BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care

Aims & Scope

Published quarterly in print and continuously online, BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care aims to connect many disciplines and specialties throughout the world by providing high quality, clinically relevant research, reviews, comment, information and news of international importance.

We hold an inclusive view of supportive and palliative care research and we are able to call on expertise to critique the whole range of methodologies within the subject, including those working in transitional research, clinical trials, epidemiology, behavioural sciences, ethics and health service research.

Articles with relevance to clinical practice and clinical service development will be considered for publication.

In an international context, many different categories of clinician and healthcare workers do clinical work associated with palliative medicine, specialist or generalist palliative care, supportive care, psychosocial-oncology and end of life care.

We wish to engage many specialties, not only those traditionally associated with supportive and palliative care.

We hope to extend the readership to doctors, nurses, other healthcare workers and researchers in medical and surgical specialties, including but not limited to cardiology, gastroenterology, geriatrics, neurology, oncology, paediatrics, primary care, psychiatry, psychology, renal medicine, respiratory medicine.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.8
2024	2.00

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	6553

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1345

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.820

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

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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 and Nursing, 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.

• Development and evaluation of the Supportive and Palliative Care Indicators Tool (SPICT): a mixed-methods study

  Citation: 330

  Authors: Gill, Debbie, Scott A, Kirsty

• Impact of dementia on informal care: a systematic review of family caregivers’ perceptions

  Citation: 199

  Authors: Patrícia, Mário, João, Manuela, Mario Miguel

• The unmet needs of partners and caregivers of adults diagnosed with cancer: a systematic review

  Citation: 195

  Authors: Sylvie D, James D, Ellen, Billie, Mariko, Catalina, Chris, Afaf

• The online use of Violence and Journey metaphors by patients with cancer, as compared with health professionals: a mixed methods study

  Citation: 180

  Authors: Elena, Zsófia, Jane, Veronika, Sheila, Andrew, Paul

• Global prevalence of depression in HIV/AIDS: a systematic review and meta-analysis

  Citation: 161

  Authors: Sepide, Saba, Jeiran, Hossein, Afsaneh, Aidin, Hosein, Shabnam, Samira, Nicola Luigi, Samira, Zahra Mansour, Ahmad

• Cancer cachexia: rationale for the MENAC (Multimodal—Exercise, Nutrition and Anti-inflammatory medication for Cachexia) trial

  Citation: 144

  Authors: Tora S, Barry J A, Trude R, Asta, Guro, Vickie, Florian, Gareth, Matthew, Marie, Stein, Kenneth

• Identifying patients with chronic conditions in need of palliative care in the general population: development of the NECPAL tool and preliminary prevalence rates in Catalonia

  Citation: 134

  Authors: Xavier, Marisa, Carles, Jordi, Laura, Xavier, Alicia, Joan, Jose, Montserrat, Carles

• Home palliative care works: but how? A meta-ethnography of the experiences of patients and family caregivers

  Citation: 125

  Authors: Vera P, Marjolein, Irene J, Barbara

• What tools are available to identify patients with palliative care needs in primary care: a systematic literature review and survey of European practice

  Citation: 124

  Authors: Elke Arnoldina Theodora, Scott A, Yvonne, Christine

• Specialist palliative care improves the quality of life in advanced neurodegenerative disorders: NE-PAL, a pilot randomised controlled study

  Citation: 118

  Authors: Simone, G, A, C, A, A, P, M, C, D J

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