Australian Journal of Primary Health

Aims & Scope

The Australian Journal of Primary Health is published by CSIRO Publishing on behalf of the Australian Institute for Primary Care and Ageing and School of Public Health, La Trobe University in association with the Primary and Community Health Network.

The journal is a refereed, international journal that publishes research articles, policy reports and analyses, systematic literature reviews, reports of evidence-based practice, book reviews and letters.

The focus of the Australian Journal of Primary Health is on the integration of theory and practice in primary health utilising perspectives from a range of disciplines.

Articles cover a range of issues influencing community health services and primary health care, particularly comprehensive primary health care research, evidence-based practice (excluding discipline-specific clinical interventions) and primary health care policy issues.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.3
2024	1.20

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.609

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	9520

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	326

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

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Subjects & Keywords

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

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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.

• The Partners in Health scale: The development and psychometric properties of a generic assessment scale for chronic condition self-management

  Citation: 158

  Authors: Malcolm, Alex, Marion, Mignon, James

• Culturally and linguistically diverse peoples' knowledge of accessibility and utilisation of health services: exploring the need for improvement in health service delivery

  Citation: 143

  Authors: Saras, Elizabeth

• ‘Yarn with me’: applying clinical yarning to improve clinician–patient communication in Aboriginal health care

  Citation: 141

  Authors: Ivan, Charmaine, Dawn

• Validation of the research capacity and culture (RCC) tool: measuring RCC at individual, team and organisation levels

  Citation: 127

  Authors: Libby, Susan, Xanthe, Robert S.

• Systematic review of integrated models of health care delivered at the primary–secondary interface: how effective is it and what determines effectiveness?

  Citation: 111

  Authors: Geoffrey K., Letitia, Jianzhen, Maria, Ian A., Jared, Claire L.

• Mindfulness-based stress reduction for people with chronic diseases

  Citation: 101

  Authors: Monika

• Out-of-pocket healthcare expenditure and chronic disease – do Australians forgo care because of the cost?

  Citation: 93

  Authors: Emily J., Lisa, Jean-Frederic

• The power of talk and power in talk: a systematic review of Indigenous narratives of culturally safe healthcare communication

  Citation: 91

  Authors: Warren, Chelsea, Peter S.

• Online healthy lifestyle support in the perinatal period: what do women want and do they use it?

  Citation: 78

  Authors: Lydia, Margaret, Anna

• Impact of community participation in primary health care: what is the evidence?

  Citation: 77

  Authors: Jessamy, John

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