BMJ Open

Papers
(The H4-Index of BMJ Open is 57. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
ArticleCitations
Anaesthetic and perioperative considerations for extrapleural pneumonectomy and extended pleurectomy/decortication: a scoping review protocol397
Prevalence of mild cognitive impairment among former elite athletes without a history of sport-related concussions compared to the general older population: a protocol for a cross-sectional study with282
Causes and determinants of infant mortality using verbal autopsy and social autopsy methods in a rural population of Odisha: a community-based matched case-control study225
Palliative care burden and specialist service utilisation for individuals with cardiovascular disease in Australia: a national population-based observational study190
Azithromycin to prevent acute lower respiratory infections among Australian and New Zealand First Nations and Timorese children (PETAL trial): study protocol for a multicentre, international, double-b182
SinoMAKS—protocol of a randomised controlled trial to evaluate the Chinese version of the non-pharmacological, multimodal MAKS intervention for people with mild to moderate dementia in Chinese nursing181
Perceived acceptability, barriers and enablers in implementing mobile phone messaging-based message-framing intervention for improved maternal and newborn care in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia: a qualitative s172
Role of the collagen scaffold in preventing intrauterine adhesion from recurrence after adhesiolysis: protocol for a multicentre, randomised, controlled, parallel-group, open-label, superiority clinic148
Cohort profile: AMBulatoRy blOod preSsure in older adults (AMBROSIA) and AMBROSIA-HOME145
Studying the Long-term Impact of COVID-19 in Kids (SLICK). Healthcare use and costs in children and young people following community-acquired SARS-CoV-2 infection: protocol for an observational study 143
Wildfire, deforestation and health in tropical rainforest areas: a scoping review protocol134
Joint trajectories of body mass index and waist circumference in early-life to mid-life adulthood and incident hypertension: the China Health and Nutrition Survey131
Impact of ambient temperature, diurnal temperature range on hyperventilation syndrome emergency admission: a time-series analysis in Beijing, China128
Protocol for a randomised controlled trial comparing warfarin with no oral anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation on chronic dialysis: the Danish Warfarin-Dialysis (DANWARD) trial119
Prognostic signature of multimorbidity, geriatric syndromes and resources cluster in older in- and outpatients: a pooled secondary analysis with a 6-month follow-up118
Mentalising imagery therapy for family dementia caregivers: protocol for a scoping review105
Prevalence of vitamin D and calcium deficiencies and their health impacts on women of childbearing age: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis103
University students’ understanding and opinions of eating disorders: a qualitative study103
Prevalence of atrial fibrillation in Northern Sri Lanka: a study protocol for a cross-sectional household survey102
Virtual reality and speech analysis for the assessment of impulsivity and decision-making: protocol for a comparison with neuropsychological tasks and self-administered questionnaires100
Observational and prospective study: evaluation of beliefs and representations of chronic treatments of polymedicated patients hospitalised in a vascular medicine and surgery department98
Province-level distribution and drivers of infant mortality in mainland China: a Geodetector-based analysis of data from 202098
Assessing safe chemotherapy needs and practices in Ile-Ife, Nigeria: a multi-disciplinary quality improvement project97
Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses of variations of anthropometric measures of obesity with age in the Jackson Heart Study97
Use of the Vitiligo Extent Score: a protocol for a scoping review97
Is the analogue cognitive test from the ISPOCD equivalent to the digital cognitive test Mindmore? A protocol for a randomised cross-over study including qualitative interviews with self-reported healt97
Electroacupuncture for mild-to-moderate dry eye: study protocol for a multicentre, randomised, single-blind, sham-controlled trial96
Multiarm, non-randomised, single-centre feasibility study—investigation of the differential biology between benign and malignant renal masses using advanced magnetic resonance imaging techniques (IBM-90
Barriers to home care for older adults from perspectives of Iranian informal caregivers: a qualitative study87
Addressing gaps in our understanding of the drowning patient: a protocol for the retrospective development of an Utstein style database and multicentre collaboration86
Protocol for evaluating the fitness for purpose of an artificial intelligence product for radiology reporting in the BreastScreen New South Wales breast cancer screening programme84
Antipsychotics for Parkinson’s disease: a protocol for a systematic review with network meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis82
Clinical and cost-effectiveness of individualised (early) patient-directed rehabilitation versus standard rehabilitation after surgical repair of the rotator cuff of the shoulder: protocol for a multi80
Prehospital care for ovarian cancer in Catalonia: could we do better in primary care? Retrospective cohort study80
Effectiveness of physical exercise programmes in reducing complications associated with secondary lymphoedema to breast cancer: a protocol for an overview of systematic reviews78
Blue Light as an Anti-inflammatory and Analgesic Strategy in Thoracic Trauma (BLAASTT): protocol for a randomised controlled trial in adult trauma inpatients with painful rib fractures76
Preventive Antenatal Educational Program on Allergic Diseases (PAEPAD) versus standard antenatal care for prevention of atopic dermatitis: study protocol for a single-centre, investigator-blinded rand76
Accelerating clinical development outside the usual regions for future pandemics: a comparative analysis of COVID-19 therapeutic development between the USA and Japan75
Risk factors for acute kidney injury and impact of earlier anticoagulation on renal function in patients with normotensive pulmonary embolism: a retrospective cohort study75
Cohort profile: the South African HIV Cancer Match (SAM) Study, a national population-based cohort71
Co-creating and testing a self-management digital solution for bladder health and urinary continence among people aged 50 and over: protocol for the international KOKU Bladder project70
Effects of mental health interventions given at youth-friendly health services and integrated youth services: a systematic review protocol69
Patient-Reported Experience Measures in Vascular Surgery Enhancement (PREMIERE) study: protocol for a mixed-methods study to develop and validate a vascular surgery-specific patient-reported experienc65
Impact of C-level positions on hospital performance: a scoping review protocol64
Identifying factors explaining practice variation in secondary stroke prevention in primary care: a cohort study based on all patients with ischaemic stroke in the Stockholm region62
Prognostic models based on lymph node density for primary gastrointestinal melanoma: a SEER population-based analysis62
Effect of free medicine distribution on ability to make ends meet: post hoc quantitative subgroup analysis and qualitative thematic analysis62
Study protocol for a feasibility study of microinterventions in smartphone-based assessments to reduce depressive rumination62
Multicountry study protocol of COCOON: COntinuing Care in COVID-19 Outbreak global survey of New, expectant, and bereaved parent experiences62
Testing the efficacy of WORK-ON: vocational rehabilitation for people with chronic inflammatory arthritis in Denmark—protocol for a randomised controlled trial61
Derivation and validation of clinical prediction rules for diagnosis of infectious mononucleosis: a prospective cohort study61
Economic impact of informal caring for a person with arthritis in Australia from 2015 to 2030: a microsimulation approach using national survey data61
Risk perception and preventive behaviours of COVID-19 among university students, Gondar, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study60
Correlation of drug exposure and bacterial susceptibility with treatment response for Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease: protocol for a prospective observational cohort study60
Association of serum magnesium levels with acute ischaemic stroke in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a propensity score-matched case–control study59
Comparative efficacy of different acupuncture therapies on cancer-related insomnia: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis58
Parents’ experience of children with acquired brain injury undergoing neuro-rehabilitation: thematic synthesis protocol58
Relationship of prostate cancer topography and tumour conspicuity on multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis57
Social inequalities in diabetes incidence and quality of care: results from a cohort study in the Lazio region, Italy57
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