Family Medicine and Community Health

Aims & Scope

Family Medicine and Community Health (FMCH) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal focusing on the topics of family medicine, general practice and community health.

FMCH strives to be a leading international journal that promotes ‘Health Care for All’ through disseminating novel knowledge and best practices in primary care, family medicine, and community health.

FMCH publishes original research, review, methodology, commentary, reflection, and case-study from the lens of population health.

FMCH’s Asian Focus section features reports of family medicine development in the Asia-pacific region.

FMCH aims to be an exemplary forum for the timely communication of medical knowledge and skills with the goal of promoting improved health care through the practice of family and community-based medicine globally.

FMCH aims to serve a diverse audience including researchers, educators, policymakers and leaders of family medicine and community health.

We also aim to provide content relevant for researchers working on population health, epidemiology, public policy, disease control and management, preventative medicine and disease burden.

FMCH does not impose any article processing charges (APC) or submission charges.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• Web of Science
• Medline
• PubMed
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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.

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.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Medicine, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal does not charge a mandatory Article Processing Charge (APC). However, optional open access publication may incur fees based on the publisher’s policies.

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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.

• Semistructured interviewing in primary care research: a balance of relationship and rigour

  Citation: 980

  Authors: Melissa, Lisa M

• Variable selection strategies and its importance in clinical prediction modelling

  Citation: 618

  Authors: Mohammad Ziaul Islam, Tanvir C

• Telemedicine, the current COVID-19 pandemic and the future: a narrative review and perspectives moving forward in the USA

  Citation: 459

  Authors: Asim, Michael, Kirk, Farah, Zain, Jagmeet, Michael, Raja Chandra, Ashok Kumar, Shantanu, Savneek

• What is the meaning of health literacy? A systematic review and qualitative synthesis

  Citation: 401

  Authors: Chenxi, Dan, Chaojie, Junnan, Xuemei, Haihong, Xin, Xinping

• Mixed methods and survey research in family medicine and community health

  Citation: 125

  Authors: John W, Mariko

• Primer on binary logistic regression

  Citation: 99

  Authors: Jenine K

• Clinicopathological characteristics of 8697 patients with COVID-19 in China: a meta-analysis

  Citation: 82

  Authors: Jieyun, Zhimei, Pan, Hongyuan, Bocheng, Jielong, Jianfeng, Chunling

• Artificial intelligence and health inequities in primary care: a systematic scoping review and framework

  Citation: 69

  Authors: Alexander, Mark, Sarah, Ciara, Elisa, Irum, Adele, Lucy

• Identifying depression and its determinants upon initiating treatment: ChatGPT versus primary care physicians

  Citation: 65

  Authors: Inbar, Zohar

• Assessing prognosis in depression: comparing perspectives of AI models, mental health professionals and the general public

  Citation: 56

  Authors: Zohar, Inbar, Shiri