Family and Community Health

Aims & Scope

Family & Community Health is a quarterly journal that aims to advance the science of understanding and addressing health inequities among marginalized and vulnerable populations.

Despite many existing definitions of health inequity, what is common across them is that differences in risk, incidence, prevalence, treatment, or outcomes between defined populations are systematic, preventable, and unjust.

Family & Community Health publishes rigorous scholarly work from multiple disciplines using quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods, and systems science to elevate policy-relevant research and practice that acknowledges the roles of social networks, families, and communities in contextualizing health.

The Journal will consider theoretical, applied, data-driven, and translational research.

The focus of this work needs to be on health inequities, their social and structural determinants, and strategies for intervening, all toward the ultimate goal of advancing health equity.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.3
2024	1.50

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	10242

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	182

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.568

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	52

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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, 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.

• Assessing social networks among elderly populations

  Citation: 912

  Authors: James E.

• A Systematic Review of Built Environment and Health

  Citation: 371

  Authors: Arlene, Tracey H., Patty J.

• Trauma Informed Care in Medicine

  Citation: 322

  Authors: Sheela, Memoona, Michelle, Stephanie, Chelsea

• Examining the Impact of Structural Racism on Food Insecurity

  Citation: 313

  Authors: Angela, Marino A.

• Lay health advisors as community change agents

  Citation: 160

  Authors: Eugenia, Rebecca

• Physical Activity and Multiple Sclerosis

  Citation: 158

  Authors: Jessica L., Jennifer A., Erin M., Robert W.

• Disparities in Technology and Broadband Internet Access Across Rurality

  Citation: 154

  Authors: Janessa M., Demetrius A., Solmaz, Jessica L.

• A model for the institutionalization of health promotion programs

  Citation: 152

  Authors: Robert M., Allan

• Development and Validation of Brief Scales To Measure Collectivism, Religiosity, Racial Pride, and Time Orientation in Urban African American Women

  Citation: 148

  Authors: Susan N., Matthew W., Dawn C., Cheryl L., Eddie M.

• Mindfulness Meditation, Anxiety Reduction, and Heart Disease

  Citation: 147

  Authors: Anna M., Jacalyn, Yvonne, Patrick

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