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As a researcher, publishing your work is an important step in enhancing your academic career and ensuring your work has a wider impact. At BMJ, we are with you at every step of your publication journey and at any stage of your career. We can help you to optimise the presentation and impact of your work, and to disseminate your findings to the people who need to read it.

Publishing in one of our fully open access or transformative journals complies with policies set by funders (including Plan S), institutions and governments. Your institution may be part of an open access agreement with BMJ, which can help authors meet the cost of publishing (i.e. Article Processing Charge). 

Options to publish your research open access with BMJ:

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Explore our journals in gastroenterology

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acceptance rate: 30%

Time to first decision:         35 days

Citescore: 4.9

Journal Impact Factor: 3.1

 

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Acceptance rate: 45%

Time to first decision:         34 days

Citescore: 4.8

Journal Impact Factor: 2.6

Acceptance rate: 12%

Time to first decision:         23 days

Citescore: 47.4

Journal Impact Factor: 24.5

JIF Rank (Gastroenterology & Hepatology): 5/93

Acceptance rate: 36%

Time to first decision*:          4 days

Citescore: 4.4

Journal Impact Factor: 2.9

JIF Rank (Medical, General & Internal): 77/167 

Acceptance rate: 15%

Time to first decision:          61 days

Reasons to publish your gastroenterology research with us

Our open access content received on average 7 times more views than other content

Top open access articles mentioned in policy

Epidemiological, clinical and virological characteristics of 74 cases of coronavirus-infected disease 2019 (COVID-19) with gastrointestinal symptoms

 

Guidelines for the management of hereditary colorectal cancer from the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG)/Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (ACPGBI)/United Kingdom Cancer Genetics Group (UKCGG)

 

Clinical outcomes in COVID-19 and cirrhosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

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