BMJ Innovations

Aims & Scope

Healthcare is undergoing a revolution and novel medical technologies are being developed to treat patients in better and faster ways.

Mobile revolution has put a handheld computer in pockets of billions and we are ushering in an era of mHealth.

In developed and developing world alike healthcare costs are a concern and frugal innovations are being promoted for bringing down the costs of healthcare.

BMJ Innovations aims to promote innovative research which creates new, cost-effective medical devices, technologies, processes and systems that improve patient care, with particular focus on the needs of patients, physicians, and the health care industry as a whole and act as a platform to catalyse and seed more innovations.

Submissions to BMJ Innovations will be considered from all clinical areas of medicine along with business and process innovations that make healthcare accessible and affordable.

Submissions from groups of investigators engaged in international collaborations are especially encouraged.

The broad areas of innovations that this journal aims to chronicle include but are not limited to: Medical devices, mHealth and wearable health technologies, Assistive technologies, Diagnostics, Health IT, systems and process innovation.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.8
2024	1.40

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	11497

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	327

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.505

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Conducting a fully mobile and randomised clinical trial for depression: access, engagement and expense

  Citation: 170

  Authors: Joaquin A, Joshua T, Diego, Adam, Patricia A

• The ownership and clinical use of smartphones by doctors and nurses in the UK: a multicentre survey study

  Citation: 133

  Authors: Mohammad H, Dominic, Maximilian, Sanjay, Sanjay, Ara

• Bridging the implementation gap of machine learning in healthcare

  Citation: 126

  Authors: Martin G, Nigam H, Larry

• Wearable devices for remote vital signs monitoring in the outpatient setting: an overview of the field

  Citation: 100

  Authors: Stephanie, Hafdis, Candice, David George

• Evolution and current status of mhealth research: a systematic review

  Citation: 97

  Authors: Eskinder Eshetu, Lita, Kevin Yi-Lwern

• End-to-end convolutional neural network enables COVID-19 detection from breath and cough audio: a pilot study

  Citation: 87

  Authors: Harry, Alex, Panagiotis, Alice, Lyn, Björn

• Open-source hardware for medical devices

  Citation: 85

  Authors: Gerrit, Parisa, Harold

• Telemedicine takes centre stage during COVID-19 pandemic

  Citation: 73

  Authors: Saleem, Kaushal, Danson

• Defining patient centricity with patients for patients and caregivers: a collaborative endeavour

  Citation: 73

  Authors: Guy, Patricia, Michael, Helena, Helena, Vincenzo, Rachel RM

• Health hackathons: theatre or substance? A survey assessment of outcomes from healthcare-focused hackathons in three countries

  Citation: 64

  Authors: Kristian R, Madeline, Priya, Alexis, Sahil, Santorino, Rebecca, Anthony J, Elizabeth, David R

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