The most-read article in June was once again Carpenter et al‘s article on bed sharing with non-smoking parents and the risks of SIDS, which received widespread press coverage. Another popular title was Yamada et al‘s paper on the associations between male pattern baldness and coronary heart disease. Other newly-published papers in the top ten include Hemilä et al‘s […]
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Bed sharing, obesity and social media: Most read articles in May
The most-read article in May was Carpenter and colleagues’ article on bed sharing with non-smoking parents and the risks of SIDS, which received widespread press coverage. Still proving popular,was Küster et al‘s study highlighting the dangers of consuming over the counter analgesics before running a marathon which was also covered in the press in the run-up to the […]
Baldness, marathon running and lower back pain: Most read articles in April
The most-read article in April was Yamada and colleagues’ analysis of male pattern baldness and coronary heart disease, which received widespread press coverage. Also popular was Küster et al‘s study highlighting the dangers of consuming over the counter analgesics before running a marathon which was also covered in the press in the run-up to the London […]
Volcanoes, drug launches and type 2 diabetes: Most read articles in March
The most-read article in March was Christine Clar and colleagues’ systematic review of SGLT2 receptor inhibitors in type 2 diabetes. Doyle et al‘s review on the links between patient experience and clinical safety – originally published in January – remains popular, and Katzmarzyk et al’s article discusses sedentary behaviour and life expectancy in the USA also proves popular as […]
Drugs and mental health, the mistreatment of clinical interns and evidence-based practice: Most-read articles in February
The most-read article in February was Al-Shafaee and colleagues’ study of the mistreatment of clinical interns in Oman. Doyle et al‘s systematic review of the links between patient experience and clinical safety – originally published in January – remains popular, and Ubbink et al’s newly published scoping review on evidence-based practice was the third most-read. Ward et al‘s paper on […]
Rock stars, hypnotics and the Olympics: Most read articles in January
The most read article in January was Doyle et al‘s recently published systematic review of the links between patient experience and clinical safety. Bellis et al‘s much discussed paper on rock star mortality was in second place, followed by Kripke et al‘s study of hypnotics and mortality, originally published almost a year ago. Newly published papers in the top ten […]
2012 year in review
2012 was a hugely successful year for BMJ Open. We published four times as many papers as in 2011. Credit for this must go, first and foremost, to the hundreds of reviewers who have given their time to assess manuscripts. We are also grateful that so many authors have chosen to publish with us. […]
Most read articles in December
The most read article in December was Bellis and colleagues’ study of mortality amongst rock and pop stars, which also received a great deal of press attention. The second most read was Rajavashisth et al‘s study of diabetes prevalence amongst marijuana users which was originally published way back in February 2012. Bergman et al‘s newly published paper on […]
Most read articles in November
The most read article in November was Arroll and Howard’s newly published prospective study on therapeutic approaches to myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. The second most read was also a new study, by Liao and colleagues, on the content and quality of information in online advertisements for female genital cosmetic surgery. Rank Author(s) Title 1 Arroll […]
Most read articles in October
The most read article in October was Laursen and colleagues’ newly published study of the effects of exercise volume and intensity upon the risk of metabolic syndrome. For the second month running, Ekström et al‘s cohort study of the effectiveness of metformin was second most read and Kripke et al‘s study of hypnotics and mortality remains the […]