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Journal of Primary Health Care

CSIRO Publishing · Australia · Est. 1975

ISSN1172-6164eISSN1172-6156

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS ESCI+10

✓ Scopus Q2+18

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total43

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.308

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.383

Total Works

1,386

Total Citations

9,693

2yr Mean Citedness

1.61

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Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Public aspects of medicine. Topics: primary health care, health promotion, public health, epidemiology, maori health

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Slow · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionAustralia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1975

Annual Volume~ 74 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,386

Publisher OrgCSIRO Publishing

OA Since2008

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Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~28 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Portico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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11/12 · 92%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

CSIRO Publishing

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1172-6164 / 1172-6156

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

No APC (Free)

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Portico

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

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2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Family PracticeQ2

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Primary Health Care

Scopus Categories

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthMedicine (miscellaneous)Family Practice

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Primary Care and Health OutcomesGlobal Health Workforce IssuesDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesInnovations in Medical EducationPharmaceutical Practices and Patient OutcomesDiabetes Management and EducationHealthcare Policy and ManagementFerroelectric and Negative Capacitance DevicesBig Data and Digital EconomyInterprofessional Education and Collaboration