BMJ Medicine

BMJ Medicine is an open access, multispecialty medical journal published by BMJ, closely aligned with The BMJ and launched in 2022, holding a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 9.3《BMJ 医学》（BMJ Medicine）是由（BMJ）出版的开放获取、多专科医学期刊，与《英国医学杂志》（The BMJ）紧密协同，2022 年创刊，2025 年影响因子为 9.3。

Scope

• BMJ Medicine is an international multispecialty journal that promotes multidisciplinary collaboration by encouraging scientific debate and the exchange of new knowledge and ideas该刊为国际多专科期刊，通过鼓励科学讨论与新知识新思想的交流促进跨学科协作。
• It prioritises high impact research, specialist reviews and diverse research methods papers with the potential to improve clinical practice, policy and medical science该刊优先发表有望改善临床实践、政策与医学科学的高影响力研究、专科综述与多种研究方法的论文。
• The journal is closely aligned with The BMJ and reflects its editorial values and quality control processes该刊与（The BMJ）紧密协同，体现其编辑价值观与质量控制流程。
• It publishes high impact research together with specialist reviews and methods papers该刊发表高影响力研究以及专科综述与方法学论文。
• The journal operates a continuous publication model, releasing articles online as soon as they are ready该刊采用连续出版模式，文章一经就绪即在线发布。
• As a fully open access title, all of its articles are free to read immediately作为完全开放获取期刊，其所有文章均可即时免费阅读。

History

• The journal was launched in 2022 as a new open access multispecialty journal from The BMJ该刊于 2022 年作为（The BMJ）旗下的新开放获取多专科期刊创刊。^[1]
• Its first volume appeared in 2022, and volumes have advanced annually since, reaching volume 4 in 2025其首卷于 2022 年出版，此后卷号逐年推进，2025 年已达第 4 卷。
• The journal is published by BMJ, the publisher of The BMJ, and shares the BMJ Group editorial and publishing team该刊由（The BMJ）的出版方（BMJ）出版，共用（BMJ Group）编辑与出版团队。
• It is a fully open access journal listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals, charging an article processing charge of GBP 3,690该刊为被（Directory of Open Access Journals）收录的完全开放获取期刊，收取 3690 英镑的文章处理费。
• Its Journal Impact Factor moved from 10.0 in 2024 to 9.3 in 2025其影响因子由 2024 年的 10.0 变动至 2025 年的 9.3。

Editors

• Sophie Cook is the editor-in-chief, a doctor and former general practitioner who joined The BMJ in 2009 and became editor-in-chief of BMJ Medicine in 2021（Sophie Cook）任主编，为医生并曾从事全科医疗，2009 年加入（The BMJ），2021 年出任该刊主编。
• Tom Nolan and Menaka Fry serve as clinical editors, and Syba Sunny leads commissioning for the specialist review series（Tom Nolan）与（Menaka Fry）任临床编辑，（Syba Sunny）负责专科综述系列的组稿。
• The statistical editors include Richard Riley of Keele University, Rafael Perera-Salazar of the University of Oxford, and Katie Harron and Neil Davies of University College London统计编辑包括（Keele University）的（Richard Riley）、（University of Oxford）的（Rafael Perera-Salazar）以及（University College London）的（Katie Harron）与（Neil Davies）。
• Two patient advisors, Sophia Walker and Clare Stacey, bring the patient perspective to the journal两位患者顾问（Sophia Walker）与（Clare Stacey）为该刊引入患者视角。
• The publisher reports a median of 74 days from submission to first decision including peer review, and 32 days from acceptance to publication出版方报告，投稿到初审决定（含外审）中位数为 74 天，录用后发表中位数为 32 天。