ImpaQ Ecosystem•Clarivate, Scopus & CORE Data
Clarivate WoS 2024 / 2025 Data
IMPAQ
WoS SCIE Q2Scopus Q1SCImago #6,906Hybrid

Bmj Supportive & Palliative Care

Abbreviation (ISO):BMJ SUPPORT PALLIAT
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Identifier (ISSN):2045-435X(Print)/2045-4368(Online)
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Publisher:BMJ Publishing Group
Clarivate IF (2026)
2.5↑ +0.7
Journal Impact Factor
IF Trend↓
WoS Quartile
Q2
WoS SCIEJCR Quartile
Clarivate WoS JCR
WoS Categories↓
JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17

Impact Factor Trend (2018–2026)

Clarivate IF trend for Bmj Supportive & Palliative Care

WoS Q2
13462.3820183.2120192.6820203.5720214.6320222.72023220241.820252.52026
Annual Impact Factor Metric
Current (2026):2.5
Scopus SJR & RankScopus Q1
0.8
#6,906

SCImago Journal Rank citation prestige weighting

Scopus Year: 2025
H-Index (2025)
57

57 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: SCIE / JCRQ2
Self-Citation Rate10%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessHybrid
287articles/year
19.5% Gold OA•82.45% Original Research

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.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
MedicineNursingPsychologyPolitical ScienceLawEconomicsBiologyEconomic GrowthSociologyInternal MedicinePsychiatryComputer SciencePathologyBusinessFamily MedicineMathematicsPhilosophySurgeryPsychotherapy
Primary Research Areas

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
JCRSCIE2026

HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES

Q2
Rank94/194
IndexSCIE
JCISCIE2026

HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES

Q2
Rank74/194
IndexSCIE

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

Track annual publication volume, total citations, and Impact Factor evolution

12 year
2026Latest
IF2.5
Articles / Year142
Total Citations27
2025
IF1.8
Articles / Year231
Total Citations237
2024
IF2
Articles / Year199
Total Citations690
2023
IF2.7
Articles / Year227
Total Citations1,274
2022
IF4.633
Articles / Year202
Total Citations1,631

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #6,906Scopus Q1SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:2011-2026
Scopus Broad Areas:MedicineNursing
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q1
0.8

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Quartile: Scopus Q1
Citations / Doc (2 years)
2.24

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$3,115 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Estimated cost / article

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations2,240
3-Year Documents934
Citable Documents816

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)3

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate57.0%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

Medical and Surgical NursingQ1
Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2
Oncology (nursing)Q2
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: 10%

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

Cites / Doc (4 years)Cites / Doc (3 years)Cites / Doc (2 years)

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
4区 (Zone 4)Medicine
Minor Category (Specific Field):
4区HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES
CAS Early Warning List History:
Updated annually: 2020 – 2024
2020
Not warned
2021
Not warned
2022
Not warned
2023
Not warned
2024
Not warned

Academic Intelligence Overview & Context

ImpaQ Analysis

Bmj Supportive & Palliative Care (abbr: BMJ SUPPORT PALLIAT, ISSN: 2045-435X) is a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal in the field of Medicine, published by BMJ Publishing Group in United Kingdom. The periodical holds a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 2.50, ranking in quartile Q2 of Web of Science (SCIE), a Scopus SJR indicator of 0.800 (Q1), an H-index of 57.

The journal enforces rigorous peer evaluation with an annual output of approximately 287 scientific articles. In terms of accessibility and author fees, it operates under the Hybrid model with an estimated APC of $3,115 USD. It serves as a benchmark publication platform for academics, researchers, and doctoral candidates seeking global research visibility.

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Open Access Model
Hybrid
Publisher
BMJ Publishing Group
Publication Language
English
Frequency
Periodic
Indexing & Databases
SCIEScopusPubMed
Editorial Address
BRITISH MED ASSOC HOUSE, TAVISTOCK SQUARE, LONDON, ENGLAND, WC1H 9JR

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Database Updated: 2026-09-28