Journal profile · Medicine, General & Internal
Family Practice
ISSN 0263-2136 · eISSN 1460-2229 · Oxford University Press · ENGLAND · Bimonthly · Founded 1984
Family Practice: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.86; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,892; review 4–8 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 116 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Family Practice is published by Oxford University Press 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, Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare and Chronic Disease Management Strategies, together about 31.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Family Practice is an international journal aimed at practitioners, teachers, and researchers in the fields of family medicine, general practice, and primary care in both developed and developing countries. Family Practice offers its readership an international view of the problems and preoccupations in the field, while providing a medium of instruction and exploration. The journal's range and content covers such areas as health care delivery, epidemiology, public health, and clinical case studies. The journal aims to be interdisciplinary and contributions from other disciplines of medicine and social science are always welcomed.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Medicine, General & Internal
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Professions17.3%
- Patient-Provider Communication in HealthcareHealth Professions8.1%
- Chronic Disease Management StrategiesMedicine6.2%
- Healthcare Systems and TechnologyBusiness, Management and Accounting5%
- Interprofessional Education and CollaborationHealth Professions4.4%
- Mental Health Treatment and AccessPsychology4.4%
- Patient Satisfaction in HealthcareHealth Professions4.2%
- Diabetes Management and EducationMedicine4.1%
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 3 |
| 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 3 |
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 3 |
| Minor | Primary Health Care | Zone 3 |
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
- 1.86LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.02LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.08LetPub ·
- h-index
- 91LetPub ·
- h-index
- 150OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,809OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.64OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 42.59%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 82LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,551 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 70 | 41 | 7 |
| 2025 | 116 | 66 | 161 |
| 2024 | 83 | 65 | 274 |
| 2023 | 127 | 92 | 658 |
| 2022 | 147 | 82 | 1,451 |
| 2021 | 185 | 95 | 3,165 |
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)
- Fairly 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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,892 | — | — |
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
- Oxford University Press
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1984
- ISSN
- 0263-2136
- Electronic ISSN
- 1460-2229
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Family Practice
What CAS zone is Family Practice in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Family Practice is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 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 Family Practice?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.86; CiteScore 5.2, h-index 150.
How long does peer review take at Family Practice?
Authors report an average review time of 4–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly 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 Family Practice?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Family Practice is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Family Practice open access, and what is the APC?
Family Practice is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,892.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .