About
Aims and scope
BMJ Open Gastroenterology is an online-only, peer-reviewed, open access gastroenterology journal, dedicated to publishing high-quality medical research from all disciplines and therapeutic areas of gastroenterology and hepatology. It is the open access companion journal of Gut and is co-owned by the British Society of Gastroenterology.
The journal publishes all research study types, from study protocols to phase I trials to meta-analyses, including small or specialist studies. Publishing procedures are built around continuous publication, publishing research online as soon as the article is ready.
Ownership
BMJ Open Gastroenterology is co-owned by the British Society of Gastroenterology and BMJ.
Editorial Board
For information about the BMJ Open Gastroenterology editorial team and the Editor-in-Chief Professor Joseph Lim, please refer to the Editorial Board page.
Journal information
| Publication Model | Open access |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Continuous |
| Launch date | 2014 |
| Digital archive | LOCKSS |
| Indexed by | Web of Science: Emerging Sources Citation Index, PubMed Central, Embase (Excerpta Medica), DOAJ, Google Scholar |
| Peer review model | Single blind; the names of reviewers are hidden from the author |
| Online ISSN | 2054-4774 |
Journal statistics (2019)
| Acceptance rate | 61% |
|---|---|
| Time from submission to first decision | 13 days |
| Time from acceptance to publication | 26 days |
Journal Metrics
Contact information
For all contact information please refer to the contact us page.
For Authors
Please refer to the Instructions for authors
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Affiliations
BMJ is a founding member of COPE (the Committee on Publication Ethics), which provides a forum for publishers and Editors of scientific journals to discuss issues relating to the integrity of the work submitted to or published in their journals.