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Annals of Family Medicine

Annals of Family Medicine, Inc · United States · Est. 2003

ISSN1544-1717

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.133

H-Indexi

161

SNIPi

1.689

Total Worksi

3,386

Total Citationsi

125,378

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.20

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Medicine, General & Internal; Primary Health Care; Family Practice.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2003

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,386

Publisher OrgAmerican Academy of Family Physicians

OA Since2002

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Annals of Family Medicine, Inc

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1544-1717

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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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

147

3.6k

2019

142

2.4k

2020

135

2021

146

1.9k

2022

153

1.5k

2023

394

712

2024

136

247

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 PracticeQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Medicine, General & InternalPrimary Health Care

Scopus Categories

Family Practice

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealthcare Policy and ManagementChronic Disease Management StrategiesHealthcare cost, quality, practicesHealth and Medical Research ImpactsDiabetes Management and EducationInnovations in Medical EducationHealthcare Systems and TechnologyHealth Policy Implementation SciencePatient-Provider Communication in Healthcare

Frequently asked questions about Annals of Family Medicine

Is Annals of Family Medicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Annals of Family Medicine: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, 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 Annals of Family Medicine?

Annals of Family Medicine 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 1.20.

Is Annals of Family Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Annals of Family Medicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Annals of Family Medicine?