Connecting the medical research community for meaningful real world impact

Our newly launched BMJ Connections series brings together the medical research community to drive meaningful, real-world impact. The journals in this series will focus on areas of rapid growth within biomedical research, providing authors with rigorous peer review and an efficient and timely route to publication. Authors will have the reassurance of the high editorial and production standards that characterise all BMJ Group publications.

Why publish in a Connections journal?

BMJ brand quality – values, rigour, and editorial standards you can trust

As an author publishing in a BMJ Connections journal, you can expect the same rigorous approach to content integrity and publication ethics, and the same exemplary customer service that you would receive from every BMJ journal. In all the standard indexes, every BMJ Connections journal aims to have fast and constructive peer review to help improve your paper.

Inclusive scope and open access

The medical research community needs access to the full spectrum of robust, reproducible research—including work showing incremental advances or null results. BMJ Connections journals are open to submissions of all well-conducted research that will help to complete the scientific record. Publishing open access with us ensures that your work will be visible and available to your community of medical researchers and clinician peers, with the maximum chance of citation and wider, real-world impact.

Connecting the medical community for meaningful real world impact

As part of the global medical community, we foster collaboration and networks in the communities that we serve. In 2023, BMJ Group’s articles were cited in over 7,000 policy documents and clinical guidelines, directly improving clinical practice and how health and social care is provided. BMJ Connections journals connect readers with the latest robust findings to advance research and support the improvement of patient care.

Timely, supportive author service

Like all BMJ Journals, BMJ Connections offer a submission process which is fast, easy and transparent for authors. We make it easy to comply with funder mandates, and there is also a team of experts who will assist you if required. Our state-of-the-art service for authors, ‘Where Is My Paper?’, will help you track your paper at any stage of the publication journey. Our professional editors offer great feedback to authors and smooth the path from submission to publication still further.