Family Practice

Aims & Scope

Family Practice is an international journal aimed at practitioners, teachers, and researchers in the fields of family medicine, general practice, and primary care in both developed and developing countries.

Family Practice offers its readership an international view of the problems and preoccupations in the field, while providing a medium of instruction and exploration.

The journal's range and content covers such areas as health care delivery, epidemiology, public health, and clinical case studies.

The journal aims to be interdisciplinary and contributions from other disciplines of medicine and social science are always welcomed.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.2
2024	2.40

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	4508

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1216

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.042

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	116

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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
• Embase

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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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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.

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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.

• Sampling for qualitative research

  Citation: 2293

  Authors: Martin N

• Potential barriers to the use of health services among ethnic minorities: a review

  Citation: 555

  Authors: E.

• The prevalence of multimorbidity in primary care and its effect on health care utilization and cost

  Citation: 506

  Authors: L. G., J. M., P., E., J., P., A. W.

• Screening, Detection and Management of Depression in Elderly Primary Care Attenders. I: The Acceptability and Performance of the 15 Item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS15) and the Development of Short Versions

  Citation: 498

  Authors: PENNY, PHILIPPA, ELEANOR, SANDRA, CORNELIUS

• Making research relevant: if it is an evidence-based practice, where's the practice-based evidence?

  Citation: 463

  Authors: L. W

• The key informant technique

  Citation: 449

  Authors: MN

• The impact of chronic pain in the community

  Citation: 383

  Authors: B. H, A. M, W A., W C., P. C, K.

• The Nominal Group Technique: A Research Tool for General Practice?

  Citation: 380

  Authors: MORRIS, TIM, JOHN, COLIN, IAN

• A comparison of a Patient Enablement Instrument (PEI) against two established satisfaction scales as an outcome measure of primary care consultations

  Citation: 344

  Authors: J. G., D. J., M., J. J.

• Using the Internet to conduct surveys of health professionals: a valid alternative?

  Citation: 343

  Authors: Dejana, Jon, Simon, Stephen

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