World Patient Safety Day is a yearly campaign that calls for global solidarity and concerted action by all countries and international partners to improve patient safety. The theme for 2026 is ‘Safe care for life!’, focusing on safe care for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), calling for action to ensure that no one is harmed whilst receiving […]
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Editor’s Picks – World Hepatitis Day 2026
World Hepatitis Day is a yearly campaign aiming to raise awareness of viral hepatitis, a major cause of preventable illness and death across the globe. The World Health Organisation (WHO) stated that 287 million people were living with chronic hepatitis B or C in 2024, despite new infections dropping over the previous decade. The theme for […]
Editor’s Picks – Mental Health Awareness Week 2026
Mental Health Awareness Week is a yearly campaign that focuses on increasing understanding about mental health. This year the theme is “Action”, arising as a natural extension of awareness, and encouraging us to take the first steps towards a society that prioritises good mental health. BMJ Open publishes research across a wide range of topics […]
World Health Day 2026
World Health Day 2026 is upon us, and this year the theme is “Together for health. Stand with science”, celebrating the power of scientific collaboration to protect the health of people, animals, plants, and the planet. The campaign highlights both “scientific achievements and the multilateral cooperation needed to translate evidence into action, with a strong […]
Top 10 most read in February: healthcare surveillance, potassium binders, and patient involvement in decision making.
Spring has fast arrived and as we celebrate the new growth and life that it brings, we’re taking the opportunity to highlight the new entries in the Top 10 most read BMJ Open papers in February 2026. Since our last blog post, we have three new entries in our Top 10 most read list, starting […]
Top 10 most read in October 2025 – algorithms, singing, vaping, smartphone use and fast food!
As we draw ever closer to the end of 2025, let’s take a minute to look back at our top ten most read BMJ Open papers of October. Since September, we have seen four new entries in our top ten most read list. At number four is a multi-national cohort study conducted by Mølgaard-Nielsen et […]
World Heart Day 2025 – editor’s pick of recently published qualitative studies on heart health at BMJ Open
BMJ Open publishes papers on a wide range of topics and study designs and with a global perspective. In acknowledgement of World Heart Day 2025, we highlight some of our recent papers that consider patients’ voices via qualitative studies within the broad topic area of cardiovascular health. The research questions and study settings are diverse, […]
Top 10 most read in May: multi-cancer screening, herpes simplex virus type 1 and Alzheimer’s disease, and Phase 1 testing of AMG-404 in patients with advanced solid tumours
In May, eight new articles entered our top ten most read list. The Top 10 is compiled based on full text views, including downloads of the full article PDFs. Assessment of the impact of multi-cancer early detection test screening intervals on late-stage cancer at diagnosis and mortality using a state-transition model Our most read new […]
Top ten most read in October
In October, 4 new articles entered our top ten most read list. The Top 10 is compiled based on full text views, including downloads of the full article PDFs. Patient and public involvement in healthcare In the top spot we have a mapping review from Bergholtz et al that provided an overview of patient and […]
Top 10 most read in April 2024 (and more) – focus on AI in healthcare
While most of the top-ten papers from April 2024 have already been discussed in previous blog posts, the focus of this post is on artificial intelligence (AI), the topic of number 8 in this month’s Top 10 (see table below). We have published a number of papers that examine AI and its potential use in […]