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BMJ Sexual and Reproductive Health

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 5, 2026
Entity authorityQ15761795 ↗
Source-derived summary

BMJ Sexual and Reproductive Health is a quarterly peer-reviewed medical journal covering reproductive health. It was established in 1974 as the Journal of Family Planning Doctors and later renamed British Journal of Family Planning and Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care before obtaining its current title.

It is published by BMJ Group on behalf of the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare, of which it is the official journal. The editor-in-chief is Sharon Cameron. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2025 impact factor of 3.2.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “BMJ Sexual and Reproductive Health” as journal. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1974, 2025—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1974-01-01. The account is most persuasive where Sexual, Reproductive and Health can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as journal. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q15761795. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1974 and 2025.

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This entry incorporates text from “BMJ Sexual and Reproductive Health” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.