The most read article in March was Kripke et al‘s study of the association between hypnotics and mortality, originally published at the end of February. In second and third place are two very different articles both relating to infant feeding. Belghiti et al‘s study of the association between oxytocin and postpartum haemorrhage, which was originally […]
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Most read articles in January
The most read article in January was Bito et al‘s randomised controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of wrap therapy in treating pressure ulcers. Both Crawley et al‘s paper on chronic fatigue syndrome amongst school-aged children and Margel and Fleshner’s ecological study of prostate cancer and the oral contraceptive pill remained highly popular. Rank Author(s) […]
Most read articles in November
The most read BMJ Open article in November was Margel and Fleshner’s ecological study of the association between oral contraceptive use and prostate cancer. The paper received lots of press attention, with articles in the UK, India, Canada and the US. Brett et al‘s paper on effective communication with parents of pre-term infants was also popular […]
Most read articles in October
The most read article in October was Overgaard et al’s comparison of birth outcomes in freestanding midwifery units and obstetric units in Denmark. The article by Holden et al on the costs of prescribing analogue insulin remains highly viewed in second place and McGlade et al’s study of the regional variation in organ donation in the UK received coverage […]
Most popular articles in September
September’s most-accessed articles are topped by the article by Holden et al. on costs to the UK NHS of prescribing analogue insulin. This article prompted some strongly worded responses on our site, and you can read the responses here. The BBC, among others, also covered this research (view their report here). Click on the titles to view the articles […]
BMJ Open aiding data discovery
We have now published two articles with supplementary data accompanying the article deposited with the Dryad repository: Heneghan et al. on medical device recalls with data here, and Dmello et al. on cystic fibrosis with data here. Authors can share supplementary data or underlying datasets through Dryad. BMJ Open is the first medical journal […]
BMJ Open and BMJ articles on device recalls
Yesterday BMJ Open published ‘Medical-device recalls in the UK and the device-regulation process: retrospective review of safety notices and alerts‘. This paper sits with features, analysis and commentary in the BMJ and the latest edition of Dispatches, ‘The truth about going under the knife’, on Channel 4 (tonight, 16 May, 8 pm). The full list […]
BMJ Open publishes first papers; coverage on BBC’s Today, Washington Post …
BMJ Open has published its first papers. You can visit the site here. If you are looking for the paper by Bruno et al. on locked-in syndrome, as covered by BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, the BBC News website, the Washington Post, Times of India, etc., you can find it here. […]
BMJ joins the ‘open’ debate
BMJ Open is the first BMJ Group journal to use fully open peer review Revealing to authors who has peer reviewed their article has helped to make the process fairer and increase the credit for reviewers, according to a recent editorial published by the BMJ. BMJ Deputy Editor, Trish Groves presents her perspectives on the […]
BMJ Open in PubMed Central
This week BMJ Open received confirmation the journal has been accepted for inclusion in the NLM collection and so may deposit articles in PubMed Central (PMC). This means that by publishing in BMJ Open authors will meet the requirements of major funders such as the Wellcome Trust by making their articles open access and ensuring their deposition in PMC. Another reason […]