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Inclusive methodological awareness for equity and diversity

Guest Edited by Rosemary M. Caron and Elochukwu Ezenwankwo


Data science methodologies

Guest Edited by Imran Ashraf                                                 


Medical reversals in healthcare: factors, assessment, quantification 

Guest Edited by Wynne E. Norton and Fares Alahdab

Prediction methods for rare diseases or outcomes

Guest Edited by Cindy Feng, Longhai Li, and Chang Xu             

Causal inference and observational data

Guest Edited by Xiaoyu Liang, Ivan Olier, Victor Volovici, and Yiqiang Zhan

Editor's Highlights

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A data-adaptive method for investigating effect heterogeneity with high-dimensional covariates in Mendelian randomization

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Contextual effects: how to, and how not to, quantify them


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Group sequential designs for pragmatic clinical trials with early outcomes: methods and guidance for planning and implementation

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Barriers and facilitators for recruiting and retaining male participants into longitudinal health research: a systematic review



Articles

  1. Authors: Sarah Crowe, Kathrin Cresswell, Ann Robertson, Guro Huby, Anthony Avery and Aziz Sheikh

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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Annual Journal Metrics

  • 2022 Citation Impact
    4.0 - 2-year Impact Factor
    7.0 - 5-year Impact Factor
    2.055 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
    1.778 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

    2023 Speed
    40 days submission to first editorial decision for all manuscripts (Median)
    210 days submission to accept (Median)

    2023 Usage 
    4,638,094 downloads
    3,126 Altmetric mentions 

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