Aims and scope
BMC Medical Research Methodology is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed 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. BMC Medical Research Methodology does not aim to publish articles describing scientific methods or techniques: these should be directed to the BMC journal covering the relevant biomedical subject area.
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Methodologies for COVID-19 research and data analysis
Our collection on methodological approaches to medical research and data analysis related to COVID-19 is no longer accepting new submissions. You can continue to browse our published content, and remember all of our articles are open access and free to read!
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Social media attention and citations of published outputs from re-use of clinical trial data: a matched comparison with articles published in the same journals
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Strategies for assessing the impact of loss to follow-up on estimates of neurodevelopmental impairment in a very preterm cohort at 2 years of age
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Open science saves lives: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic
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Discovering the underlying typology of emergency departments
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Meta-Analyst: software for meta-analysis of binary, continuous and diagnostic data
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Using the framework method for the analysis of qualitative data in multi-disciplinary health research
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The case study approach
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How to do a grounded theory study: a worked example of a study of dental practices
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A tutorial on pilot studies: the what, why and how
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Featured article: COVID-19-related medical research: a meta-research and critical appraisal
Raynaud et al aimed at reviewing and categorizing COVID-19-related medical research and to critically appraise peer-reviewed original articles. Their findings underscore the urgent need to strike a balance between the velocity and quality of research
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Featured article: Informing the research agenda for optimizing audit and feedback interventions: results of a prioritization exercise
Audit and feedback interventions are one of the most common approaches for implementing evidence-based practices. In the current survey, Colquhoun et al sought to elicit from stakeholders which hypotheses were most likely to advance the field if studied further.
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Featured article: Conceptualising natural and quasi experiments in public health
In this Technical advance, de Vocht et al conceptualise natural experiments in the context of public health evaluations and align the study design to the Target Trial Framework. The resulting alignment will clarify the strength of evidence underpinning claims about the effectiveness of public health interventions.
Get credit for your data!
Valuable data often go unpublished when they could be helping to progress science. Hence, the BMC Series introduced Data notes, a short article type allowing you to describe your data and publish them to make your data easier to find, cite and share.
You can publish your data in BMC Genomic Data (genomic, transcriptomic and high-throughput genotype data) or in BMC Research Notes (data from across all natural and clinical sciences).
More information about our unique article type can be found on the BMC Genomic Data and BMC Research Notes journal websites.
BMC Series Focus Issues
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June: Water and Sanitation.
In celebration of World Environment Day on the 5th June, the BMC Series presents a focus issue on Water and Sanitation. We have collated open-access content from across our journals to highlight research into clean water, investigating links between water and health and our overall relationship with water.
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May: Understanding Mental Health
With Mental Health Awareness Month in May, the BMC Series presents a focus issue on ‘Understanding Mental Health’. We have brought together content to highlight research into understanding and improving mental health.
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Annual Journal Metrics
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Speed
79 days to first decision for reviewed manuscripts only
57 days to first decision for all manuscripts
196 days from submission to acceptance
19 days from acceptance to publicationCitation Impact
3.031 - 2-year Impact Factor
4.837 - 5-year Impact Factor
1.741 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
1.614 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)Usage
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