Journal profile · PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
Family Medicine and Primary Care Review
ISSN 1734-3402 · eISSN 2449-8580 · Continuo · Poland
Family Medicine and Primary Care Review: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.3 (journal website); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 68 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Family Medicine and Primary Care Review is published by Continuo 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 Nutrition and Health Studies, Social Issues in Poland and Global Health Care Issues, together about 36% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The quarterly journal FAMILY MEDICINE & PRIMARY CARE REVIEW (ISSN 1734-3402, eISSN 2449-8580) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, open to researchers in family medicine, primary care and related fields, academic teachers, general practitioners/family doctors, and other primary health care professionals, as well as physicians-in-training, residents and medical students. The journal is also addressed to those who carry out experimental and epidemiological research in other disciplines. Our mission is to lay the foundations for cooperation and an exchange of ideas, information and experience in family medicine/primary care that could involve all of Central and Eastern Europe. This region lacks a journal dedicated to communities of scholars and professionals in these branches of medicine.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Poland 20, United Kingdom 4, Germany 4, United States 2, Brazil 2 (45 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Nutrition and Health StudiesMedicine15.9%
- Social Issues in PolandSocial Sciences11.4%
- Global Health Care IssuesHealth Professions8.7%
- Polish Legal and Social IssuesSocial Sciences7.4%
- Health, Work, and Social Studies in PolandPsychology5.7%
- Healthcare Systems and Public HealthMedicine4.2%
- Chronic Disease Management StrategiesMedicine4.1%
- Health, psychology, and well-beingHealth Professions3.5%
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.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EmbasePublisher website
Other: Integrated with Editorial Policies, EBSCO, Central European Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), MOST Wiedzy, Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Polish Medical Bibliography, Polish Scholarly Bibliography, Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory, WorldCat, Index Copernicus, ICMJE – International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Poland), Ulrich’s International Periodicals Directory
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)
- 0.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.18LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- h-index
- 17OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 59OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.39OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.57%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 68LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,279 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 48 | 48 | 0 |
| 2025 | 68 | 68 | 28 |
| 2024 | 74 | 74 | 47 |
| 2023 | 70 | 70 | 91 |
| 2022 | 60 | 60 | 147 |
| 2021 | 78 | 78 | 269 |
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)
- about 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 150 / PLN 675 | No | CC BY-NC-SA | |
| OpenAlex | PLN 800 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 150 / PLN 675 | No | — | |
| Publisher website | EUR 150 | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- EUR 150
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)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 200–250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Reference style
- Vancouver
Article types accepted9
- book/literature reviewsIn case of Reports, Letters to the Editor, Book/literature reviews, and Miscellaneous papers, some departures from these rules are acceptable (e.g. Summary is n…Length not stated
- letters to the editorIn case of Reports, Letters to the Editor, Book/literature reviews, and Miscellaneous papers, some departures from these rules are acceptable (e.g. Summary is n…Length not stated
- miscellaneous papersIn case of Reports, Letters to the Editor, Book/literature reviews, and Miscellaneous papers, some departures from these rules are acceptable (e.g. Summary is n…Length not stated
- original articlesWe publish original articles and review papers ordered by the editorial team, as well as national and international recommendations on the diagnosis, treatment …Length not stated
- original paperOriginal paperLength not stated
- recommendationsWe publish original articles and review papers ordered by the editorial team, as well as national and international recommendations on the diagnosis, treatment …Length not stated
- reportsIn case of Reports, Letters to the Editor, Book/literature reviews, and Miscellaneous papers, some departures from these rules are acceptable (e.g. Summary is n…Length not stated
- review paperReview paperLength not stated
- review papersWe publish original articles and review papers ordered by the editorial team, as well as national and international recommendations on the diagnosis, treatment …Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePeer review
- Peer review
Peer-reviewed scientific journal. Model summary
The quarterly journal FAMILY MEDICINE & PRIMARY CARE REVIEW is a peer-reviewed scientific journal
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
- Continuo
- Country or region
- Poland
- Language
- English, Polish
- ISSN
- 1734-3402
- Electronic ISSN
- 2449-8580
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 28 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- 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 Primary Care Review
What CAS zone is Family Medicine and Primary Care Review in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Family Medicine and Primary Care Review 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 Family Medicine and Primary Care Review?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.3; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.8, h-index 17.
How long does peer review take at Family Medicine and Primary Care Review?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 weeks. 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Family Medicine and Primary Care Review?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 200–250 words; Keywords: ≥ 3; Reference style: Vancouver. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Family Medicine and Primary Care Review based?
Of the 45 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Poland (20), United Kingdom (4) and Germany (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Family Medicine and Primary Care Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Family Medicine and Primary Care Review is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Embase; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Family Medicine and Primary Care Review open access, and what is the APC?
Family Medicine and Primary Care Review is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .