Journal profile · PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
Journal of Primary Health Care
ISSN 1172-6164 · eISSN 1172-6156 · CSIRO Publishing · Australia · 4 issues per year · Founded 2009
Journal of Primary Health Care: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 84 days to acceptance (96 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: 48%; 73 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Primary Health Care is published by CSIRO Publishing 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, Global Health Workforce Issues and Diabetes Management and Education, together about 29.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Primary Health Care is focused on the science of primary health care, informed clinical practices and policy decisions relevant to New Zealand, Australia and Pacific Island nations.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
Editor-in-chief Felicity Goodyear-SmithPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Professions17.9%
- Global Health Workforce IssuesHealth Professions6.8%
- Diabetes Management and EducationMedicine4.7%
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine4.6%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.6%
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient OutcomesMedicine4.5%
- Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.4%
- Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance DevicesEngineering4.4%
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
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
- 2.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.39LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.44LetPub ·
- h-index
- 39OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 307OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.77OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 18.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 16LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,416 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 46 | 46 | 11 |
| 2025 | 73 | 73 | 98 |
| 2024 | 80 | 80 | 243 |
| 2023 | 68 | 68 | 249 |
| 2022 | 79 | 79 | 341 |
| 2021 | 65 | 65 | 331 |
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
84 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 61 days – 113 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 33 days (44 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 111 days
- Sample
- 96 articles with submission and acceptance dates (157 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 28 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 48%LetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 28 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePeer review
- Peer review
Format-free submission Model summary
Format-free submission Submit in the format of your choice with format-free submission.
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
- CSIRO Publishing
- Country or region
- Australia
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- 4 issues per year
- Founded
- 2009
- ISSN
- 1172-6164
- Electronic ISSN
- 1172-6156
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 18, Issue 2 (June 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- 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 Journal of Primary Health Care
What CAS zone is Journal of Primary Health Care in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Primary Health Care 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.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Primary Health Care?
Based on the dates recorded on 96 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 84 days (interquartile range 61–113 days); authors report an average review time of about 28 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “48%”. 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 Journal of Primary Health Care?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Primary Health Care is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Primary Health Care open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Primary Health Care 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, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .