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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

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.393

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.383

Total Worksi

1,386

Total Citationsi

9,693

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.61

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionAustralia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1975

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,386

Publisher OrgCSIRO Publishing

OA Since2008

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

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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10/11 · 91%

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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?

WoS, 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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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

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

482

2019

613

2020

330

2021

338

2022

246

2023

239

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

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

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Primary Health Care

Is Journal of Primary Health Care a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Primary Health Care: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Primary Health Care?

Journal of Primary Health Care is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.61.

Is Journal of Primary Health Care indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Primary Health Care is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Primary Health Care?