Family Medicine and Primary Care Review

Aims & Scope

he quarterly journal FAMILY MEDICINE & PRIMARY CARE REVIEW (ISSN 1734-3402, eISSN 2449-8580) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, open to researchers in family medicine, primary care and related fields, academic teachers, general practitioners/family doctors, and other primary health care professionals, as well as physicians-in-training, residents and medical students.

The journal is also addressed to those who carry out experimental and epidemiological research in other disciplines.

Our mission is to lay the foundations for cooperation and an exchange of ideas, information and experience in family medicine/primary care that could involve all of Central and Eastern Europe.

This region lacks a journal dedicated to communities of scholars and professionals in these branches of medicine.

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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.

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.

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• Oa statement
• Author instructions
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• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
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• 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 requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) to support open access publishing, covering peer review, editing, and distribution. The current APC is 150.00 EUR. Learn more.

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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.

• Irritable bowel syndrome is associated with novel inflammatory markers derived from hemogram parameters

  Citation: 101

  Authors: Gulali, Tuba, Burcin, Ozge, Satilmis, Elif, Muhammed, Mehmet

• Natural cold pressed oils as cosmetic products

  Citation: 20

  Authors: Małgorzata, Dominika, Aleksandra, Kamila, Adam

• Haemoglobin and red cell distribution width levels in internal medicine patients indicate recurrent hospital admission during COVID-19

  Citation: 17

  Authors: Burcin, Gizem, Satilmis, Ozge, Tuba, Muhammed, Gulali

• Fostering digital literacy in the elderly as a means to secure their health needs and human rights in the reality of the twenty-first century

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Robert, Mateusz, Karol, Jarosław

• FOCUS: Frailty Management Optimisation through EIPAHA Commitments and Utilisation of Stakeholders’ Input – an innovative European Project in elderly care*

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Antonio, Donata, Maria Magdalena, Silvina, Carol, Maura, Ana, Miriam, Barbara, Alessandro, João Luís Al ves, Elżbieta, Ana M.

• A study of the efficacy of fathers’ attachment training on paternal-fetal attachment and parental anxiety

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Sara, Saeedeh, Marzieh

• Prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers by newest recommendations from European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (EPUAP): practical reference guide for GPs

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Jakub

• Recommendations of the Polish Society of Physiotherapy, the Polish Society of Family Medicine and the College of Family Physicians in Poland in the field of physiotherapy of back pain syndromes in primary health care

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Krzysztof, Elżbieta, Tomasz, Agnieszka, Krzysztof, Waldemar, Anna, Donata

• The proportion of death anxiety and its related factors during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Iranian population

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Seyedmohammad, Ali, Mohammad, Reza, Hossein

• Different consequences of the treatment of osteoarthritis in gastrointestinal comorbidity with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Iryna, Liliya