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BMC Medicine

BMC Medicine is an open access, open peer review medical journal publishing research of broad interest to the biomedical and sociomedical communities. It covers clinical practice, translational medicine, medical and health advances, public health, global health, policy, and general topics of interest to a global readership.

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Subject Medicine, General & Internal
Impact Factor 8.3
Quartile Q1
Open Access Type Open
ISSN 1741-7015
eISSN 1741-7015
Invitation Only Yes
Cost Range APC: £3190.00 GBP / $4490.00 USD / €3690.00 EUR, plus VAT or local taxes where applicable.

Submission Instructions

BMC Medicine is an invitation-only journal. Submissions are accepted by invitation from the editorial board only. The following article types are accepted:

Research Articles

Cover Letter Cover letter is required. Cover letter must explain any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved submission, confirm the manuscript has not been published or submitted elsewhere, and name the special issue if applicable.
Abstract Abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 350 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must include the headings Background, Methods, Results, Conclusions, and Trial registration.
Manuscript Manuscript must include Background, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, and a Declarations section with the subsections Ethics approval and consent to participate, Consent for publication, Availability of data and materials, Competing interests, Funding, Authors' contributions, Acknowledgements, and optional Authors' information, using 'Not applicable' where a declarations subsection is not relevant. Manuscript must include three to ten keywords, a list of abbreviations if abbreviations are used, and documentation of any Large Language Model use in the Methods section or a suitable alternative part.
References References must use Vancouver style. Only published or in-press articles, clinical trial registration records, abstracts, and publicly available preprints may be cited, unpublished abstracts, unpublished data, and personal communications must not appear in the reference list, journal abbreviations must follow Index Medicus/MEDLINE, and web links must be numbered and included in full in the reference list with site title, URL, and access date.
Figures & Tables Tables shorter than one page may be placed within the manuscript, longer tables may be placed at the end of the text file, oversized tables may be uploaded separately, figure titles and legends must appear in the main manuscript, and figures must be uploaded separately in the order first cited. Figures and tables must be numbered in citation order, multi-panel figures submitted as a single composite file, table titles placed above tables, table legends placed below tables, and tables created with the word processor's table function rather than embedded as figures or spreadsheet files.
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Reviews

Cover Letter A cover letter is required and must accompany the submission. The cover letter must explain any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved the manuscript for submission, confirm the manuscript has not been published or submitted elsewhere, and name the special issue if applicable.
Abstract Reviews must include an abstract. The abstract must be no more than 350 words. The abstract must be structured. The abstract must include Background, Main body, and short Conclusion headings.
Manuscript Reviews should be approximately 3000 words. The manuscript must include Background, Main text, Conclusions, and a Declarations section. Reviews must include three to ten keywords, an Availability of data and materials statement, Declarations headings for Ethics approval and consent to participate, Consent for publication, Availability of data and materials, Competing interests, Funding, Authors' contributions, and Acknowledgements marked 'Not applicable' when irrelevant, and any Large Language Model use must be documented in the Methods section or another suitable section if no Methods section is available.
References References must follow Vancouver style. Only published articles, clinical trial registration records, and abstracts that are published, in press, or publicly available as e-prints/preprints may be cited, unpublished abstracts, unpublished data, and personal communications must not appear in the reference list, web links and URLs must be numbered and included in the reference list, and journal abbreviations must follow Index Medicus/MEDLINE.
Figures & Tables Tables shorter than one page may be placed within the manuscript, tables longer than one page may be placed at the end of the text file, oversized tables may be uploaded separately, figure titles and legends must appear in the main manuscript rather than the graphic file, and figures must be uploaded separately in the order first cited. Figures must be numbered in order of first mention and multi-panel figures submitted as a single composite file, while tables must be numbered and cited in sequence, created using the word processor's table function rather than embedded as figures or spreadsheets, and footnotes must not contain figures or tables.
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Registered Reports

Cover Letter A cover letter is required. Cover letter must explain any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved submission, and confirm the manuscript has not been published or submitted elsewhere.
Abstract Abstract requirements are not specified.
Manuscript Stage 1 submission must include a proposed study protocol, and all manuscripts must contain a Declarations section with the headings Ethics approval and consent to participate, Consent for publication, Availability of data and materials, Competing interests, Funding, Authors' contributions, and Acknowledgements, with Authors' information optional. Manuscript must include an Availability of data and materials statement, and clinical trial Registered Reports must include a SPIRIT figure in the main text and a SPIRIT checklist as an additional file, both referenced in the text.
References References must follow Vancouver style. Only published or in-press articles, clinical trial registration records, abstracts, and publicly available preprints may be cited; unpublished abstracts, unpublished data, and personal communications must not appear in the reference list; journal abbreviations must follow Index Medicus/MEDLINE; web links and URLs must be numbered and included in the reference list; and publicly available datasets should be cited with persistent identifiers expressed as full URLs.
Figures & Tables SPIRIT figures for clinical trial Registered Reports must be included in the main body of the text, tables under one page may be placed within the manuscript while larger tables may be placed at the end or uploaded as additional files, and figure titles and legends must appear in the main manuscript rather than in the graphic file. Figures and tables must be numbered in the order first cited, multi-panel figures must be submitted as a single composite file, and tables must be created using the word processor's Table object rather than embedded as figures or spreadsheet files.
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Software Articles

Cover Letter A cover letter is required. Cover letter must explain any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved submission, confirm the manuscript has not been published or submitted elsewhere, and name the special issue if applicable.
Abstract An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 350 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must include the headings Background, Results, and Conclusions.
Manuscript Manuscript must include Background, Implementation, Results, Conclusions, an Availability and requirements section, and a Declarations section, with Results optionally combined with Discussion. Manuscript must include three to ten keywords, define abbreviations at first use with a list of abbreviations if used, and document any use of a Large Language Model in the Methods section or another suitable section if no Methods section is available.
References References must follow Vancouver style. Only published or in-press articles, clinical trial registration records, abstracts, and publicly available preprints may be cited, unpublished abstracts/data/personal communications must be excluded from the reference list, journal abbreviations must follow Index Medicus/MEDLINE, and URLs must be cited in the numbered reference list in full with title, URL, and access date.
Figures & Tables Tables under one page may be placed within the manuscript, larger tables may be placed at the end of the text file, and figures must be uploaded separately in the order first cited. Figures and tables must be numbered in sequence, figure titles and legends must appear in the manuscript rather than graphic files, multi-panel figures must be submitted as single composite files, and tables must be created with the word processor's table function rather than embedded as figures or spreadsheets.
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Guideline Articles

Cover Letter Cover letter is required. Cover letter must explain any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved the submission, and confirm the manuscript has not been published or submitted elsewhere.
Abstract Abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 350 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must include the headings Background, Methods, Results, Conclusions, and Trial registration.
Manuscript Manuscript must include Background, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, and a Declarations section. Manuscript must include three to ten keywords, a Declarations section with the specified subheadings using 'Not applicable' where relevant, an Availability of data and materials statement, a list of abbreviations if abbreviations are used, and documentation of any Large Language Model use in the Methods section or another suitable section.
References References must follow Vancouver style. Only published or in-press articles, clinical trial registration records, abstracts, and publicly available preprints may be cited, unpublished abstracts/data/personal communications must be excluded from the reference list, journal abbreviations must follow Index Medicus/MEDLINE, and web links or URLs must appear as numbered references in the reference list.
Figures & Tables Tables shorter than one page may be placed within the manuscript, tables longer than one page may be placed at the end of the text file, and figures must be uploaded separately in the order first cited. Figures and tables must be numbered in citation order, multi-panel figures submitted as a single composite file, figure titles and legends provided in the manuscript rather than the image file, and tables created with the word processor's Table object rather than embedded as figures.
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Recent Publications

The cardiovascular–liver–metabolic syndemic and mortality and life expectancy: two prospective cohort studies

Jiaxiang Wang, Cheng Zu, Yongfu Yu, Zhuo Gong, Bo Xi, Min Zhao

10.1186/s12916-026-05298-6
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Symptom-based clustering of post-COVID patients and its association with healthcare utilisation and long-term health outcomes: a multicentre cohort study

Edith Visser, Andrea S. Fokkens, Kor Johan Koning, Wouter H. van Geffen, Annemieke Visser, Jolanda C. Kuijvenhoven

10.1186/s12916-026-05307-8
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Perspectives and challenges for delivering spinal cord injury research and exercise interventions during inpatient rehabilitation in the UK

Shane J. T. Balthazaar, Jennifer L. Maher, Shin-Yi Chiou, James L. J. Bilzon, Joy Roy Chowdhury, Ram Hariharan, Wagih S. El Masri, Tom E. Nightingale

10.1186/s12916-026-05239-3
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Safety, efficacy, and biomarker analysis of HTMC0435 plus temozolomide in relapsed extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer: A phase Ib/II trial

Sizhe Yu, Lei Gong, Jun Qian, Yanqiu Zhao, Kaiyan Chen, Hui Li, Yanjun Xu, Guang Han, Xue Meng, Jing Qin, Hongyang Lu, Na Han, Cuiping Gu, Yan Cheng, Zhiyu Huang, Yun Fan

10.1186/s12916-026-05292-y
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Effects of neuromodulation techniques on neuropathic pain: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

Hou-Ming Kan, Hao-Yuan Hong, Ye-Ju Hu, Ying-Ying Qin, Shuai Zhang, Yu-Yang Bai, Chi Wang, Rui-Yu Wang, Xiao-Tong Ding, Wen Shen, Li-Ping Chen

10.1186/s12916-026-05300-1
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Frequently asked questions

How long does it take to publish?

Submission to first decision (median): 3 days.

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Is a cover letter required?

A cover letter is required. It should explain why the manuscript should be published in BMC Medicine, address any issues relating to journal policies, declare potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved the submission, confirm the work has not been published or submitted elsewhere, and name the special issue if applicable. Authors may also suggest preferred and non-preferred peer reviewers in the cover letter.

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What are the publication costs?

An article processing charge applies for each accepted article. The current APC is £3190.00 GBP / $4490.00 USD / €3690.00 EUR, plus VAT or local taxes where applicable.

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Research Topics

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