Journal profile · Medicine, General & Internal
Canadian Family Physician
ISSN 0008-350X · eISSN 1715-5258 · College of Family Physicians of Canada · CANADA · Monthly · Founded 1967
Canadian Family Physician: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.55; fully open access; review 4–8 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 253 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Canadian Family Physician is published by College of Family Physicians of Canada and is in Zone 4 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, Health, Medicine and Society and Healthcare Systems and Practices, together about 38.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Canadian Family Physician (CFP), a peer-reviewed medical journal, is the official publication of the College of Family Physicians of Canada. More about us
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 Professions22.3%
- Health, Medicine and SocietyHealth Professions9.2%
- Healthcare Systems and PracticesHealth Professions6.9%
- Global Health Workforce IssuesHealth Professions5.7%
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine4.7%
- Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.7%
- Clinical practice guidelines implementationMedicine4.3%
- Healthcare cost, quality, practicesHealth Professions3.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Primary Health Care | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Primary Health Care | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Primary Health Care | Zone 4 |
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
- 3.55LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.38LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.61LetPub ·
- h-index
- 56LetPub ·
- h-index
- 26OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 136OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.76OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 13.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.21%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 47LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,410 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 216 | 216 | 5 |
| 2025 | 253 | 253 | 193 |
| 2024 | 234 | 234 | 337 |
| 2023 | 263 | 263 | 736 |
| 2022 | 306 | 306 | 1,119 |
| 2021 | 428 | 428 | 1,643 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- 4–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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
- College of Family Physicians of Canada
- Country or region
- CANADA
- Language
- Multi-Language
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1967
- ISSN
- 0008-350X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1715-5258
- Society / sponsor
- College of Family Physicians of Canada
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 72, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Canadian Family Physician
What CAS zone is Canadian Family Physician in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Canadian Family Physician is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Medicine, General & Internal / Primary Health Care. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Canadian Family Physician?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.55; CiteScore 2.1, h-index 26.
How long does peer review take at Canadian Family Physician?
Authors report an average review time of 4–8 weeks; 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 Canadian Family Physician?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Canadian Family Physician is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Canadian Family Physician open access, and what is the APC?
Canadian Family Physician 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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .