Asia Pacific Family Medicine

Aims & Scope

The Asia Pacific Family Medicine Journal publishes subject-specific articles focused on the needs of individual research communities across all spheres of family medicine, scientific medicine and public health.

We make editorial decisions on the basis of the interest of a study or its likely impact.

Studies must be scientifically valid; for research articles, this includes a scientifically sound research question, the use of suitable methods and analysis, and following community-agreed standards relevant to the research field.

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Prevalence of emotional disorders among medical students in a Malaysian university

  Citation: 62

  Authors: Sherina, Lekhraj, Nadarajan

• Factors associated with depression among elderly patients in a primary health care clinic in Malaysia

  Citation: 20

  Authors: Sherina, Nor Afiah, Shamsul Azhar

• Health care for refugees

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Mitchell

• Effective methodology for mental health training of general practitioners

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Grant, Brian, Leon, Jane

• Prevalence of depression with chronic illness among the elderly in a rural community in Malaysia

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Sherina, Nor Afiah, A.

• Continuity of care: A systems-based approach

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Joachim P

• Continuity of care of diabetic patients in a family practice clinic: How important is it?

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Hanafi Nik, Cheong Lieng, Shajahan

• Impact of chronic diseases on health services and quality of life of a Chinese population

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Cindy LK, Ian J, Tai-Pong D

• Primary care 'demand management' pilot in New Zealand: Telephone triage using symptom-based algorithms

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Ian, Matthew, Michelle

• Prevalence and perceptions about consanguineous marriages among patients presenting to family physicians, in 2001 at a Teaching Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Waris, Iqbal Azam, Faisal M