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SCImago
Q1
WOS
Q1
Impact factor
2.6
SJR
1.073
CiteScore
4.1
Categories
Family Practice
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Areas
Medicine
Years of issue
2022-2025
journal names
BMC Primary Care
BMC PRIM CARE
Publications
1 451
Citations
5 946
h-index
24
Publications
1 451
Citations
5 815
Top-3 citing journals
BMC Primary Care
BMC Primary Care (271 citations)
BMJ Open
BMJ Open (135 citations)
Top-3 organizations
Top-3 countries
Canada (124 publications)
USA (119 publications)
United Kingdom (111 publications)

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Citing journals

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BMC Primary Care
271 citations, 4.56%
BMC Health Services Research
159 citations, 2.67%
BMJ Open
135 citations, 2.27%
Frontiers in Public Health
118 citations, 1.98%
Healthcare
117 citations, 1.97%
PLoS ONE
106 citations, 1.78%
Cureus
99 citations, 1.66%
BMC Public Health
92 citations, 1.55%
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
75 citations, 1.26%
Scientific Reports
61 citations, 1.03%
Journal of Medical Internet Research
47 citations, 0.79%
BMC Nursing
42 citations, 0.71%
BMC Medical Education
41 citations, 0.69%
Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care
37 citations, 0.62%
Journal of Clinical Medicine
36 citations, 0.61%
Antibiotics
34 citations, 0.57%
Frontiers in Medicine
34 citations, 0.57%
Family Practice
34 citations, 0.57%
Journal of primary care & community health
31 citations, 0.52%
Health Expectations
30 citations, 0.5%
Journal of General Internal Medicine
26 citations, 0.44%
BMC Geriatrics
25 citations, 0.42%
Patient Education and Counseling
25 citations, 0.42%
Vaccines
24 citations, 0.4%
Nutrients
23 citations, 0.39%
European Journal of General Practice
23 citations, 0.39%
JAMA network open
22 citations, 0.37%
Patient Preference and Adherence
20 citations, 0.34%
Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy
20 citations, 0.34%
Frontiers in Pharmacology
19 citations, 0.32%
Digital Health
19 citations, 0.32%
Frontiers in Health Services
19 citations, 0.32%
Frontiers in Psychiatry
18 citations, 0.3%
Risk Management and Healthcare Policy
17 citations, 0.29%
British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
17 citations, 0.29%
International Journal for Equity in Health
17 citations, 0.29%
Medicina
17 citations, 0.29%
Journal of Advanced Nursing
17 citations, 0.29%
BMJ Quality and Safety
16 citations, 0.27%
Zeitschrift fur Allgemeinmedizin
16 citations, 0.27%
Medicine (United States)
16 citations, 0.27%
Heliyon
16 citations, 0.27%
Health Science Reports
16 citations, 0.27%
Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare
15 citations, 0.25%
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
15 citations, 0.25%
Health Policy
15 citations, 0.25%
Geriatric Nursing
15 citations, 0.25%
Diagnostics
15 citations, 0.25%
BMJ
15 citations, 0.25%
Telemedicine Journal and e-Health
14 citations, 0.24%
BMC Psychiatry
14 citations, 0.24%
Archives of Public Health
14 citations, 0.24%
Journal of Affective Disorders
14 citations, 0.24%
JMIR Formative Research
14 citations, 0.24%
BMC Palliative Care
13 citations, 0.22%
Frontiers in Psychology
13 citations, 0.22%
Social Science and Medicine
13 citations, 0.22%
Journal of Clinical Nursing
13 citations, 0.22%
PLOS Global Public Health
13 citations, 0.22%
Discover Health Systems
13 citations, 0.22%
The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific
13 citations, 0.22%
SSM - Health Systems
13 citations, 0.22%
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
12 citations, 0.2%
Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
12 citations, 0.2%
npj Digital Medicine
12 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
12 citations, 0.2%
BMC psychology
11 citations, 0.18%
Disability and Rehabilitation
11 citations, 0.18%
International Journal of Nursing Studies
11 citations, 0.18%
Healthcare Management Forum
11 citations, 0.18%
Zeitschrift fur Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualitat im Gesundheitswesen
11 citations, 0.18%
Family Medicine and Community Health
11 citations, 0.18%
International Journal of Medical Informatics
10 citations, 0.17%
Primary Care Diabetes
10 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice
10 citations, 0.17%
Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy
10 citations, 0.17%
Behavioral Sciences
10 citations, 0.17%
BMC Medicine
10 citations, 0.17%
Nursing Reports
10 citations, 0.17%
Frontiers in Digital Health
10 citations, 0.17%
Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
9 citations, 0.15%
International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy
9 citations, 0.15%
Public Health
9 citations, 0.15%
Age and Ageing
9 citations, 0.15%
Health Research Policy and Systems
9 citations, 0.15%
Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics
9 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Interprofessional Care
9 citations, 0.15%
Children
9 citations, 0.15%
JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
9 citations, 0.15%
Pharmacy
9 citations, 0.15%
JMIR Research Protocols
9 citations, 0.15%
Discover Public Health
9 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Personalized Medicine
8 citations, 0.13%
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
8 citations, 0.13%
European Geriatric Medicine
8 citations, 0.13%
Implementation Science
8 citations, 0.13%
Sustainability
8 citations, 0.13%
Frontiers in Endocrinology
8 citations, 0.13%
Obesity Surgery
8 citations, 0.13%
JMIR Medical Informatics
8 citations, 0.13%
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Springer Nature
1585 citations, 26.66%
Elsevier
796 citations, 13.39%
MDPI
523 citations, 8.8%
Wiley
418 citations, 7.03%
Taylor & Francis
350 citations, 5.89%
Frontiers Media S.A.
295 citations, 4.96%
SAGE
265 citations, 4.46%
BMJ
233 citations, 3.92%
Oxford University Press
158 citations, 2.66%
JMIR Publications
155 citations, 2.61%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
134 citations, 2.25%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
120 citations, 2.02%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
105 citations, 1.77%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
42 citations, 0.71%
Research Square Platform LLC
40 citations, 0.67%
American Medical Association (AMA)
33 citations, 0.55%
Emerald
27 citations, 0.45%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
26 citations, 0.44%
Mary Ann Liebert
24 citations, 0.4%
SciELO
24 citations, 0.4%
IGI Global
21 citations, 0.35%
Cambridge University Press
20 citations, 0.34%
Baishideng Publishing Group
16 citations, 0.27%
AOSIS
16 citations, 0.27%
Medknow
15 citations, 0.25%
CSIRO Publishing
15 citations, 0.25%
Walter de Gruyter
13 citations, 0.22%
Mark Allen Group
13 citations, 0.22%
F1000 Research
13 citations, 0.22%
Brieflands
11 citations, 0.18%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
8 citations, 0.13%
IntechOpen
8 citations, 0.13%
Apex Publishing
8 citations, 0.13%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
7 citations, 0.12%
AME Publishing Company
7 citations, 0.12%
Silicea - Poligraf, LLC
7 citations, 0.12%
Ubiquity Press
7 citations, 0.12%
Media Sphere Publishing House
7 citations, 0.12%
S. Karger AG
6 citations, 0.1%
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
5 citations, 0.08%
American Academy of Pediatrics
5 citations, 0.08%
Scientific Research Publishing
5 citations, 0.08%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
5 citations, 0.08%
South Florida Publishing LLC
5 citations, 0.08%
Federal Scientific Center for Hygiene F.F.Erisman
5 citations, 0.08%
AMO Publisher
5 citations, 0.08%
Impact Journals
4 citations, 0.07%
Massachusetts Medical Society
4 citations, 0.07%
Royal College of Psychiatrists
4 citations, 0.07%
Association of Military Surgeons of the US
4 citations, 0.07%
Hindawi Limited
4 citations, 0.07%
Remedium, Ltd.
4 citations, 0.07%
Scientific Scholar
4 citations, 0.07%
American Society for Microbiology
3 citations, 0.05%
AIP Publishing
3 citations, 0.05%
PeerJ
3 citations, 0.05%
Edizioni Minerva Medica
3 citations, 0.05%
IOP Publishing
3 citations, 0.05%
The Endocrine Society
3 citations, 0.05%
Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishing
3 citations, 0.05%
CMA Impact Inc.
3 citations, 0.05%
CAIRN
3 citations, 0.05%
RCNi
3 citations, 0.05%
Hogrefe Publishing Group
3 citations, 0.05%
Hans Publishers
3 citations, 0.05%
2 citations, 0.03%
Associacao Brasileira de Enfermagem
2 citations, 0.03%
American Speech Language Hearing Association
2 citations, 0.03%
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
2 citations, 0.03%
Societe Francaise de Sante Publique
2 citations, 0.03%
Nucleo de Comunicacao, Fundacao UNI
2 citations, 0.03%
Academic Journals
2 citations, 0.03%
Knowledge E DMCC
2 citations, 0.03%
PAGEPress Publications
2 citations, 0.03%
American Psychiatric Association Publishing
2 citations, 0.03%
SLACK
2 citations, 0.03%
Japan Society of Nursing Research
2 citations, 0.03%
IMR Press
1 citation, 0.02%
World Scientific
1 citation, 0.02%
IOS Press
1 citation, 0.02%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
1 citation, 0.02%
EDP Sciences
1 citation, 0.02%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
1 citation, 0.02%
King Saud University
1 citation, 0.02%
American Diabetes Association
1 citation, 0.02%
Springer Publishing Company
1 citation, 0.02%
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
1 citation, 0.02%
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
1 citation, 0.02%
Index Copernicus
1 citation, 0.02%
Spandidos Publications
1 citation, 0.02%
ifmbe proceedings
1 citation, 0.02%
Society of Nuclear Medicine
1 citation, 0.02%
Eco-Vector LLC
1 citation, 0.02%
Fuji Technology Press
1 citation, 0.02%
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
1 citation, 0.02%
Tissue Viability Society
1 citation, 0.02%
North-Eastern Federal University
1 citation, 0.02%
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1 citation, 0.02%
Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC)
1 citation, 0.02%
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University of Toronto
55 publications, 3.79%
French Institute of Health and Medical Research
34 publications, 2.34%
University of Sydney
30 publications, 2.07%
Ghent University
28 publications, 1.93%
University of Copenhagen
25 publications, 1.72%
Université de Montréal
24 publications, 1.65%
Maastricht University
23 publications, 1.59%
University of New South Wales
22 publications, 1.52%
Université de Sherbrooke
22 publications, 1.52%
Université Laval
22 publications, 1.52%
University of Ottawa
22 publications, 1.52%
University of Southern Denmark
21 publications, 1.45%
McGill University
21 publications, 1.45%
University of British Columbia
21 publications, 1.45%
Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research
21 publications, 1.45%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
20 publications, 1.38%
University of Melbourne
20 publications, 1.38%
Monash University
20 publications, 1.38%
University of Oxford
19 publications, 1.31%
University Medical Center Utrecht
19 publications, 1.31%
King's College London
18 publications, 1.24%
University of Queensland
18 publications, 1.24%
Queen's University at Kingston
18 publications, 1.24%
Karolinska Institute
17 publications, 1.17%
Dalhousie University
17 publications, 1.17%
Leiden University Medical Center
17 publications, 1.17%
Amsterdam University Medical Center
17 publications, 1.17%
Western University
17 publications, 1.17%
McMaster University
16 publications, 1.1%
Institut Català de la Salut
16 publications, 1.1%
Memorial University of Newfoundland
16 publications, 1.1%
Peking University
15 publications, 1.03%
Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre
15 publications, 1.03%
Lund University
14 publications, 0.96%
University of Gothenburg
14 publications, 0.96%
La Trobe University
14 publications, 0.96%
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
14 publications, 0.96%
University Hospital Heidelberg
13 publications, 0.9%
University of California, Los Angeles
13 publications, 0.9%
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
13 publications, 0.9%
University of Calgary
13 publications, 0.9%
University of Alberta
13 publications, 0.9%
Queen Mary University of London
12 publications, 0.83%
University of California, San Francisco
12 publications, 0.83%
Erasmus University Medical Center
12 publications, 0.83%
University of Exeter
12 publications, 0.83%
University of Limerick
12 publications, 0.83%
Uppsala University
11 publications, 0.76%
University of Lausanne
11 publications, 0.76%
Capital Medical University
11 publications, 0.76%
Aarhus University
11 publications, 0.76%
University of Bergen
11 publications, 0.76%
National University of Singapore
11 publications, 0.76%
University of Bristol
11 publications, 0.76%
Hannover Medical School
11 publications, 0.76%
University Medical Center Groningen
11 publications, 0.76%
University of Manitoba
11 publications, 0.76%
Duke-NUS Medical School
11 publications, 0.76%
University of Antwerp
10 publications, 0.69%
Flinders University
10 publications, 0.69%
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
10 publications, 0.69%
Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol
10 publications, 0.69%
University of Malaya
9 publications, 0.62%
Sun Yat-sen University
9 publications, 0.62%
University College London
9 publications, 0.62%
Aalborg University
9 publications, 0.62%
University of Cambridge
9 publications, 0.62%
Macquarie University
9 publications, 0.62%
Bond University
9 publications, 0.62%
Harvard University
9 publications, 0.62%
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
9 publications, 0.62%
Philipps University of Marburg
9 publications, 0.62%
University of Amsterdam
9 publications, 0.62%
University of Porto
9 publications, 0.62%
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública
9 publications, 0.62%
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
8 publications, 0.55%
Iran University of Medical Sciences
8 publications, 0.55%
Tel Aviv University
8 publications, 0.55%
University of Basel
8 publications, 0.55%
Autonomous University of Barcelona
8 publications, 0.55%
Imperial College London
8 publications, 0.55%
University of Oslo
8 publications, 0.55%
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
8 publications, 0.55%
The George Institute for Global Health
8 publications, 0.55%
Boston University
8 publications, 0.55%
University of Washington
8 publications, 0.55%
Queen's University Belfast
8 publications, 0.55%
Cologne University Hospital
8 publications, 0.55%
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
8 publications, 0.55%
Instituto de Salud Carlos III
8 publications, 0.55%
University of Galway
8 publications, 0.55%
Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier
8 publications, 0.55%
Université de Rennes
8 publications, 0.55%
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
7 publications, 0.48%
Technical University of Munich
7 publications, 0.48%
University of Helsinki
7 publications, 0.48%
Western Sydney University
7 publications, 0.48%
Nanyang Technological University
7 publications, 0.48%
Maastricht University Medical Center+
7 publications, 0.48%
University of Edinburgh
7 publications, 0.48%
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Canada, 124, 8.55%
Canada
124 publications, 8.55%
USA, 119, 8.2%
USA
119 publications, 8.2%
United Kingdom, 111, 7.65%
United Kingdom
111 publications, 7.65%
Australia, 99, 6.82%
Australia
99 publications, 6.82%
Netherlands, 83, 5.72%
Netherlands
83 publications, 5.72%
Germany, 78, 5.38%
Germany
78 publications, 5.38%
China, 68, 4.69%
China
68 publications, 4.69%
Belgium, 45, 3.1%
Belgium
45 publications, 3.1%
France, 43, 2.96%
France
43 publications, 2.96%
Sweden, 43, 2.96%
Sweden
43 publications, 2.96%
Denmark, 38, 2.62%
Denmark
38 publications, 2.62%
Spain, 38, 2.62%
Spain
38 publications, 2.62%
Iran, 32, 2.21%
Iran
32 publications, 2.21%
Japan, 29, 2%
Japan
29 publications, 2%
Norway, 28, 1.93%
Norway
28 publications, 1.93%
Singapore, 23, 1.59%
Singapore
23 publications, 1.59%
Switzerland, 22, 1.52%
Switzerland
22 publications, 1.52%
Ireland, 19, 1.31%
Ireland
19 publications, 1.31%
South Africa, 15, 1.03%
South Africa
15 publications, 1.03%
Malaysia, 13, 0.9%
Malaysia
13 publications, 0.9%
Portugal, 11, 0.76%
Portugal
11 publications, 0.76%
India, 11, 0.76%
India
11 publications, 0.76%
Ethiopia, 10, 0.69%
Ethiopia
10 publications, 0.69%
Israel, 9, 0.62%
Israel
9 publications, 0.62%
Italy, 9, 0.62%
Italy
9 publications, 0.62%
Nigeria, 9, 0.62%
Nigeria
9 publications, 0.62%
Thailand, 9, 0.62%
Thailand
9 publications, 0.62%
Finland, 9, 0.62%
Finland
9 publications, 0.62%
Poland, 8, 0.55%
Poland
8 publications, 0.55%
Brazil, 7, 0.48%
Brazil
7 publications, 0.48%
Saudi Arabia, 7, 0.48%
Saudi Arabia
7 publications, 0.48%
Uganda, 7, 0.48%
Uganda
7 publications, 0.48%
Ghana, 6, 0.41%
Ghana
6 publications, 0.41%
Greece, 6, 0.41%
Greece
6 publications, 0.41%
Republic of Korea, 6, 0.41%
Republic of Korea
6 publications, 0.41%
Hungary, 5, 0.34%
Hungary
5 publications, 0.34%
Lebanon, 5, 0.34%
Lebanon
5 publications, 0.34%
Slovenia, 5, 0.34%
Slovenia
5 publications, 0.34%
Austria, 4, 0.28%
Austria
4 publications, 0.28%
Qatar, 4, 0.28%
Qatar
4 publications, 0.28%
Colombia, 4, 0.28%
Colombia
4 publications, 0.28%
New Zealand, 4, 0.28%
New Zealand
4 publications, 0.28%
Armenia, 3, 0.21%
Armenia
3 publications, 0.21%
Vietnam, 3, 0.21%
Vietnam
3 publications, 0.21%
Egypt, 3, 0.21%
Egypt
3 publications, 0.21%
Kenya, 3, 0.21%
Kenya
3 publications, 0.21%
Malawi, 3, 0.21%
Malawi
3 publications, 0.21%
Pakistan, 3, 0.21%
Pakistan
3 publications, 0.21%
Tanzania, 3, 0.21%
Tanzania
3 publications, 0.21%
Russia, 2, 0.14%
Russia
2 publications, 0.14%
Bulgaria, 2, 0.14%
Bulgaria
2 publications, 0.14%
Indonesia, 2, 0.14%
Indonesia
2 publications, 0.14%
Jordan, 2, 0.14%
Jordan
2 publications, 0.14%
Cyprus, 2, 0.14%
Cyprus
2 publications, 0.14%
Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2, 0.14%
Democratic Republic of the Congo
2 publications, 0.14%
Lithuania, 2, 0.14%
Lithuania
2 publications, 0.14%
Luxembourg, 2, 0.14%
Luxembourg
2 publications, 0.14%
Nepal, 2, 0.14%
Nepal
2 publications, 0.14%
UAE, 2, 0.14%
UAE
2 publications, 0.14%
Palestine, 2, 0.14%
Palestine
2 publications, 0.14%
Turkey, 2, 0.14%
Turkey
2 publications, 0.14%
Fiji, 2, 0.14%
Fiji
2 publications, 0.14%
Chile, 2, 0.14%
Chile
2 publications, 0.14%
Ukraine, 1, 0.07%
Ukraine
1 publication, 0.07%
Estonia, 1, 0.07%
Estonia
1 publication, 0.07%
Argentina, 1, 0.07%
Argentina
1 publication, 0.07%
Afghanistan, 1, 0.07%
Afghanistan
1 publication, 0.07%
Bolivia, 1, 0.07%
Bolivia
1 publication, 0.07%
Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1, 0.07%
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1 publication, 0.07%
Zambia, 1, 0.07%
Zambia
1 publication, 0.07%
Zimbabwe, 1, 0.07%
Zimbabwe
1 publication, 0.07%
Cameroon, 1, 0.07%
Cameroon
1 publication, 0.07%
Cuba, 1, 0.07%
Cuba
1 publication, 0.07%
Kuwait, 1, 0.07%
Kuwait
1 publication, 0.07%
Latvia, 1, 0.07%
Latvia
1 publication, 0.07%
Malta, 1, 0.07%
Malta
1 publication, 0.07%
Moldova, 1, 0.07%
Moldova
1 publication, 0.07%
Romania, 1, 0.07%
Romania
1 publication, 0.07%
North Macedonia, 1, 0.07%
North Macedonia
1 publication, 0.07%
Serbia, 1, 0.07%
Serbia
1 publication, 0.07%
Sudan, 1, 0.07%
Sudan
1 publication, 0.07%
Trinidad and Tobago, 1, 0.07%
Trinidad and Tobago
1 publication, 0.07%
Tunisia, 1, 0.07%
Tunisia
1 publication, 0.07%
Sri Lanka, 1, 0.07%
Sri Lanka
1 publication, 0.07%
Jamaica, 1, 0.07%
Jamaica
1 publication, 0.07%
Kosovo, 1, 0.07%
Kosovo
1 publication, 0.07%
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