Journal profile · PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
Education for Primary Care
ISSN 1473-9879 · eISSN 1475-990X · Taylor & Francis
Education for Primary Care: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 141 days to acceptance (69 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 24% (journal website); 65 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Education for Primary Care is published by Taylor & Francis 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 Innovations in Medical Education, Primary Care and Health Outcomes and Global Health Workforce Issues, together about 46.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Education for Primary Care is a respected international academic journal with a global readership, publishing research into the education and training of healthcare professionals in primary care settings. Our aim is to support the implementation of best-evidence medical education relevant to primary care through: Publishing high-quality peer-reviewed primary care education research, being mindful of the context in which the research arises, and the journal's global readership Leading and informing debate by publishing Leading Articles from authoritative contributors on a range of relevant topics Disseminating cutting-edge practice through publishing peer-reviewed reports and evaluations of innovations in primary care education Sharing best educational practice by offering a forum for great ideas, through our Teaching Exchange section Publishing short reports of projects undertaken by students, trainees or early career health professionals, with an additional aim of supporting developing healthcare researchers Supporting implementation science through a range of practical articles Offering a space for review of appropriate educational books and other media, short reports and letters to the editor Creating a space for primary care educators from all disciplines, as individuals and as teams, to develop theri communities of practice through the entire conunuum of primary care education. All submitted manuscripts will be considered by the editorial team. Those manuscripts submitted as research articles or for inclusion in the innovation and evaluation section, and found suitable for further consideration, will be subject to peer review by at least two independent expert referees. All peer review is open and submission is online via https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tepc.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
Editor-in-chief Simon GayPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine24.7%
- Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Professions14.1%
- Global Health Workforce IssuesHealth Professions8.1%
- Interprofessional Education and CollaborationHealth Professions8%
- Empathy and Medical EducationMedicine5%
- Medical Education and AdmissionsMedicine4.7%
- Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic SkillsMedicine4.4%
- Diversity and Career in MedicineSocial Sciences3.8%
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 | 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 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEPubMedPublisher website
Other: Index Medicus, EBSCO, EBSCO Online, British Nursing Index (Online), Educational Research Abstracts Online, Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts (Online)
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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 (publisher) 2025
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.44LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.44Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.73LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.73Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 32OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 271OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.85OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 16.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 28.8%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 44LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 105,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,891 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 43 | 28 | 8 |
| 2025 | 65 | 36 | 43 |
| 2024 | 55 | 30 | 87 |
| 2023 | 54 | 36 | 173 |
| 2022 | 58 | 26 | 215 |
| 2021 | 72 | 35 | 387 |
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 Crossref · to
141 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 79 days – 245 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 30 days (69 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 178 days
- Sample
- 69 articles with submission and acceptance dates (126 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
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 24%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 10 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 42 daysPublisher 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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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 websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Education for Primary Care is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Open peer review; online submission via ScholarOne. Model summary
All peer review is open and submission is online via https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tepc.
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 1473-9879
- Electronic ISSN
- 1475-990X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 37, Issue 3-4 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Education for Primary Care
What CAS zone is Education for Primary Care in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Education for Primary Care is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category 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 Education for Primary Care?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.2 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.1, h-index 32.
How long does peer review take at Education for Primary Care?
Based on the dates recorded on 69 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 141 days (interquartile range 79–245 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 24%. 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 Education for Primary Care?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Education for Primary Care is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE and PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Education for Primary Care open access, and what is the APC?
Education for Primary Care is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .