September saw six new articles enter into the top ten most read and a previous entry regain the number one spot. Inequalities in lifespan and mortality risk Our most read article of the month examines inequalities in lifespan in the United States across multiple social determinants of health. Using data from the American Community Survey […]
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Top 10 most read in July: COVID-19, neurodivergence and chronic fatigue, and socioeconomic status bias in health care
In our top 10 most read blog, we highlight the articles from BMJ Open that have been the most widely read in the previous month. The chart below is based on full text views—including downloads of the full article PDFs—from July 2024. Spotlight remains on COVID-19 July saw seven new entries into the top 10, […]
Top 10 most read in June 2024 – a focus on Study Protocols
In June, there were 7 new entries to our top 10 list, 5 of which were protocol articles. Protocols are vital for open science, preventing unnecessary duplication of work and increasing transparency beyond what traditional registries can provide. As highlighted by their prevalence in this months most-read articles, they also are great for providing exposure […]
Celebrating Pride month – highlighting research into LGBTQ+ health published in BMJ Open
Pride month is a time to celebrate the diversity of love, gender identity and acceptance, no matter who we are. It is also a time to raise awareness of the inequality, discrimination and difficulties that members of the LGBTQ+ community face on a daily basis. In this blog, we take a look at some impactful […]
Unique opportunity for health researchers to test a new manuscript writing aid
At BMJ Open, we support initiatives to improve reporting and make life easier for authors who are writing up their research, which is why we are pleased to share this opportunity from The Equator Network to help shape a new writing aid. Caroline Struthers, Senior EQUATOR Research Fellow, explains. In 2018, the UK EQUATOR […]
Top 10 Most Read in January: Coffee consumption linked to lower prostate cancer risk, patients of Asian and black backgrounds suffer disproportionate rates of premature death from COVID-19.
The first month of 2021 sees four new entries in the top 10 most read articles. This includes our most read paper of January: a meta-analysis of coffee consumption and prostate cancer risk by researchers from the Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University. Combining data from 16 cohort studies, the authors found that the highest […]
Top 10 Most Read in December: symptom assessment apps, multivitamins, and online teaching for medical students.
Happy New Year. The new year represents a fresh start for many of us and an opportunity to reflect back on the previous year. Taking a look at the top articles for December 2020, we are still seeing a very high interest in COVID-19 articles and we have two new entries this month. The entry […]
Top 10 Most Read in August: The incubation period of COVID-19, gender bias in peer review and new face mask testing.
August saw a number of new papers enter BMJ Open’s top 10 most read articles. First up is a rapid systematic review of estimates of the incubation period of COVID-19. The incubation period is the time in days from the point of COVID-19 exposure to the onset of symptoms. Having reliable estimates of the incubation […]
Top 10 Most Read in May: Women’s experiences of breastfeeding beyond infancy, the birth sex ratio following the 2016 United States presidential election, and the validation of a clinical examination to differentiate a cervicogenic source of headache
In May, we saw seven new manuscripts enter the BMJ Open’s top 10 most read articles since our last update in February. New in at number one is a qualitative exploration of women’s experiences of breastfeeding beyond infancy in the UK. Thompson et al. interviewed 19 women in breastfeeding support groups and found that they […]
Top 10 Most Read in December: Routine induction in late-term pregnancies, prevalence of depression in GBMSM and the association between hyperlipidemia and mortality after AMI or ADHF.
December saw three new papers enter BMJ Open’s top 10 most read articles. New to the list this month is a cohort study of routine induction in late-term pregnancies from Denmark. The country introduced a new policy in 2011 aiming to prevent stillbirths and other foetal and maternal complications in post-term pregnancies. Rydahl and colleagues […]