Journal profile · Multiple
Family & Community Health
ISSN 0160-6379 · eISSN 1550-5057 · Wolters Kluwer Health
Family & Community Health: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.22; JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; 25 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Family & Community Health is published by Wolters Kluwer Health 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 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet and Primary Care and Health Outcomes, together about 22.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Monica L. WendelPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Food Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsHealth Professions9.5%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine6.8%
- Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Professions5.8%
- Public Health Policies and EducationHealth Professions5.6%
- Community Health and DevelopmentHealth Professions5.4%
- Health disparities and outcomesSocial Sciences5.4%
- Health Policy Implementation ScienceHealth Professions5.1%
- School Health and Nursing EducationHealth Professions4.7%
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 | Family Studies | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Family Studies | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | 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 | Family Studies | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · FAMILY STUDIES · rank 33/66
- JCR Q4 · PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH · rank 341/443
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
SSCIScopusLetPub
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
- 1.22LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.63LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.55LetPub ·
- h-index
- 70OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 771OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.68OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 17.02%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 27LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,494 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22 | 5 | 4 |
| 2025 | 25 | 8 | 49 |
| 2024 | 30 | 11 | 76 |
| 2023 | 37 | 21 | 160 |
| 2022 | 40 | 15 | 234 |
| 2021 | 22 | 6 | 384 |
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
Too few articlesOnly 8 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
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".
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wolters Kluwer Health
- ISSN
- 0160-6379
- Electronic ISSN
- 1550-5057
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 49, Issue 4 (December 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Family & Community Health
What CAS zone is Family & Community Health in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Family & Community Health is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Family Studies / Public, Environmental & Occupational Health. 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 Family & Community Health?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.22; CiteScore 2.6, h-index 70.
What JCR quartile is Family & Community Health in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2; by category, FAMILY STUDIES Q2 (33/66), PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH Q4 (341/443). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Medicine.
Which databases index Family & Community Health?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Family & Community Health is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Family & Community Health open access, and what is the APC?
Family & Community Health is a hybrid 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: .