Most-cited articles by year
BMJ
ISSN 1756-1833 · 64,588 works in OpenAlex · h-index 413
Lists by publication year
Each list ranks the articles BMJ published that year by citations counted in OpenAlex on the snapshot date. Ranks are frozen once published.
- 2024Top 50 of 1,555 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2023Top 50 of 1,645 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2022Top 100 of 2,035 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2021Top 50 of 1,992 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2020Top 100 of 2,070 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2019Top 100 of 2,004 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2018Top 50 of 1,683 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2017Top 50 of 1,829 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2016Top 100 of 2,115 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
About these lists
BMJ published between 1,555 and 2,115 eligible articles a year in the years covered, so each list shows the top 50. Every entry shows its rank, the share of the year’s cohort it beats, its citation count and, where OpenAlex has one, the abstract. Authors can claim an entry for a badge and a CV line, or ask to have their name withheld.
Read the methodology for cohort rules, exclusions and the snapshot policy.
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