Journal profile · Medicine, General & Internal
ANNALS OF FAMILY MEDICINE
ISSN 1544-1709 · eISSN 1544-1717 · Annals of Family Medicine, Inc · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 2003
ANNALS OF FAMILY MEDICINE: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.5; fully open access; median 169 days to acceptance (79 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: moderate; 136 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
ANNALS OF FAMILY MEDICINE is published by Annals of Family Medicine, Inc and is in Zone 2 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Primary Care and Health Outcomes, Healthcare Policy and Management and Chronic Disease Management Strategies, together about 42.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Annals of Family Medicine: top open-access journal for primary care research, serving scientists, clinicians, policymakers, and communities since 2003.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine, General & Internal
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Professions27.2%
- Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance9.8%
- Chronic Disease Management StrategiesMedicine5.7%
- Healthcare cost, quality, practicesHealth Professions4.8%
- Health and Medical Research ImpactsMedicine4%
- Diabetes Management and EducationMedicine3.9%
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine3.8%
- Health Policy Implementation ScienceHealth Professions3.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Primary Health Care | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Primary Health Care | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Primary Health Care | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 4.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.13LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.7LetPub ·
- h-index
- 98LetPub ·
- h-index
- 162OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,450OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.65OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 1.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.7%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 70LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,457 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 119 | 119 | 16 |
| 2025 | 136 | 136 | 282 |
| 2024 | 394 | 394 | 770 |
| 2023 | 153 | 153 | 1,497 |
| 2022 | 146 | 146 | 1,960 |
| 2021 | 135 | 135 | 2,068 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
169 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 114 days – 219 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 124 days (82 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 291 days
- Sample
- 79 articles with submission and acceptance dates (274 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- ModerateLetPub ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Annals of Family Medicine, Inc
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 2003
- ISSN
- 1544-1709
- Electronic ISSN
- 1544-1717
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 24, Issue 4 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about ANNALS OF FAMILY MEDICINE
What CAS zone is ANNALS OF FAMILY MEDICINE in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, ANNALS OF FAMILY MEDICINE is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Primary Health Care / Medicine, General & Internal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of ANNALS OF FAMILY MEDICINE?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.5; CiteScore 4.8, h-index 162.
How long does peer review take at ANNALS OF FAMILY MEDICINE?
Based on the dates recorded on 79 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 169 days (interquartile range 114–219 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Moderate”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index ANNALS OF FAMILY MEDICINE?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, ANNALS OF FAMILY MEDICINE is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is ANNALS OF FAMILY MEDICINE open access, and what is the APC?
ANNALS OF FAMILY MEDICINE is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .