Bmc Medical Research Methodology
Overview
BMC Medical Research Methodology is an open-access journal that focuses on the development, evaluation, and application of innovative methodologies in medical research. It publishes original articles, reviews, and methodology papers, providing a platform for researchers to share advancements in study design, data collection, statistical analysis, and other methodological aspects. The journal aims to enhance the quality and rigor of medical research by promoting evidence-based approaches and facilitating collaboration among researchers worldwide.
Details
Details
Abbr.
BMC Med Res Methodol
Publisher
Biomed Central
Start
2001
End
Continuing
e-ISSN
1471-2288
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Specialties
General Medicine
Health Services
Health Services
Metrics
Metrics
h-index / Ranks: 1195
163
SJR / Ranks: 1693
1632
CiteScore / Ranks: 3323
6.50
JIF / Ranks: 2264
4.0
Recent Articles
1.
Lambert J, Leutenegger A, Baudot A, Jannot A
BMC Med Res Methodol
. 2025 Mar;
25(1):72.
PMID: 40089699
Background: Patient stratification is the cornerstone of numerous health investigations, serving to enhance the estimation of treatment efficacy and facilitating patient matching. To stratify patients, similarity measures between patients can...
2.
Struthers C, Harwood J, de Beyer J, Logullo P, Collins G
BMC Med Res Methodol
. 2025 Mar;
25(1):71.
PMID: 40087548
Background: Although medical journals endorse reporting guidelines, authors often struggle to find and use the right one for their study type and topic. The UK EQUATOR Centre developed the GoodReports...
3.
Kim J, Kang S
BMC Med Res Methodol
. 2025 Mar;
25(1):69.
PMID: 40075291
Background: The planning and analysis of multi-regional clinical trials (MRCTs) has increased in the pharmaceutical industry to facilitate global research and development. The ICH E17 guideline emphasizes the importance of...
4.
Yang S, Su H, Zhang N, Han Y, Ge Y, Fei Y, et al.
BMC Med Res Methodol
. 2025 Mar;
25(1):70.
PMID: 40075286
Background: Assuming a linear relationship between continuous predictors and outcomes in clinical prediction models is often inappropriate, as true linear relationships are rare, potentially resulting in biased estimates and inaccurate...
5.
Kawai K, Ward B, Toivonen J, Poe D
BMC Med Res Methodol
. 2025 Mar;
25(1):68.
PMID: 40069585
Background: The nested frailty model, a random effects survival model that can accommodate data clustered at two hierarchical levels, has been rarely used in practice. We aimed to evaluate the...
6.
Curteis T, Wigle A, Michaels C, Nikolakopoulou A
BMC Med Res Methodol
. 2025 Mar;
25(1):67.
PMID: 40065217
Background: In network meta-analysis (NMA), the magnitude of difference between treatment effects is typically ignored in the calculation of ranking metrics, such as probability best and surface under the cumulative...
7.
Bannach-Brown A, Rackoll T, Macleod M, McCann S
BMC Med Res Methodol
. 2025 Mar;
25(1):66.
PMID: 40065205
In this review article, we provide a comprehensive overview of current practices and challenges associated with research synthesis in preclinical biomedical research. We identify critical barriers and roadblocks that impede...
8.
Rodenkirchen J, Hoyer A, Brinks R
BMC Med Res Methodol
. 2025 Mar;
25(1):65.
PMID: 40055638
Background: Chronic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, are responsible for a substantial proportion of global deaths and are marked by an increasing number of people that suffer from them....
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Liu J, Liu Y, Zhou Y, Matsouaka R
BMC Med Res Methodol
. 2025 Mar;
25(1):64.
PMID: 40055609
Purpose: This paper extends current propensity score weighting methods for causal inference to better understand disparities in healthcare access across multiple racial groups. By treating each racial group as a...
10.
Kidane Gebremeskel A, Rab M, van Werkhoven E, Petersen T, Cnossen M, Mcharek A, et al.
BMC Med Res Methodol
. 2025 Mar;
25(1):63.
PMID: 40055603
This study explores practices surrounding the operationalization of ethno-racial categories (ERCs) as confounders in biomedical research, with a focus on sickle cell disease (SCD) as a model. ERCs, often aggregate...