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BMC Medical Research Methodology is an open access, peer-reviewed journal publishing original research articles in methodological approaches to healthcare research. Articles on the methodology of epidemiological research, clinical trials and meta-analysis/systematic review are particularly encouraged, as are empirical studies of the associations between choice of methodology and study outcomes. 

  • Rigorously investigates research methodology and statistical techniques in medical research.
  • High visibility for your work with open access.
  • Does not  publish articles describing scientific methods or techniques: these should be directed to the BMC journal covering the relevant biomedical subject area.
Lead Editor
  • Lan Lan PhD

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Journal Impact Factor
3.4 (2024)
5-year Journal Impact Factor
5.2 (2024)
Submission to first decision (median)
7 days
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5.9M (2025)

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Electronic ISSN
1471-2288
Abstracted and indexed in
  1. ANVUR
  2. BFI List
  3. Baidu
  4. CLOCKSS
  5. CNKI
  6. CNPIEC
  7. Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS)
  8. Chinese Academy of Medical Science (CAMS)
  9. DOAJ
  10. Dimensions
  11. EBSCO
  12. Gale
  13. GoOA - The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
  14. Google Scholar
  15. Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
  16. Medline
  17. Naver
  18. OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
  19. Ovid Discovery
  20. Portico
  21. ProQuest
  22. PubMedCentral
  23. SCImago
  24. SCOPUS
  25. Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
  26. Semantic Scholar
  27. TD Net Discovery Service
  28. Wanfang
  29. eLibrary.ru
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