BJGP Open: a new, online-only, open access journal

Next month will see the launch of BJGP Open , our new open access, online-only journal of primary care research, practice, and policy. BJGP Open will have original, high-quality, peer-reviewed primary care research at its core, complemented by case studies, clinical reports, policy analysis, and the opportunity for discussion and debate. For some time we have been aware that the BJGP receives far more high quality original material that it can publish: less than one in four research articles is accepted, pressure on the non-research sections of the Journal is intense, and many of the research articles that we decline are of good scientific quality. The same goes for articles submitted to other sections of the Journal. Primary care everywhere needs to continue to build an evidence base for health care and clinical practice, and to continue to make its political and health policy arguments …