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Q1BJA Open
About BJA Open
BJA Open is a scholarly journal published by Elsevier B.V.. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q1, with an SJR of 0.964 and H-index of 12.
Coverage: 2022-2026. Research categories: Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (Q1).
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Topics in published research
Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes; Enhanced Recovery After Surgery; Anesthesia and Pain Management; Anesthesia and Sedative Agents; Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy; Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders.
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2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.bjao.2026.100863Digital health technologies and artificial intelligence for shared decision making in acute pain management: recent advances and perspectives
Dalia M. Aljohani, Shouq S. Alghamdi, Patrice Forget
2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.bjao.2026.100865Real-world activities of clinician-researchers in perioperative medicine: an ethnographic qualitative case study embedded in a single-centre clinical trial
Maria-Ximena Acero, Mathias Waelli, Mia Gisselbaek, Bernardo Bollen Pinto et al.
2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.bjao.2026.100862Intraoperative ventilation strategies during thoracic surgery to reduce the perioperative inflammatory response: a narrative review from in vivo to clinical evidence
Atirut Supphapipat, Sophon Siwachat, Kittitorn Supphapipat, Kaweesak Chittawatanarat et al.
2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.bjao.2026.100866Albumin versus crystalloid and microcirculatory blood flow in ischaemia/reperfusion-induced spinal cord injury: a randomised porcine trial
Lukas Steger, Vincent Umathum, Katharina Bock, Till Friedheim et al.
2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.bjao.2026.100860Compassionate paediatric anaesthesia: still a long way to go. Comment on BJA Open 2025; 14: 100411
Kristin Keunen, Piet L. Leroy
2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.bjao.2026.100858Effect of intraoperative high positive end-expiratory pressure with recruitment manoeuvres versus low positive end-expiratory pressure on postoperative lung function in obese adults: a substudy of the protective ventilation in obese patients randomised controlled trial
Damien Rousseleau, Thomas Bluth, Bas Bruneel, Matti Slabbaert et al.
2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.bjao.2026.100864Mechanical ventilation using prime numbers: an exploratory study of numerical preferences and oxygenation
Clemens R.M. Barends, Kai van Amsterdam, Douglas J. Eleveld, Jaap Jan Vos et al.
2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.bjao.2026.100859Editorial Board
2026-09 · DOI: 10.1016/j.bjao.2026.100871Biological sex and its influence on delirium in adult ICU patients: a single-centre retrospective cohort study
Jessica Cassavaugh, Marina Sennaraj, Mei Chen, Meiyang Liu et al.
2026-09 · DOI: 10.1016/j.bjao.2026.100579Educational sessions for enhancing awareness about Perioperative Quality Improvement Programme among recovery nurses
Muhammad Ali, Mashail Zahra
2026-09 · DOI: 10.1016/j.bjao.2026.100606Evaluation of the impact of high altitude on pre-hospital anaesthetic administration: a scoping review
Olivia G. Hobrough, Stuart W. Reilly, Owen W. Tomlinson
2026-09 · DOI: 10.1016/j.bjao.2026.100643Making it FAIR: a machine learning approach to intraoperative blood transfusion risk
Mehreen Imran, Waseem Shamim, Semira, Ibrahim Umran et al.
2026-09 · DOI: 10.1016/j.bjao.2026.100623Sources, impacts, and mechanisms of non-pharmacological artifacts in processed electroencephalography monitoring during anaesthesia and intensive care: A scoping review
Alina Beg, Clara N. Kim, Alan Tung
2026-09 · DOI: 10.1016/j.bjao.2026.100573Decoding preoperative workload: a traffic-light framework to quantify clinic complexity beyond the American Society of Anesthesiologists
Shreyas Shikaripura, Vippan Gongireddy, Chandrakanth Bijjal
2026-09 · DOI: 10.1016/j.bjao.2026.100589Prehabilitation in patients with low physical fitness undergoing colorectal cancer surgery: a scoping review
Neil Botting, Ana-Carolina Gonçalves, Todd Leckie, Sally Wheelwright et al.
2026-09 · DOI: 10.1016/j.bjao.2026.100572A gas exchange derived pulmonary capacitance to peak oxygen uptake slope threshold did not validate as a marker of early postoperative morbidity
Zyad J. Carr
2026-09 · DOI: 10.1016/j.bjao.2026.100582Noise-reducing headphones as an alternative to sedation in older patients
Kashmira Jeeva, Claire Stikans, Alexander Ratan
2026-09 · DOI: 10.1016/j.bjao.2026.100592Which patients are at risk of desaturation during rapid sequence intubation? An Australian and New Zealand Emergency Department Airway Registry Study
Sharon Hu, Hatem Alkhouri, Toby Fogg, Michael Dinh et al.
2026-09 · DOI: 10.1016/j.bjao.2026.100617Does neoadjuvant chemotherapy measurably impair autonomic nervous system function? A retrospective analysis of paired cardiopulmonary exercise tests performed in a regional oncology centre
A. Kermode, A. Papadopolou, P.K. Prabhu
2026-09 · DOI: 10.1016/j.bjao.2026.100629Reviews
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