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Frontline Gastroenterology publishes articles that accelerate adoption of innovative and best practice in the fields of gastroenterology, hepatology and clinical nutrition. Frontline Gastroenterology is especially interested in articles on multidisciplinary research and care, focusing on both retrospective assessments of novel models of care as well as putative future directions of best practice. Specifically Frontline Gastroenterology publishes articles in the domains of clinical quality, patient experience, service provision and medical education. Frontline Gastroenterology is an official publication of the British Society of Gastroenterology  and is a companion journal to Gut and BMJ Open Gastroenterology. BSG members receive free access to FG as a benefit of membership. The journal is also affiliated with BAPEN and BSPGHAN; members receive a discounted subscription to the journal. For information about Frontline Gastroenterology Editor-in-Chief Professor Mark Beattie and his editorial team, please refer to the Editorial Board page.

Frontline Gastroenterology is a Plan S compliant Transformative Journal. Transformative Journals are one of the compliance routes offered by cOAlition S funders, such as Wellcome, WHO and UKRI. Find out more about Transformative Journals and  Plan S compliance on our Author Hub.

Frontline Gastroenterology is co-owned by the British Society of Gastroenterology and BMJ

Subscription; with hybrid open access option

Quarterly (6 issues from 2020)

2010

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Web of Science Core Collection: Emerging Sources Citation Index; PubMed Central; Scopus; Embase (Excerpta Medica); CINAHL; Google Scholar

Single anonymised; the names of reviewers are hidden from the author

2041-4137

2041-4145

Articles published in Frontline Gastroenterology are held under an embargo for 12 months following publication in an issue. After this articles are made free to access and deposited in PubMed Central.

Acceptance rate: 38%

Speed Time to first decision without review (median): 3 days Time to first decision with review (median) : 34 days Time from acceptance to publication (median): 18 days

Impact Citescore: 3.8 Citescore rank: 70/149 Scimago Journal Rank (SJR): 0.682

Reach 2022 total content views: 260,60 2022 total Altmetric mentions: 2,454

The impact that academic research has cannot be defined by one single metric. In 2013, BMJ signed the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA). We did this to show our support for using multiple measures and metrics to portray journals’ impact; moving away from the Impact Factor as a single measure. How we get these metrics

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Members of the British Society of Gastroenterology receive Frontline Gastroenterology as a benefit of membership; members should login to the British Society of Gastroenterology website to access the journal.

Members of BAPEN receive a discounted subscription rate to Frontline Gastroenterology as a benefit of membership; members should login to the BAPEN website for more information.

Members of BSPGHAN receive a discounted subscription rate to Frontline Gastroenterology as a benefit of membership; members should login to the BSPGHAN website for more information.

BMJ Publishing Group is a founding member of COPE (the Committee on Publication Ethics), which provides a forum for publishers and Editors of scientific journals to discuss issues relating to the integrity of the work submitted to or published in their journals.

The EQUATOR Network is an international initiative that seeks to improve reliability and value of medical research literature by promoting transparent and accurate reporting of research studies. BMJ is a sponsor of its activities.

BMJ is a founding organisation of the AllTrials initiative, which calls for all past and present clinical trials to be registered and their results reported.

Gut BMJ Open Gastroenterology