About
Acceptance rate
20%
Time to first decision
11 days*
Time from acceptance to publication
19 days*
Impact Factor (JCR)
2.151
Citescore
2.3
Aims 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.
Plan S compliance
BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health is a Plan S compliant Transformative Journal. Transformative Journals are one of the compliance routes offered by cOAlition S funders, such as Wellcome, WHO and UKRI. Find out more about Transformative Journals and  Plan S compliance on our Author Hub.
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 blind; 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 (2020)
Acceptance rate: 20%
Speed
Time to first decision: 11 days (mean)
Time from acceptance to publication: 19 days (mean)
Impact
Impact Factor category: Obstetrics & Gynecology
Impact Factor (JCR): 2.151
Impact Factor rank (JCR): 57/83
5 year Impact Factor: 2.164
Journal Citation Indicator:0.57
Eigenfactor: 0.00078
Citescore: 2.3
Citescore rank: 88/176
Scimago Journal rank (SJR): 0.449
Reach
2020 total content views: 162,052
2020 total Altmetric mentions: 1,532
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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BMJ is a founding organisation of the AllTrials initiative, which calls for all past and present clinical trials to be registered and their results reported.