Journal profile · PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
Family Medicine and Community Health
ISSN 2305-6983 · eISSN 2009-8774 · BMJ Publishing Group · United Kingdom
Family Medicine and Community Health: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.5 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 63 days to acceptance (10 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 8% (journal website); 35 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Family Medicine and Community Health is published by BMJ Publishing Group and is in Zone 3 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, Chronic Disease Management Strategies and Healthcare Systems and Reforms, together about 33.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Family Medicine and Community Health (FMCH) is a peer-reviewed, open access journal focusing on the topics of family medicine, general practice and community health. FMCH strives to be a leading international journal that promotes ‘Health Care for All’ through disseminating novel knowledge and best practices in primary care, family medicine, and community health. FMCH publishes original research, review, methodology, commentary, reflection, and case-study from the lens of population health. FMCH‘s Asian Focus section features reports of family medicine development in the Asia-pacific region. FMCH aims to be an exemplary forum for the timely communication of medical knowledge and skills with the goal of promoting improved health care through the practice of family and community-based medicine globally.FMCH aims to serve a diverse audience including researchers, educators, policymakers and leaders of family medicine and community health. We also aim to provide content relevant for researchers working on population health, epidemiology, public policy, disease control and management, preventative medicine and disease burden. FMCH does not impose any article processing charges (APC) or submission charges.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
Editor-in-chief Li LiPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Professions18.7%
- Chronic Disease Management StrategiesMedicine8%
- Healthcare Systems and ReformsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.1%
- Global Maternal and Child HealthMedicine5.9%
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine5.4%
- Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.9%
- Health Policy Implementation ScienceHealth Professions4%
- Diabetes Management and EducationMedicine4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Primary Health Care | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Primary Health Care | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Primary Health Care | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceMEDLINEPMCEmbasePublisher website
Other: Index Medicus, Google Scholar, Portico, Crossref
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)
- 4.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 6.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 6.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.15LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.53LetPub ·
- h-index
- 34OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 137OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.66OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 29LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 575 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 44 | 44 | 9 |
| 2025 | 35 | 35 | 129 |
| 2024 | 42 | 42 | 305 |
| 2023 | 31 | 31 | 487 |
| 2022 | 32 | 32 | 546 |
| 2021 | 48 | 48 | 805 |
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
63 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 52 days – 143 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 17 days (10 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 109 days
- Sample
- 10 articles with submission and acceptance dates (85 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)
- about 19 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 8%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 96 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 19 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC, CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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)
Article types accepted9
- communicationCommunicationLength not stated
- correspondenceCorrespondenceLength not stated
- editorial perspectiveEditorial PerspectiveLength not stated
- focus on asia pacificFocus on Asia PacificLength not stated
- letterLetterLength not stated
- original researchOriginal researchLength not stated
- research methods and reportingResearch methods and reportingLength not stated
- reviewReviewLength not stated
- systematic reviewSystematic reviewLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePeer review
- Peer review Peer Review Model
Double anonymised; the names of reviewers and authors are hidden from each other
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
- BMJ Publishing Group
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2305-6983
- Electronic ISSN
- 2009-8774
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Family Medicine and Community Health
What CAS zone is Family Medicine and Community Health in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Family Medicine and Community Health is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Primary Health Care. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Family Medicine and Community Health?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 4.5; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 6.7, h-index 34.
How long does peer review take at Family Medicine and Community Health?
Based on the dates recorded on 10 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 63 days (interquartile range 52–143 days); authors report an average review time of about 19 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 8% (2025). 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 Family Medicine and Community Health?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Family Medicine and Community Health is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, MEDLINE, PMC and Embase; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Family Medicine and Community Health open access, and what is the APC?
Family Medicine and Community Health is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .