Families, Systems and Health

Aims & Scope

Families, Systems, & Health seeks to develop the knowledge base of a systemic approach to healthcare that integrates mind and body; individual and family; and communities, clinicians, and health systems while considering cost-effectiveness and distributive justice.

The journal's scope includes the following three domains: -Family Functioning: emphasizes understanding health, illness, and treatment from birth to death within the family context rather than focusing on individuals in isolation.

The term "family" is used broadly to include but not be limited to the legal, biological, or psychological family, household members unrelated by blood or marriage, and intimates who have a relationship over time. -Systems Thinking: an overarching concept that recognizes the interrelatedness of all human systems (e.g., biological, psychological, interpersonal, familial, societal, political, economic, cultural, spiritual).

This perspective is useful in examining dynamics within a profession or among clinical staff, relationships among patients, families, communities, and clinical staff, and the coordination of care across levels of the health system. -Health: refers to the optimal state of the body, mind, and spirit of individuals, families, or communities.

Healthcare includes the practice of all health professionals, including physicians, mental health professionals, nurses, pharmacists, and many other disciplines.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1
2024	1.20

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	14738

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	277

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.365

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	57

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine and Psychology, 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.

• Cancer as a "we-disease": Examining the process of coping from a relational perspective.

  Citation: 332

  Authors: Karen, Lisa E., Joel T.

• Pediatric Psychosocial Preventative Health Model (PPPHM): Research, practice, and collaboration in pediatric family systems medicine.

  Citation: 296

  Authors: Anne E.

• Just listening: Narrative and deep illness.

  Citation: 204

  Authors: Arthur W.

• Integrated Primary Care: Organizing the Evidence.

  Citation: 202

  Authors: Alexander

• Families coping with childhood chronic illness: A research review.

  Citation: 169

  Authors: Marie Seren

• Autism spectrum disorder: Parenting stress, family functioning and health-related quality of life.

  Citation: 169

  Authors: Norah, Marilyn, Suzanne, Pippa

• Families, health, and behavior: A section of the commissioned report by the Committee on Health and Behavior: Research, Practice, and Policy Division of Neuroscience and Behavioral Health and Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences.

  Citation: 143

  Authors: Karen, Larry, Macaran

• Validation of the "Important Other" Climate Questionnaire: Assessing Autonomy Support for Health-Related Change.

  Citation: 124

  Authors: Geoffrey C., Martin F., Holly A., Richard M., Daryl, Edward L.

• Integrating mental health into primary care within the Veterans Health Administration.

  Citation: 113

  Authors: Edward P., Maureen, Patricia, Laurent

• Nighttime caregiving behaviors among parents of young children with Type 1 diabetes: Associations with illness characteristics and parent functioning.

  Citation: 109

  Authors: Maureen C., Marisa E., Fran R., Randi

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