Journal profile · Medicine, General & Internal
British Journal of General Practice
ISSN 0960-1643 · eISSN 1478-5242 · Royal College of General Practitioners · ENGLAND · Monthly · Founded 1990
British Journal of General Practice: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.92; subscription journal; median 140 days to acceptance (72 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 398 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
British Journal of General Practice is published by Royal College of General Practitioners 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 cost, quality, practices and Healthcare Policy and Management, together about 33.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
BJGP: an international journal publishing research, editorials, analysis, and clinical guidance for family practitioners and primary care researchers worldwide
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 Professions20.7%
- Healthcare cost, quality, practicesHealth Professions6.9%
- Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.2%
- Chronic Disease Management StrategiesMedicine6.1%
- Child and Adolescent HealthHealth Professions5.8%
- Healthcare Systems and TechnologyBusiness, Management and Accounting4.7%
- Healthcare Systems and ChallengesHealth Professions4.4%
- Empathy and Medical EducationMedicine3.7%
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 1 |
| 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
- 4.92LetPub ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.03LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.38LetPub ·
- h-index
- 90LetPub ·
- h-index
- 125OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,289OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.49OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 13.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 97.55%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 103LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 8,430 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 337 | 267 | 53 |
| 2025 | 398 | 332 | 472 |
| 2024 | 461 | 461 | 1,253 |
| 2023 | 465 | 465 | 1,964 |
| 2022 | 402 | 402 | 3,268 |
| 2021 | 376 | 376 | 5,353 |
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
140 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 93 days – 180 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 104 days (72 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 229 days
- Sample
- 72 articles with submission and acceptance dates (769 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 acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Open peer reviewPublisher website
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePeer review
- Peer review Peer review to publication
Each month the BJGP publishes eight to ten research articles in addition to editorials, letters, discussion, and analysis articles. Research articles are carefully peer reviewed using an open peer review system. We operate a paper-short/web-long publication strategy. Once accepted, full articles are posted online as fully citeable publications as soon as possible. A 1-page summary of the article, …
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Royal College of General Practitioners
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1990
- ISSN
- 0960-1643
- Electronic ISSN
- 1478-5242
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 76, Issue 770 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about British Journal of General Practice
What CAS zone is British Journal of General Practice in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, British Journal of General Practice 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 British Journal of General Practice?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.92; CiteScore 4.3, h-index 125.
How long does peer review take at British Journal of General Practice?
Based on the dates recorded on 72 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 140 days (interquartile range 93–180 days); the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 British Journal of General Practice?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, British Journal of General Practice is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is British Journal of General Practice open access, and what is the APC?
British Journal of General Practice is a subscription 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .