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Journal of General and Family Medicine

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · United States · Est. 2007

ISSN2189-7948eISSN2189-7948

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.48

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.738

Total Worksi

1,094

Total Citationsi

5,247

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.76

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Medicine, General & Internal; Family Practice; Geriatrics and Gerontology; Internal Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2007

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,094

Publisher OrgWiley

OA Since2014

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

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

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2189-7948 / 2189-7948

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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?

Portico, PMC, CLOCKSS

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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

544

2019

127

832

2020

109

752

2021

758

2022

275

2023

100

237

2024

112

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

Geriatrics and GerontologyQ3

Internal MedicineQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Medicine, General & Internal

Scopus Categories

Geriatrics and GerontologyInternal MedicineFamily Practice

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Primary Care and Health OutcomesDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationInnovations in Medical EducationEducational Robotics and EngineeringInterprofessional Education and CollaborationChronic Disease Management StrategiesGlobal Health Workforce IssuesPalliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnout

Frequently asked questions about Journal of General and Family Medicine

Is Journal of General and Family Medicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of General and Family Medicine: 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 General and Family Medicine?

Journal of General and 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 0.76.

Is Journal of General and Family Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of General and Family Medicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of General and Family Medicine?