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BMC Palliative Care

BMC Palliative Care

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Overview

BMC Palliative Care is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in clinical, scientific, ethical and policy issues, local and international, regarding all aspects of hospice and palliative care for the dying and for those with profound suffering related to chronic illness.
 
•    Rigorous and efficient peer review
•    High visibility for your work with open access
•    Welcomes research aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with a focus on SDG 3 “Good Health and Well-Being” and SDG 10 “Reduced Inequalities”

Lead Editor
  • Júlia Frankenberg-Garcia PhD
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Journal metrics

Journal Impact Factor
3.7 (2025)
5-year Journal Impact Factor
4.2 (2025)
Submission to first decision (median)
4 days
Downloads
2.8M (2025)

Calls for papers

Collection

Emergency palliative care

Emergency palliative care represents a critical area of research that invites the concurrence of urgency and empathy.

Status
Open for submissions
Submission deadline
02 July 2027

Collection

Digital health tools in palliative care

The integration of digital health and new technologies can transform how patients and healthcare providers engage in palliative care.

Status
Open for submissions
Submission deadline
08 April 2027
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Journal information

Electronic ISSN
1472-684X
Abstracted and indexed in
  1. BFI List
  2. Baidu
  3. CLOCKSS
  4. CNKI
  5. CNPIEC
  6. Chinese Academy of Medical Science (CAMS)
  7. DOAJ
  8. Dimensions
  9. EMBASE
  10. EMCare
  11. Gale
  12. GoOA - The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
  13. Google Scholar
  14. Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
  15. Medline
  16. Naver
  17. Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals and Series
  18. OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
  19. Ovid Discovery
  20. Portico
  21. ProQuest
  22. PubMedCentral
  23. Reaxys
  24. SCImago
  25. SCOPUS
  26. Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
  27. Semantic Scholar
  28. Social Science Citation Index
  29. TD Net Discovery Service
  30. Wanfang
  31. eLibrary.ru
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