British Journal of Anaesthesia
Elsevier BV · GB · ISSN 00070912
SJR Q1
What the numbers say
Output has grown while citedness rose slightly more than concentration at the top.
Annual output went from 592 to 703 papers. Expect a busier publication pipeline and possibly longer scheduling waits. Field-weighted citation impact moved from 2.95 to 3.62. Papers here tend to attract somewhat stronger citation attention than typical in the field. Airway Management and Intubation Techniques rose from 7.0% to 11.9% of what the journal runs. If your manuscript focuses on airway techniques it aligns with a growing editorial emphasis. Authors from CN went from 8.1% to 14.8%. Submissions from China are an increasingly prominent part of the authorship mix.
Citation metrics
SJR quartile
Q1
SJR score
2.69
Citations / doc (2y)
5.12
h-index
288
Based on the Scopus and OpenAlex citation graphs. We do not provide Clarivate’s JCR Impact Factor.
Output and citation impact
Whether citation performance keeps up as output grows.
PapersField-weighted impact
2018
592
2.95
2019
484
3.36
2020
679
2.77
2021
523
2.56
2022
485
2.96
2023
508
2.96
2024
530
3.11
2025
703
3.62
Topic shift
Share in the last 24 months (2024-09 – 2026-08) versus the previous 24 (2022-09 – 2024-08).
Rising
- Airway Management and Intubation Techniques7.0%→11.9%+4.9%pPrevNow
- Enhanced Recovery After Surgery1.4%→4.9%+3.5%pPrevNow
- Anesthesia and Pain Management11.9%→15.3%+3.4%pPrevNow
- Multimodal Machine Learning Applications0.0%→2.2%+2.2%pPrevNow
Falling
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes20.5%→15.0%−5.6%pPrevNow
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies6.3%→2.9%−3.4%pPrevNow
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders8.3%→5.0%−3.3%pPrevNow
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment2.1%→0.0%−2.1%pPrevNow
- Nausea and vomiting management2.1%→0.0%−2.1%pPrevNow
Terms appearing more often
Wording in recent paper titles that stands out against the journal's own baseline.
anaesthspaqipostanaesthesiavideolaryngoscopyimpaktnoncardiac
Author countries
Last 24 months (2024-09 – 2026-08) against the previous 24 (2022-09 – 2024-08).
- US29.3%→26.6%−2.6%pPrevNow
- GB27.4%→20.7%−6.8%pPrevNow
- CN8.1%→14.8%+6.6%pPrevNow
- AU9.4%→9.6%+0.2%pPrevNow
- DE6.3%→8.3%+1.9%pPrevNow
- CA7.7%→7.6%−0.1%pPrevNow
Top 5 institutions
Top 5 institutions publishing in this journal, 2018 – 2026.
Recently published
20The 20 most recent papers — not the full list.
1
Article2026
First clinical trial for A/Z airway concept LMARafi Avitsian, Andrew Zura
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2
Article2026
Developing high-fidelity reusable emergency front of neck access training equipment with ADAMgel and 3-D printingJoshua J.P. Sterriker, William Marshall, M Homsy, Katy Monaghan, Johann Willers
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Article2026
Contents4
Article2026
Difficult face mask ventilation: a retrospective analysis of 1,963 casesSolomon White, Achuthan Sajayan, Fauzia Mir, Alistair F. McNarry
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Article2026
E-FONA with Cricospeed® by airway-naive medical personnel: success rate comparison of scalpel-bougie and Seldinger techniquesDaniele Salvatore Paternò, Elena Filippini, Simona Tutino, Valeria Terranova, Luigi La Via, Massimiliano Sorbello
Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineMedicine
6
Article2026
A machine learning model for predicting hypoxaemia risk during one-lung ventilation in secondary lung surgeriesTao Yan, Huixian Li, Rong Chen, Taihang Wang, Shang Sui, Hui Zheng
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineMedicine
7
Article2026
Future directions in airway management: SAPiENT, the Summary Airway Pillar Element TableJane H. Elms, Chritopher A. Stonell, Daniel V. Mullany
Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineMedicine
8
Article2026
Automatic tracheal access scoring classification systemGabrielle Hoyer, Abigail Runnels, Santiago Chaverra, Sean T. Runnels
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineMedicine
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Article2026
Modelling airway management difficulty: a state machine analysis of videolaryngoscopic intubation recordingsFelix Rindt, Louis Bellmann, Josephine Tolkmitt, Maximilian Nielsen, Vera Köhl, René Werner, Christian Zöllner, Martin Petzoldt, Philipp Breitfeld
Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineMedicine
11
Article2026
Awake tracheal intubation: assessing compliance with national guidance at a tertiary head and neck centreCharles A. Flanders, J L Orrock, Alistair F. McNarry, Patrick A. Ward
Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineMedicine
12
Article2026
Ultrasound Identification of front-of-neck blood vessels: a prospective cohort studyJason M.H. Goh, Aria Lokon, Naveed Siddiqui, Fabricio Zasso, Kong E. You-Ten
Infectious DiseasesMedicine
13
Article2026
Creation of an open-source, web-based, mathematical model of aggregate intubation outcomes at variable levels of video laryngoscopy implementationSean T. Runnels, Camron Norris
Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineMedicine
14
Article2026
Nonocclusive tracheal balloon dilatation: anaesthesia, procedural success and safety in a large case seriesRoss Hofmeyr, Janke Geldenhuys, Abigail Davies, Richard Ginsburg, Dalene Lubbe
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineMedicine
15
Article2026
NEOLab: a dedicated multidisciplinary airway training spaceNisha Abraham-Thomas, Sneh Shah, David Vaughan, Rajinder S. Chaggar
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineMedicine
16
Article2026
Five-yr evaluation of the UCLH massive open online course ‘Airway Matters’Eesha Dev, Aneesh Varma, Emilie Martinoni Hoogenboom
Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineMedicine
17
Article2026
Focused scalpel–bougie front of neck access workshop for staff anaesthesia providersCharles J. Lin, Jessica J. Guan, Larry Sears, Ryan Caulfield, Paul Scott, Joseph Goode, John M. O'Donnell
Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineMedicine
18
Article2026
Associate Editorial Board and cover image captionComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionComputer Science
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Article2026
Proposed protocol for SECURE: service evaluation of cross-specialty UK rapid sequence intubation eventsSwati Gupta, Thomas Baumer, Jonathan Barnes, Aravind Ramesh, Suzanne Harrogate, Thomas Davies, Tim Cook
Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineMedicine
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Article2026
Effect of COMBO endoscopy oropharyngeal airway on incidence of hypoxia during sedated gastrointestinal endoscopyShaohui Guo, Yuhan Zhang, Diansan Su
Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineMedicine
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