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title: "BMC Medical Research Methodology: impact and top papers"
description: "BMC Medical Research Methodology has a 2-year mean citedness of 5.52 and an h-index of 221 in OpenAlex, #1 of 31 tracked statistics journals by citedness. In 2025 it published 299 papers, and its papers received 37,885 citations."
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# BMC Medical Research Methodology

- 9 papers in the last 7 days
- category: Statistics
- publisher: BioMed Central
- ISSN 1471-2288
- Journal website: https://link.springer.com/journal/12874
- ISSN portal: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/1471-2288
- OpenAlex: https://openalex.org/S185874209

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## Key findings

- BMC Medical Research Methodology has a 2-year mean citedness of 5.52 and an h-index of 221 in OpenAlex, #1 of 31 tracked statistics journals by citedness.
- In 2025 it published 299 papers, and its papers received 37,885 citations.
- BMC Medical Research Methodology published 39 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-05 to 2026-11-03), ranking #19 of 480 journals.
- Leading institutions: University of Oxford (3), University of California, Los Angeles (2) and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (2).
- Countries: United States (10), United Kingdom (8) and China (7).
- From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, BMC Medical Research Methodology published 39 papers (1 a month on average, by publication date in OpenAlex).
- Its most frequent keywords over that period were “model comparison” (3), “participant recruitment” (3) and “restricted mean survival time” (3).

## Citation metrics

*Citation metrics (OpenAlex)*

| Metric | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2-year mean citedness | 5.52 |
| h-index | 221 |
| i10-index | 2,539 |
| Papers in OpenAlex | 4,232 |
| Citations in OpenAlex | 318,147 |
| Rank among tracked statistics journals | [#1 of 31](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/journal-metrics/statistics.md) |

*Papers per year and the citations the journal's papers received that year (OpenAlex)*

| Year | Papers | Citations received |
|---|---:|---:|
| 2026 (so far) | 308 | 32,864 |
| 2025 | 299 | 37,885 |
| 2024 | 325 | 38,371 |
| 2023 | 302 | 33,879 |
| 2022 | 339 | 31,721 |
| 2021 | 288 | 31,073 |
| 2020 | 299 | 21,918 |
| 2019 | 246 | 15,914 |
| 2018 | 181 | 13,243 |
| 2017 | 181 | 11,541 |
| 2016 | 175 | 9,767 |

2-year mean citedness is OpenAlex's count of citations per paper a journal published in the two previous years, an open counterpart to the journal impact factor (which counts only Web of Science citations); the h-index and i10-index cover all its papers. The figures come from OpenAlex (CC0) and are read again monthly.

Official metrics such as the Journal Impact Factor (Clarivate) and CiteScore (Scopus) are licensed by their owners and not copied here; the publisher shows them on the journal's website. Journal website: https://link.springer.com/journal/12874

## The last 36 months

*Papers by publication date, Nov 2023 to Oct 2026*

| Nov 23–Oct 24 | Nov 24–Oct 25 | Nov 25–Oct 26 | 36 months |
|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 0 | 0 | 39 | 39 |

*Most frequent keywords, Nov 2023 to Oct 2026*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | model comparison | 3 |
| 2 | participant recruitment | 3 |
| 3 | restricted mean survival time | 3 |
| 4 | treatment effect estimation | 3 |
| 5 | Cox proportional hazards model | 2 |
| 6 | R package | 2 |
| 7 | hypertension | 2 |
| 8 | missing data | 2 |
| 9 | missing not at random | 2 |
| 10 | [model selection](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/model-selection.md) | 2 |

*Papers, newest first.*

| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-31 | [Sequential pattern mining identified patterns of healthcare encounters preceding diagnosis of juvenile arthritis in a Canadian province’s health administrative data](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-03055-0) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | Lily Siok Hoon Lim, Connor Hryhoruk, Ruth Ann Marrie et al. | University of Manitoba; Dalhousie University |
| 2026-10-31 | [Comparison of statistical methods for sequential parallel comparison designs with time-to-event endpoints under non-proportional hazards](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-03053-2) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | Xinlin Lu, Guogen Shan | University of Florida |
| 2026-10-31 | [Validation of the Kythera Labs all-payer real-world data asset: a provenance-anchored nine-block framework for tokenized evidence generation](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-03070-1) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | Onur Başer | City University of New York; Boğaziçi University |
| 2026-10-30 | [Implications of non-compliance in the experimental arm on treatment effect estimation in randomised controlled trials: a methodological assessment of four summary measures](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-03059-w) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | Tianyuan Gu, Junxian Zhu, Jialiang Li et al. | National University of Singapore; National University Health System; National University Cancer Institute, Singapore; … |
| 2026-10-29 | [Measurement validity induction: a issues in the assessment, and measuring constructs through scales and instruments](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-03045-2) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | César Merino‐Soto, Arturo Juárez-García, Javier García-Rivas et al. | Universidad de San Martín de Porres; Tecnológico de Monterrey; Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos; … |
| 2026-10-28 | [The use of interpretability methods in machine learning models for predicting current disease presence or future disease occurrence using structured data on potential risk factors: a systematic review of observational epidemiological studies in populations unselected for existing disease](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-03054-1) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | Iqbal Madakkatel, Kitty Pham, Elina Hyppӧnen | South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute; Adelaide University; The University of Adelaide |
| 2026-10-28 | [Integrating artificial neural network-based propensity score and outcome regression information into a multi-index propensity score framework for average causal effect estimation](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-03062-1) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | Jiaqin Xu, Rucheng Chen, Yaning Feng et al. | Zhejiang Chinese Medical University; Shanxi University |
| 2026-10-28 | [Real-world performance of large-scale propensity score adjustment strategies: matching, weighting, and stratification](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-03040-7) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | Kelly M Li, Martijn J. Schuemie, Patrick B. Ryan et al. | University of California, Los Angeles; Janssen Research & Development (United States); Columbia University Irving Medical Center; … |
| 2026-10-28 | [Performance of different algorithms in dealing with missing data in the presence of structural bias: a simulation study](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-03034-5) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | Yulin Gong, Mina Habib, Onyebuchi A. Arah et al. | University of California, Los Angeles; Aarhus University |
| 2026-10-27 | [Beyond regulatory compliance: strengthening reporting quality and transparency in ClinicalTrials.gov](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-03047-0) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | Alejandro Rivero‐de‐Aguilar, Mónica Pérez‐Ríos, Alberto Ruano‐Raviña et al. | Universidade de Santiago de Compostela; Complejo Hospitalario de Pontevedra; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago; … |
| 2026-10-26 | [Structuring evidence in air pollution and cognitive impairment research using a role-analysis framework built on LLM-based entity extraction](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-03065-y) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | Hao Zhu, Simeng Liu, Kaiqi Lu et al. | Shanxi Medical University |
| 2026-10-24 | [Correction: How have contemporary research studies used social media to recruit to digital self-help intervention research for young people’s mental health?: a mapping review](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-03024-7) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | Sophie Dallison, Sara Munir, Emma Chubb et al. | University of Bath |
| 2026-10-24 | [A joint extreme value and mixed copula framework for modeling blood pressure extremes and BMI association](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-03025-6) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | Xinjie Lian, Xiaojun Zhu, Chengxiu Ling et al. | Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University; Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University; Suzhou University |
| 2026-10-24 | [Investigating the instability of variable selection in Lasso-penalized Cox proportional hazards models: a simulation study on low-dimensional real-world medical data](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-03019-4) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | Bartosz Dobies, Dörte Huscher | Jagiellonian University; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Freie Universität Berlin; … |
| 2026-10-24 | [Exact divide-and-recombine estimation for negative binomial regression: a simulation study and application to SPARCS hospital length-of-stay data](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-03041-6) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | Md. Mahadi Hassan Nayem | University of Chittagong |
| 2026-10-24 | [Scoping review of software implementations of risk-of-bias tools and quantitative bias analysis methods for sample selection bias](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-03060-3) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | Audinga‐Dea Hazewinkel, Elinor Curnow, Kate M. Tilling et al. | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; University of Bristol; MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit |
| 2026-10-23 | [Pragmatic strategies to improve reach and representativeness in a hybrid type 1 hypertension trial in older adults](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-03063-0) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | Aditi Gupta, Xing Song, Kate Young et al. | University of Kansas Medical Center; University of Missouri; University of Utah |
| 2026-10-23 | [Improved classification of agricultural injuries from free-text analysis of pre-hospital care reports under temporal drift](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-03027-4) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | Laura Jones, Erika Scott, Nicole L. Krupa et al. | Bassett Medical Center; University of Michigan |
| 2026-10-22 | [ShapleyHALE: an R package for ordering-free decomposition of health-adjusted life expectancy change with population-level interaction indices, demonstrated using Global Burden of Disease Study data](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-03061-2) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | Xueqi Li, Wei Hu, Bo Yan et al. | Sichuan University; Sun Yat-sen University; Guangzhou Medical University; … |
| 2026-10-21 | [A unified likelihood approach for progressive multistate frailty models under double censoring: application to retinopathy of prematurity](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-03042-5) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | Aniseh Dadgar, Hojjat Zeraati, Fatemeh Bazvand et al. | Tehran University of Medical Sciences; Farabi Hospital |
| 2026-10-21 | [Estimating hypothetical estimands with time-to-event intercurrent events using controlled direct effect under semi-competing risk framework](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-03039-0) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | Kunpeng Wu, Shiyu Feng, Tianlong Wang et al. | Sun Yat-sen University |
| 2026-10-21 | [Optimizing parametric survival model selection: an analysis using constructed individual patient data extracted from oncology trials from 2014 to 2023](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-03051-4) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | Mingye Zhao, Taihang Shao, Hanqiao Shao et al. | China Pharmaceutical University; Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 2026-10-21 | [Matrix tools to identify and evaluate quantitative bias analysis methods for summary-level epidemiologic data](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-03044-3) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | Luís Cláudio Lemos Correia, Ashley Isaac Naimi, Xiaoting Shi et al. | Emory University; University of South Carolina; United States Food and Drug Administration; … |
| 2026-10-21 | [Adaptive platform trials: A revolution or a fleeting trend? A review of the strengths and limitations](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-03035-4) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | Brett Doleman, Kristian Thorlund, Caroline Barkholt Kamp et al. | University of Nottingham; McMaster University; University of Copenhagen; … |
| 2026-10-19 | [A pragmatic workflow for handling missing PROM data in registry studies: a methodological scoping review and simulated worked example](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-03058-x) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | Johan Eriksson | Umeå University |
| 2026-10-17 | [Loss of power by degree of heaping in covariables](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-03043-4) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | Matthias Becher, Willi Sauerbrei, Heiko Becher | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Freie Universität Berlin; Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin; … |
| 2026-10-16 | [Methodological issues relating to case study site selection for a study of emergency department waiting](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-03021-w) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | Bella Wheeler, Joan Eliel Madia, Stuart Redding et al. | University of Oxford |
| 2026-10-16 | [A finite-sample inferential framework for the weighted kappa coefficient (FWKC) in binary diagnostic agreement studies](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-03057-y) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | Ismail Radi Ismail Fkhadah | Universidad de Granada |
| 2026-10-16 | [Sequential randomization tests using e-values for clinical trial monitoring across endpoint types](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-03048-z) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | Fernando Godinho Zampieri, Arthur M. Albuquerque, Aaditya Ramdas | University of Alberta; Canadian VIGOUR Centre; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; … |
| 2026-10-15 | [Quantifying and adjusting for verification bias in diagnostic test accuracy studies with conditional reference standards](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-03030-9) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | Vera Hudak, Nicky J. Welton, Efthymia Derezea et al. | University of Bristol |
| 2026-10-15 | [Initial data analysis of the national German transplantation registry with a focus on kidney transplantation](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-03014-9) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | Lukas Klein, Gunter Grieser, Carl‐Ludwig Fischer‐Fröhlich et al. | Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences; German Organ Transplantation Foundation; Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg |
| 2026-10-14 | [Impact of exposure time trends on estimators of self-controlled designs in drug safety assessment using electronic healthcare databases: a simulation study](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-03037-2) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | Masatomo Omiya, Tosiya Shun Sato | Kyoto University; Shiga University; The Institute of Statistical Mathematics |
| 2026-10-14 | [A comparison of mixed-models for the analysis of non-linear longitudinal data: application to late-life cognitive trajectories](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-02967-1) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | Maude Wagner, Don Hedeker, Tianhao Wang et al. | Rush University Medical Center |
| 2026-10-13 | [Degrees of freedom and inconsistency-generating mechanisms in global inconsistency testing: a simulation comparison of DBTI and Loop models in NMA](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-03031-8) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | Qian Liang, Zhenming Zhang, Wenlai Guo et al. | Jilin University; Second Affiliated Hospital of Jilin University; Shanxi Normal University; … |
| 2026-10-13 | [Synthesis of comparisons of multiple interventions in infectious diseases research: a scoping review](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-03032-7) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | Rukshala Kavindi Gunaratne, Gethmini A. Siriwardena, Robert J. Commons et al. | The University of Melbourne; Charles Darwin University; Menzies School of Health Research; … |
| 2026-10-12 | [A mixed-methods randomised controlled trial of consent procedures in adolescent health research: implications for participation, completion, and data integrity](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-03006-9) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | Emma Soneson, Holly Alice Bear, Mohammad Karimipour et al. | University of Oxford |
| 2026-10-08 | [Non-response and attrition in a longitudinal study: results from the Swiss Spinal Cord Injury (SwiSCI) Community Surveys](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-03026-5) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | Anita Feller, Mahesh Sarki, Mirja H. Gross-Hemmi et al. | University of Lucerne; Swiss Paraplegic Research |
| 2026-10-08 | [Making trials more efficient: a randomised study within a trial evaluating self-directed online versus phone call enrolment processes](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-03038-1) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | Matthew McDonald, Lucy J Sharpe, Toby Pavey et al. | Curtin University; Queensland University of Technology; Flinders University; … |
| 2026-10-05 | [Visual extraction of individual patient data from published kaplan-meier survival plots using a web-based application offering different reconstruction methods (V-Exploder)](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-03036-3) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | Fabian Acker, Lea Ruge, Maximilian Rost et al. | Goethe University Frankfurt; University Hospital Frankfurt; University Hospital Cologne; … |

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