BMJ Product Manager Aradhana Mistry explains how we’ve made it easier to link peer-review activity to a reviewer’s ORCID profile. Trust and transparency are the pillars of peer review and here at BMJ we are now pleased to be able to further this by ensuring the reviewers across our portfolio of journals are instantly […]
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Why we embrace open peer review at BMJ Open
Transparency has been at the heart of BMJ Open for its entire ten year history and a key component has been to operate a fully open peer-review system. We believe that this approach is the most equitable way of making the peer-review process a fair and collaborative endeavour. Concerns about single-blind review, which has […]
World Alzheimer’s Day – rate of undetected dementia, education of health professionals, and automated detection of dementia.
“Know dementia, know Alzheimer’s” is the theme for this year’s World Alzheimer’s Day with a focus on raising awareness of symptoms and diagnosis of dementia. Globally there are over 50 million people living with dementia, and this number is predicted to rise to 150 million by 2050.1 In both England and Wales the leading cause […]
Top 10 most read in August: women’s health from Uganda to northern Europe
The top 10 most read BMJ Open articles for August show that the top four spots remain unchanged from July. While COVID-19-related papers remain popular overall, there are two new entries this month that focus on women’s health. Mobility patterns of young women who exchange sex for money or commodities in Uganda King et al. […]
Experts call for changes to regulation of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products
Rules over sale, ban on indoor use, advertising restrictions and label warnings should apply, say experts Current regulation of electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco products should change with different arrangements put in place for the two groups of products, suggests research published in BMJ Open. E-cigarettes, known as electronic nicotine delivery systems and heated tobacco products […]
Likely extra 267,000 infant deaths in 2020 prompted by COVID-19 economic downturn
Figures correspond to nearly 7% more than expected, show World Bank economist estimates An extra 267,000 infants will likely have died in 2020 in low- and middle-income countries as a result of the economic downturn caused by COVID-19, finds a modelling study, published in the online journal BMJ Open. This toll is 7% higher than expected […]
Top 10 Most Read in July: bullying in academic medicine and clinical trial transparency
COVID-19 remains dominant in our top ten most read papers for July, 2021, with six of the ten spots held by COVID-19-related papers and Li et al.’s protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis on the impact of COVID-19 on female fertility reclaiming the top spot. But the two new entries in the top ten […]
Middle-age height loss linked to heightened death risk in northern European women
But exercise may help to stave off shrinkage, findings suggest Height loss in middle age is linked to a heightened risk of early death, primarily from heart disease or stroke–at least in Northern European women–suggests research published in the online journal BMJ Open. But regular physical activity may help to stave off mid-life shrinkage, as well […]
Top 10 Most Read in June: induction of labour and adverse outcomes
Only one new paper has entered the top 10 most read papers in June 2021, claiming the top spot for the month. Overall, readership remains high for the papers we highlighted in last month’s top 10 list, with COVID-19 remaining a prominent topic of interest to readers. Induction of labour for non-medical reasons associated […]
Men appear to bully more commonly than women in academic medicine
More than two thirds of perpetrators are men, more than half the victims are women and less than a third of victims report the bullying they have experienced, say researchers A greater proportion of men than women exhibit bullying behaviours during medical training and academic practice, and only a minority of victims report their experiences, […]