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Primary Health Care Research and Development

Cambridge University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 1986

ISSN1463-4236eISSN1477-1128

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.698

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.976

Total Worksi

1,655

Total Citationsi

20,908

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.18

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Primary Health Care Research & Development is a journal that publishes research on primary health care. It covers a wide range of topics, including health services research, health policy, health promotion, and public health. The journal is aimed at researchers, practitioners, and policymakers in the field of primary health care.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1986

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,655

Publisher OrgCambridge University Press

OA Since2018

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-SA, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Cambridge University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1463-4236 / 1477-1128

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Double-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?

N/A

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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

107

2.3k

2019

1.1k

2020

1.1k

2021

762

2022

604

2023

252

2024

106

142

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.

Care PlanningQ1

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Primary Health Care

Scopus Categories

Care PlanningPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Primary Care and Health OutcomesInterprofessional Education and CollaborationChronic Disease Management StrategiesDiabetes Management and EducationHealth Policy Implementation ScienceGlobal Maternal and Child HealthGlobal Health Workforce IssuesNursing Roles and PracticesMental Health Treatment and AccessHealthcare Systems and Reforms

Frequently asked questions about Primary Health Care Research and Development

Is Primary Health Care Research and Development a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Primary Health Care Research and Development: 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 Primary Health Care Research and Development?

Primary Health Care Research and Development 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 1.18.

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

Primary Health Care Research and Development is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.