Journal profile
Revista Brasileira de Medicina de Familia e Comunidade
ISSN 1809-5909 · eISSN 2179-7994 · Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade · Brazil
Revista Brasileira de Medicina de Familia e Comunidade: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 78 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Revista Brasileira de Medicina de Familia e Comunidade is published by Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Health, Nursing, Elderly Care, Primary Care and Health Outcomes and Health and Medical Education, together about 50.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Health, Nursing, Elderly CareHealth Professions23.5%
- Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Professions18.1%
- Health and Medical EducationHealth Professions8.6%
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine5.8%
- Public Health in BrazilSocial Sciences4.2%
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine StudiesMedicine3.3%
- Patient-Provider Communication in HealthcareHealth Professions3.1%
- Global Health Workforce IssuesHealth Professions2.8%
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
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
LILACS, REDIB, Open Citations Index, Dimensions, Scite, Google Scholar (índice h5), PKP IndexPublisher website
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
- h-index
- 28OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 154OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.49OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,248 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 63 | 63 | 312 |
| 2025 | 78 | 78 | 461 |
| 2024 | 65 | 65 | 720 |
| 2023 | 67 | 67 | 822 |
| 2022 | 74 | 74 | 615 |
| 2021 | 62 | 62 | 632 |
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 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 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 | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- No page charges
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Not considered
- material suplementar
Article types accepted8
- artigos de pesquisaEsta seção inclui pesquisa original, ensaios e revisões. A pesquisa original pode usar métodos quantitativos, qualitativos ou mistos; os ensaios podem ser teóri…Length not stated
- artigos de revisão clínicaEsta seção inclui revisões narrativas para atualização da prática clínica.Length not stated
- cartas ao editorEsta seção publica comunicações breves discutindo artigos publicados pela RBMFC.Length not stated
- casos clínicosEsta seção publica artigos relatando casos clínicos que contribuam significativamente para o conhecimento médico, por exemplo indicando a necessidade de mudança…Length not stated
- documentos da sbmfcEsta seção publica documentos oficiais de colegiados ligados à Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade (SBMFC).Length not stated
- perspectivasEsta seção publica análises, reflexões, pontos de vista e discussões sobre temas pertinentes à medicina de família e comunidade e/ou atenção primária à saúdeLength not stated
- relatos de experiênciaEsta seção publica relatos de experiência em melhoria de qualidade na gestão da clínica ou educação médica na atenção primária à saúde, desde que contribuam sig…Length not stated
- resenhasEsta seção publica análises críticas de livros, filmes e demais produções, lançadas nos últimos 3 anos, no Brasil ou em outros países, relacionadas à medicina d…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access
Sem taxas de submissão ou publicação; custeada pela SBMFC. Model summary
A RBMFC não cobra taxas de publicação ou submissão, nem aceita publicidade; suas despesas são integralmente custeadas pela SBMFC.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer-reviewed journal published by the Brazilian Society of Family and Community Medicine. Model summary
A Revista Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade (RBMFC) é um periódico revisado por pares publicado pela Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade.
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
- Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- Portuguese
- ISSN
- 1809-5909
- Electronic ISSN
- 2179-7994
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Revista Brasileira de Medicina de Familia e Comunidade
How long does peer review take at Revista Brasileira de Medicina de Familia e Comunidade?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 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.
Which databases index Revista Brasileira de Medicina de Familia e Comunidade?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Revista Brasileira de Medicina de Familia e Comunidade is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Revista Brasileira de Medicina de Familia e Comunidade open access, and what is the APC?
Revista Brasileira de Medicina de Familia e Comunidade 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; 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: .