Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Aims & Scope

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care is an international online open access journal publishing articles with relevance to general practice and primary health care.

Focusing on the continuous professional development in family medicine the journal addresses clinical, epidemiological and humanistic topics in relation to the daily clinical practice.

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care is owned by the members of the National Colleges of General Practice in the five Nordic countries through the Nordic Federation of General Practice (NFGP).

The journal includes original research on topics related to general practice and family medicine, and publishes both quantitative and qualitative original research, editorials, discussion and analysis papers and reviews to facilitate continuing professional development in family medicine.

The journal's topics range broadly and include: • Clinical family medicine • Epidemiological research • Qualitative research • Health services research.

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

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
• Copyright 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 requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) to support open access publishing, covering peer review, editing, and distribution. The current APC is 2,110.00 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.

• The Norwegian General Practice (NORGEP) criteria for assessing potentially inappropriate prescriptions to elderly patients

  Citation: 206

  Authors: Sture, Mette, Arne, Olav, Torgeir Bruun, Jørund

• Barriers and facilitators for general practitioners to engage in advance care planning: A systematic review

  Citation: 185

  Authors: Aline, Dirk, Koen, Reginald, Chantal, Robert, Luc

• Quality of life of patients with diabetes mellitus An overview of research in primary health care in the Nordic countries

  Citation: 177

  Authors: Per E.

• The role of diseases, risk factors and symptoms in the definition of multimorbidity – a systematic review

  Citation: 173

  Authors: Tora Grauers, Anna, Rasmus, Dorte Ejg, Ann Dorrit, Frans Boch, Susanne, Niels de Fine

• Symptoms by Age and Sex: The Population Studies of Men and Women in Gothenburg, Sweden

  Citation: 172

  Authors: Gösta, Calle, Bente, Leif

• Use of complementary and alternative medicine in the scandinavian countries

  Citation: 164

  Authors: Borghild, Sameline, Laila, Vinjar, Torkel, Niels KR

• Help-seeking and associated factors in female urinary incontinence. The Norwegian EPINCONT Study

  Citation: 164

  Authors: Yngvild S., Guri, Steinar

• A systematic review of parent and clinician views and perceptions that influence prescribing decisions in relation to acute childhood infections in primary care

  Citation: 154

  Authors: Patricia J., Christie, Alastair D., Jeremy

• ‘Having to learn this so late in our lives…’ Swedish elderly patients’ beliefs, experiences, attitudes and expectations of e-health in primary health care

  Citation: 152

  Authors: Veronica Milos, Beata Borgström, Moa, Susanna, Sofia, Magnus

• Validation of the Zung self-rating depression scale (SDS) in older adults

  Citation: 152

  Authors: Jari, Markku, Sirkka, Pirjo, Heidi, Kadri