Home›Search›Journal of Primary Care and Community Health

Journal of Primary Care and Community Health

Sage Periodicals Press · United States · Est. 1987

ISSN2150-1327

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

0.915

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.869

Total Worksi

1,913

Total Citationsi

23,378

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.37

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Primary Health Care; Community and Home Care; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1987

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,913

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

OA Since2016

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

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%

✅

Do you know the journal / publisher?

Sage Periodicals Press

✅

Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

2150-1327

✅

Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

✅

Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

❌

Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

✅

Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

✅

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

1.2k

2019

215

4.7k

2020

254

4.7k

2021

198

2.7k

2022

195

1.8k

2023

237

1.5k

2024

270

595

2025

167

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.

Community and Home CareQ1

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Primary Health Care

Scopus Categories

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthCommunity and Home Care

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Primary Care and Health OutcomesDiabetes Management and EducationChronic Disease Management StrategiesCOVID-19 and Mental HealthFood Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsTelemedicine and Telehealth ImplementationMental Health Treatment and AccessHealthcare Policy and ManagementGlobal Cancer Incidence and ScreeningHealth disparities and outcomes

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Primary Care and Community Health

Is Journal of Primary Care and Community Health a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Primary Care and Community Health: 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 Care and Community Health?

Journal of Primary Care and Community Health 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 2.37.

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

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

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