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About the BMC Psychology format

BMC Psychology is a peer-reviewed journal published by BMC (BioMed Central), covering Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Impact of Technology on Adolescents, Resilience and Mental Health. Over its lifetime it has published 5,134 papers, which have received 54,844 citations.

PublisherBMC (BioMed Central)
Reference styleNumbered (Vancouver)
Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
1. Smith A, Jones B, Lee C. A representative article title. BMC Psychology. 2023;12(3):45–58.

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Publishes research inChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Impact of Technology on Adolescents Resilience and Mental Health COVID-19 and Mental Health Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
ISSN2050-7283
Citation impact (2-yr)3.85
h-index83
i10-index1,381
Article processing charge$1,054
Open accessYes — indexed in DOAJ
Top institutions publishing hereBeijing Normal University
Journal websitelink.springer.com
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Papers published in BMC Psychology per year

54
2014
47
2015
61
2016
41
2017
62
2018
91
2019
135
2020
202
2021
324
2022
447
2023
801
2024
1.6K
2025

Citation impact of BMC Psychology by publication year

1.8K
2014
3.7K
2015
3.1K
2016
1.3K
2017
3.7K
2018
3.3K
2019
4.9K
2020
5.5K
2021
5K
2022
6.6K
2023
7.9K
2024
4.9K
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in BMC Psychology

An introduction to implementation science for the non-specialist

Mark S. Bauer, Laura J. Damschroder, Hildi Hagedorn et al. · 16 Sep 2015

BACKGROUND: The movement of evidence-based practices (EBPs) into routine clinical usage is not spontaneous, but requires focused efforts. The field of implementation science has developed to facilitate the spread of EBPs, including both psychosocial and medical interventions for mental and physical health concerns. DISCUSSION: The authors aim to introduce implementation science principles to non-specialist investigators,…

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Social support in the general population: standardization of the Oslo social support scale (OSSS-3)

Rüya‐Daniela Kocalevent, Lorenz Berg, Manfred E. Beutel et al. · 17 Jul 2018

BACKGROUND: The objectives of the study were to generate normative data for the Oslo Social Support Scale (OSSS-3) for different age groups for men and women and to further investigate the factor structure in the general population. METHODS: Nationally representative face-to face household surveys were conducted in Germany in 2008 (n = 2524). RESULTS: Normative…

Prevalence of depression and anxiety and correlations between depression, anxiety, family functioning, social support and coping styles among Chinese medical students

Ruyue Shao, Ping He, Bin Ling et al. · 22 Apr 2020

BACKGROUND: Medical students experience depression and anxiety at a higher rate than the general population or students from other specialties. While there is a growing literature on the high prevalence of depression and anxiety symptoms and about potential risk factors to the prevalence of depression and anxiety symptoms among medical students, there is a paucity…

Psychometric properties of the Positive Mental Health Scale (PMH-scale)

Justina Lukat, Jürgen Margraf, Rainer Lutz et al. · 10 Feb 2016

BACKGROUND: In recent years, it has been increasingly recognized that the absence of mental disorder is not the same as the presence of positive mental health (PMH). With the PMH-scale we propose a short, unidimensional scale for the assessment of positive mental health. The scale consists of 9 Likert-type items. METHODS: The psychometric properties of…

The relationship between social networking addiction and academic performance in Iranian students of medical sciences: a cross-sectional study

Seyyed Mohsen Azizi, Ali Soroush, Alireza Khatony · 3 May 2019

BACKGROUND: Social networks have had a major influence on students' performance in recent years. These networks create many opportunities and threats for students in various fields. Addiction to social networking and its impact on students' academic performance caused the researcher to design and conduct this study. The purpose of this study was to investigate the…

BMC Psychology template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the BMC Psychology format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the BMC Psychology template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official BMC (BioMed Central) format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does BMC Psychology use?
BMC Psychology uses Numbered (Vancouver) references, shown as numbered [1], [2] markers in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: 1. Smith A, Jones B, Lee C. A representative article title. BMC Psychology. 2023;12(3):45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to BMC Psychology?
No. DocuGuru generates the bmcart LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a BMC (BioMed Central)-ready BMC Psychology document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
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What is BMC Psychology?
BMC / BioMed Central journal. It is a life sciences and medicine journal, published by BMC (BioMed Central).
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