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Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care

Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications · India · Est. 1894

ISSN2249-4863eISSN2278-7135

✓ WOS ESCI✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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

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H-Indexi

Total Worksi

8,039

Total Citationsi

78,020

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.05

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Primary Health Care.

General Information

Country / RegionIndia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1894

Annual Volume~ 828 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications8,039

Publisher OrgMedknow

OA Since2011

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble anonymous peer review

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-SA

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2249-4863 / 2278-7135

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Double anonymous peer review

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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)?

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

795

17k

2019

1.2k

17k

2020

815

8.5k

2021

1.4k

8.6k

2022

615

2.5k

2023

2.3k

2024

864

865

2025

382

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.

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Primary Health Care

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Global Maternal and Child HealthGlobal Health and EpidemiologyDiverse Scientific Research StudiesCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesChild Nutrition and Water AccessCOVID-19 and Mental HealthHealthcare Systems and ReformsDiabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and LipoproteinsSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchPharmacology and Nanomedicine Research

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care

Is Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Family Medicine and Primary Care?

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary 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 1.05.

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

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care is indexed in Web of Science, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care?