About BJGP Open
BJGP Open is an international, peer reviewed, open access, online-only journal of primary care, which publishes original research and other articles of importance to primary care clinicians, researchers and teachers worldwide.
Peer review to publication
BJGP Open articles are carefully peer reviewed using an open peer review system.
Editorial team
Editor (on leave)
Hajira Dambha-Miller, MRCGP, PhD, FHEA
Dept of Population Health and Primary Care, University of Southampton, UK
Editor (interim)
Dr Patrick Redmond, MB BCh, BAO, PhD, MRCPI, MICGP, FRACGP, FHEA, PG Dip(Statistics)
School of Population Health & Environmental Science, King's College London, UK
Deputy Editor
Euan Lawson, FRCGP, FHEA, DCH
Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Lancaster, UK
Publishing team
Royal College of General Practitioners, London, UK
Head of Publishing
Catharine Hull
Senior Assistant Editor
Indy Tsang
Assistant Editor
Thomas Bransby
Web Editor
Erika Niesner
Digital & Design Editor
Simone Jemmott
Editorial Assistant
Margaret Searle
Editorial fellowship programme
Editorial Fellow
Dr Sophie Lumley
GP Trainee and Academic Clinical Fellow, Keele University, UK
Editorial Fellow
Dr Umar Chaudhry
General Practitioner and Clinical Teaching Fellow, St George's, University of London, UK
Honorary Fellow
Joy Ngai
Caledonian (Moray) GP Training Programme, NHS Education for Scotland, UK
Social Media Fellow
Jessica Xie
Medical Student, University College London, UK
Editorial board
BJGP Open is supported by an Editorial Board of about 20 researchers and clinicians, with representation from 10 countries.
Partnerships
BJGP Open is a Member of the Committee on Publication Ethics, subscribes to the principles and guidelines of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, and participates in HINARI: the World Health Organization’s Access to Research in Health Programme. The full BJGP Open archive is available on this site, can also be viewed at PubMed Central, and is preserved in Portico. The journal is fully indexed on PubMed, Scopus, and Embase, and is included in the Directory of Open Access Journals.
Acknowledgement
With thanks to eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd for allowing their PDF design to be used as the BJGP Open template.
ISSN 2398-3795
Contact BJGP Open
BJGP Open Office
Royal College of General Practitioners
30 Euston Square, London NW1 2FB
Tel: +44 (0)20 3188 7679 / Fax: 020 3188 7401
E-mail: bjgpopen@rcgp.org.uk