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. Content is published every 2 weeks and compiled into issues at least four times each year.

 

Editorial team

Editor
Hajira Dambha-Miller, MRCGP, PhD, FHEA
Dept of Population Health and Primary Care, University of Southampton, 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

Editorial Assistant
Margaret Searle

Competing interests

Editorial board

BJGP Open is supported by an Editorial Board of about 20 researchers and clinicians, with international representation.

 

Revenue

BJGP Open is published by Royal College of General Practitioners, a registered charity, regulated by the Charity Commission. Its charitable objective is: "To encourage, foster and maintain the highest possible standards in general medical practice". BJGP Open is editorially independent of RCGP and, in addition to society support, receives revenue including advertising and open access publication fees.

 

Partnerships

BJGP Open 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. 

 

ACCESSIBILITY

The BJGP's web host, HighPress, has made available their VPAT statement regarding web accessibility (Voluntary Product Accessibility Template). Highwire Press ensures this website meets Level A of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0, to make web content more accessible.

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