BMJ Open是一個(gè)在線的、開放獲取的雜志，致力于出版來自所有學(xué)科和治療領(lǐng)域的醫(yī)學(xué)研究。該雜志出版了所有的研究類型，從研究協(xié)議到第一階段試驗(yàn)到薈萃分析，包括小型、專家研究和負(fù)面研究。出版程序是建立在完全開放的同行評(píng)審和持續(xù)出版的基礎(chǔ)上的，一旦文章準(zhǔn)備好，就在網(wǎng)上出版研究。BMJ Open的目標(biāo)是通過出版審稿人報(bào)告和以前版本的手稿作為出版前的歷史記錄，提高出版過程的透明度。接受稿件后，作者需支付稿費(fèi);支付能力并不影響編輯的決定。所有的論文都包含在MEDLINE/PubMed和科學(xué)引文索引擴(kuò)展(Web of Science)中。BMJ Open是一本醫(yī)學(xué)雜志。我們考慮在臨床醫(yī)學(xué)，公共衛(wèi)生和流行病學(xué)研究問題的論文。我們也歡迎在衛(wèi)生服務(wù)研究、衛(wèi)生經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)、外科、定性研究、研究方法、醫(yī)學(xué)教育、醫(yī)學(xué)出版和任何其他直接涉及患者結(jié)局或醫(yī)療實(shí)踐和醫(yī)療服務(wù)提供的領(lǐng)域開展研究。我們的重點(diǎn)是與患者和臨床醫(yī)生相關(guān)的研究。我們不發(fā)表在動(dòng)物身上進(jìn)行的研究、與患者結(jié)果無關(guān)的實(shí)驗(yàn)室研究、僅報(bào)道健康參與者的生理或生物力學(xué)結(jié)果的論文、解剖學(xué)、細(xì)胞生物學(xué)或非臨床心理學(xué)。所有的研究類型都被考慮在內(nèi)，從研究協(xié)議到第一階段的試驗(yàn)再到薈萃分析。這包括專家研究和報(bào)告負(fù)面結(jié)果的研究。病例報(bào)告應(yīng)提交給BMJ病例報(bào)告。

BMJ Open is an online, open access journal, dedicated to publishing medical research from all disciplines and therapeutic areas. The journal publishes all research study types, from study protocols to phase I trials to meta-analyses, including small, specialist studies, and negative studies. Publishing procedures are built around fully open peer review and continuous publication, publishing research online as soon as the article is ready.BMJ Open aims to promote transparency in the publication process by publishing reviewer reports and previous versions of manuscripts as pre-publication histories. Authors are asked to pay article-publishing charges on acceptance; the ability to pay does not influence editorial decisions. All papers are included in MEDLINE/PubMed and Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science). BMJ Open is a medical journal. We consider papers addressing research questions in clinical medicine, public health and epidemiology. We also welcome studies in health services research, health economics, surgery, qualitative research, research methods, medical education, medical publishing and any other field that directly addresses patient outcomes or the practice and delivery of healthcare.Our focus is on research that is relevant to patients and clinicians. We do not publish studies conducted in animals, laboratory studies not linked to patient outcomes, papers reporting solely physiological or biomechanical results from healthy participants, anatomy, cell biology or non-clinical psychology.All research study types are considered, from study protocols through phase I trials to meta-analyses. This includes specialist studies and studies reporting negative results. Case reports should be submitted to BMJ Case Reports.