About
Acceptance rate
21%Time to first decision
2 days*Time to first decision with review
47 days*Acceptance to publication
13 days*Impact Factor (JCR)
3.219Citescore
2.9Aims and scope
BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health is an international journal that promotes evidence-informed practice for contraception, abortion and all aspects of sexual and reproductive health. The journal publishes research papers, topical debates and commentaries to shape policy, improve patient-centred clinical care, and to set the stage for future areas of research.
The journal was previously known as Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care.
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Journal Information
| Ownership | BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health is co-owned by BMJ and the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Peer Review Model | Single anonymised; the names of reviewers are hidden from the author |
| Indexed by | Web of Science Core Collection: Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index; Current Contents: Social and Behavioural Sciences, MEDLINE (Index Medicus), PubMed Central (BMJ Open Access Special Collection), Scopus, Embase (Excerpta Medica), Google Scholar |
| Launch date | 1974 |
| Print ISSN | 2515-1991 |
| Online ISSN | 2515-2009 |
| Digital Archives | Portico, LOCKSS |
Journal Statistics (2021)
Acceptance rate: 21%
Speed
Time to first decision without review (median): 2 days
Time to first decision with review (median): 47 days
Time from acceptance to publication (median): 13 days
Impact
Impact Factor category: Obstetrics & Gynecology
Impact Factor (JCR): 3.219
Impact Factor rank (JCR): 35/85
5 year Impact Factor: 3.095
Journal Citation Indicator: 0.74
Eigenfactor: 0.00092
Citescore: 2.9
Citescore rank: 82/188
Scimago Journal rank (SJR): 0.53
Reach
2021 total content views: 215,417
2021 total Altmetric mentions: 1,784
The impact that academic research has cannot be defined by one single metric. In 2013, BMJ signed the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA). We did this to show our support for using multiple measures and metrics to portray journals’ impact; moving away from the Impact Factor as a single measure.
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