About
Acceptance Rate
21%
Time to first decision
12 days*
Impact Factor (JCR)
2.401
5 Year Impact Factor
2.821
Citescore
3.3
2020 total content views
2,267,513
Aims and scope
Postgraduate Medical Journal is a peer reviewed journal published on behalf of the Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine. The journal aims to support junior doctors and their teachers and contribute to the continuing professional development of all doctors by publishing papers on a wide range of topics relevant to the practicing clinician and teacher. Papers published in PMJ include those that focus on core competencies; that describe current practice and new developments in all branches of medicine; that describe relevance and impact of translational research on clinical practice; that provide background relevant to examinations; and papers on medical education and medical education research. PMJ supports CPD by providing the opportunity for doctors to publish many types of articles including original clinical research; reviews; quality improvement reports; editorials, and correspondence on clinical matters.
For information about the Editor-in-Chief and editorial team, please refer to the Editorial Board page.
Plan S compliance
Postgraduate Medical Journal is a Plan S compliant Transformative Journal. Transformative Journals are one of the compliance routes offered by cOAlition S funders, such as Wellcome, WHO and UKRI. Find out more about Transformative Journals and  Plan S compliance on our Author Hub.
Journal Information
| Ownership | BMJ publishes Postgraduate Medical Journal on behalf of the Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine |
|---|---|
| Publication Model | Subscription; with hybrid open access option |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Launch date | 1925 |
| Digital Archives | Portico, LOCKSS |
| Indexed by | Web of Science Core Collection: Science Citation Index, Science Citation Index Expanded; Current Contents: Clinical Medicine, MEDLINE (Index Medicus), PubMed Central (BMJ Open Access Special Collection), Scopus, Embase (Excerpta Medica), CINAHL, Google Scholar |
| Peer Review Model | Single blind; the names of reviewers are hidden from the author |
| Online ISSN | 1469-0756 |
| Print ISSN | 0032-5473 |
Journal Statistics (2020)
Acceptance rate: 21%
Speed
Days to first decision: 12 days (mean)
Days from acceptance to publication: 21 days (mean)
Impact
Impact Factor category: Medical, General & Internal
Impact factor (JCR): 2.401
Impact factor rank: 82/169
5 year Impact Factor: 2.821
Journal Citation Indicator:0.58
Eigenfactor: 0.0041
Citescore: 3.3
Citescore rank: 159/793
Scimago Journal rank (SJR): 0.568
Reach
2020 total content views: 2,267,513
2020 total Altmetric mentions: 4,470
The impact that academic research has cannot be defined by one single metric. In 2013, BMJ signed the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA). We did this to show our support for using multiple measures and metrics to portray journals’ impact; moving away from the Impact Factor as a single measure.
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The BMJ is a founding member of COPE (the Committee on Publication Ethics), which provides a forum for publishers and Editors of scientific journals to discuss issues relating to the integrity of the work submitted to or published in their journals.
The EQUATOR Network is an international initiative that seeks to improve the value of medical research literature by promoting accurate, transparent reporting of research studies. The BMJ Group is a sponsor of its activities.
BMJ is a founding organisation of the AllTrials initiative, which calls for all past and present clinical trials to be registered and their results reported.