Journal profile · Medicine-Family Practice
Huisarts en Wetenschap
ISSN 0018-7070 · eISSN 1876-5912 · Bohn Stafleu van Loghum B.V · 12 issues per year
Huisarts en Wetenschap: subscription journal; review about 6 days (submission to first decision, publisher); indexed in Scopus.
The latest issue on the journal's website is from December 2024 (Volume 67, Issue 12): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Huisarts en Wetenschap is published by Bohn Stafleu van Loghum B.V. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Clinical practice guidelines implementation, Dutch Social and Cultural Studies and Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention, together about 38.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
From 1 January 2025, Huisarts & Wetenschap will be published by the NHG in Utrecht, see, see: https://www.henw.org/abonneren ------------------------ Dit maandelijks verschijnend tijdschrift van het Nederlands Huisartsen Genootschap (NHG) geeft informatie die een bijdrage levert aan het wetenschappelijk fundament van de huisartsgeneeskunde. Het tijdschrift publiceert de NHG-standaarden, nascholingsrubrieken, verslagen van onderzoeksresultaten, epidemiologische berichten, literatuur- en boekbesprekingen en een NHG-katern. Elke rubriek is sterk gericht op de praktijk van de huisarts. De leden van het Nederlands Huisartsen Genootschap ontvangen het tijdschrift uit hoofde van hun lidmaatschap.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Family Practice
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Clinical practice guidelines implementationMedicine14.6%
- Dutch Social and Cultural StudiesSocial Sciences12.5%
- Health Promotion and Cardiovascular PreventionMedicine11.9%
- Medical Research and PracticesHealth Professions8.3%
- Mental Health and PsychiatryArts and Humanities4.8%
- Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Professions3.8%
- Chronic Disease Management StrategiesMedicine3.4%
- Emergency and Acute Care StudiesMedicine3.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EmbasePublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic Scholar
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.01LetPub ·
- h-index
- 22OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 112OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.12OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2024
- 117,900Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 8,315 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 144 | 16 | 17 |
| 2023 | 168 | 29 | 24 |
| 2022 | 187 | 42 | 43 |
| 2021 | 251 | 54 | 74 |
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
- Submission to first decision
- 6 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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Bohn Stafleu van Loghum B.V
- Frequency
- 12 issues per year
- ISSN
- 0018-7070
- Electronic ISSN
- 1876-5912
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 67, Issue 12 (December 2024)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Huisarts en Wetenschap
How long does peer review take at Huisarts en Wetenschap?
The publisher reports about 6 days (submission to first decision); first decisions include desk rejections. 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 Huisarts en Wetenschap?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Huisarts en Wetenschap is indexed in Scopus. The journal's website also lists Embase; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Huisarts en Wetenschap open access, and what is the APC?
Huisarts en Wetenschap is a subscription 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: .