublishLens indicators are available after sign-in.
Basic facts
- Publisher
- BMC
- ISSN
- 1471-2288
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- english
- Access
- Open access
- Declared publication charge
- 2,690 EUR
- Articles in DOAJ
- 3708
- Declared review time
- 23 weeks
- Declared peer-review model
- open_review
- Official website
- https://bmcmedresmethodol.biomedcentral.com
Index listings
- DOAJ · 2003-06-18
- MEDLINE · 2001-01-01
- PUBMED · 2001-01-10
- Indexing
- DOAJ · MEDLINE · PUBMED
- APC
- 2,690 EUR
- Declared review time (DOAJ)
- 23 weeks
- Actual review time (measured)
- 151 days received→accepted — computed from PubMed (n=100)
- Activity (OpenAlex)
- Active — latest works 2026
- PublishLens list status
- Shown after sign-in
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Articles in DOAJ
3708
Most recent article
last month
Average review time (journal-declared via DOAJ)
23weeks
Works in OpenAlex
4124
Last recorded publication year
2026
h-index
221
i10-index
2499
From OpenAlex open data (CC0).
Editorial & policy13
- Last DOAJ review date
- 2026-03-17
- Added to DOAJ
- 2003-06-18
- Declared plagiarism screening
- Declared
- Other fees beyond APC
- No
- Declared digital preservation
- LOCKSSPMC
- Observed digital preservation (Keepers registry)— snapshot 2026-10-05
- CLOCKSSPortico
- Editorial board
- Official page ↗
- Norwegian register (HK-dir)— 2026
- Level 1 — approved scholarly channel
- Open references deposited at Crossref
- 100%
- ORCID iDs in current deposits
- 12%
- Enrolled in Crossref Similarity Check
- ✓
- Deposits licence metadata at Crossref
- ✓
- APC waiver policy
- View policy
- Peer-review policy
- View policy
Identity & continuity3
- Alternate titles
- Medical research methodologyBioMed Central research methodology
- Source type
- journal
- NLM unique ID (PubMed)
- 100968545
Classification2
Subjects (DOAJ)
LCC codes
Subject areas
- Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
- Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
- Advanced Causal Inference Techniques
- Advanced Causal Inference Techniques
- Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference
- Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference
- Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials
- Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials
Show all subjects (50)
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- Survey Methodology and Nonresponse
- Statistical Methods and Inference
- Survey Methodology and Nonresponse
- Statistical Methods and Inference
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Reliability and Agreement in Measurement
- Reliability and Agreement in Measurement
- Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Machine Learning in Healthcare
- Machine Learning in Healthcare
- Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
- Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods
- Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods
- Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Delphi Technique in Research
- Delphi Technique in Research
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Clinical practice guidelines implementation
- Clinical practice guidelines implementation
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Cancer survivorship and care
- Cancer survivorship and care
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Health disparities and outcomes
Keywords (DOAJ)
- research methodology
- review methodology
- clinical trial methodology
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