Impact Factor
4.02
Journal Citation Impact
Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.
Citation rate
6.33
942 total citations
h5-index
39
h5 depth signal
Cited share
77.4%
123 of 159
Total citations
942
Citation footprint
Metric signal
6.98
External metric anchor
Self-citation
3.6%
34 self-citations
Citations Trend
Monthly Publications Cadence
Citing Geographic Demographics
United States
350
United Kingdom
311
Canada
149
Australia
115
Netherlands
57
Citing Fields of Research
Medical Ethics
404
Patient Care
128
Cardiology
106
Healthcare Policy
101
Health Education & Remote Healthcare
89
Publishing Activity & Reach
Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.
All-time article footprint
4,558
Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set
159
123 cited publications
Last 12 months
61
5.5 publications/month
Open access share
36.1%
22 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country
United States
350 citing publications
Leading citing field
Medical Ethics
404 citing publications
Latest tracked publication
1 October 2026
10 recent records available
Coverage & Indexing History
v23n1, Feb. 2018-
v23n1, Feb. 2018-
Research Focus & Classification
Indexed Subjects
Medical Ethics
Broad Categories
Medicine
Medical Ethics
MeSH Descriptors
Evidence-Based Medicine
Latest Publications
Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.
01
DOI 10.1136/bmjebm-2025-113648
Open DOI
Effectiveness, safety, adherence and risk compensation of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in men who have sex with men: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Objective: This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluate the clinical effectiveness, safety and potential risk compensation associated with oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in men who have sex with men (MSM). Methods: We systemat...
02
DOI 10.1136/bmjebm-2025-114382
Open DOI
Ginger for the treatment and prevention of migraine headaches: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Objective: To determine the efficacy of ginger (either stand-alone or as an adjunct treatment) for the treatment and management of migraine headaches. Methods: We searched PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Epistemonikos and Cochrane CENT...
03
DOI 10.1136/bmjebm-2026-114587
Open DOI
Applying the estimand framework to safety: aligning estimators with treatment effects in the presence of intercurrent events
Understanding the risks associated with healthcare interventions is essential for clinical decision-making and for the regulatory evaluation of new drugs. Yet, safety analyses in randomised controlled trials are often conducted without c...
04
DOI 10.1136/bmjebm-2026-114575
Open DOI
Target trial emulation lacks the Magic of Randomization: HARKing and terminology can mislead
The framework traces its roots back to the 1950s.3 However, it gained impetus when the cardioprotective effects of hormone replacement therapy reported in observational studies were not confirmed in RCTs, while a study using the TTE fram...
05
DOI 10.1136/bmjebm-2025-114080
Open DOI
Target trial emulation: from observational data to causal inference
Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening has been shown to increase detection of prostate cancers, including aggressive cancers that require intervention and clinically irrelevant cancers that do not. Treatment of prostate cancer may le...
06
DOI 10.1136/bmjebm-2026-114620
Open DOI
Defining and interpreting the clinical relevance of intervention effects for patient-reported outcomes: the smallest worthwhile effect construct
In clinical research, statistically significant effects do not necessarily indicate that an intervention provides benefits that are meaningful to patients. This is particularly important for patient-reported outcomes, where thresholds us...
07
DOI 10.1136/bmjebm-2020-111410corr1
Open DOI
Correction: Interventions for Menière’s disease: an umbrella systematic review
08
DOI 10.1136/bmjebm-2026-114670
Open DOI
Loss of an ideal: how politics and misinformed advocacy killed the Canadian Task Force
09
DOI 10.1136/bmjebm-2025-114429
Open DOI
Improving inclusivity in UK clinical trials through good practice in the collection and use of ethnicity data: recommendations from the INCLUDED study
Ethnicity data are essential in understanding how different groups are impacted by different treatments/healthcare interventions, but more work is needed in how these data should be collected, handled and reported in trials to address di...
10
DOI 10.1136/bmjebm-2025-114245
Open DOI
Perspectives on the definition of ‘evidence’: a qualitative interview study among interest-holders
Objective To clarify the perspectives of different interest-holders on the definition of ‘evidence’. Design and setting This qualitative study employed purposeful sampling to select respondents from various disciplines and fields worldwi...
Bibliographical & Catalog Notes
Print issues ceased with v.26 (2021).
Some volumes contain supplements.
Also issued in print.