Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care is an international online open access journal publishing articles with relevance to general practice and primary health care. Focusing on the continuous professional development in family medicine the journal addresses clinical, epidemiological and humanistic topics in relation to the daily clinical practice.
Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care is owned by the members of the National Colleges of General Practice in the five Nordic countries through the Nordic Federation of General Practice (NFGP). The journal includes original research on topics related to general practice and family medicine, and publishes both quantitative and qualitative original research, editorials, discussion and analysis papers and reviews to facilitate continuing professional development in family medicine. The journal's topics range broadly and include:
• Clinical family medicine • Epidemiological research • Qualitative research • Health services research.
All research articles published in the journal have undergone a thorough peer-review, involving initial editor screening and review by at least two anonymous referees.
As this is an Open Access (OA) journal, you can publish your research so it is free to access online as soon as it is published, meaning anyone can read (and cite) your work. Please see our guide to Open Access for more information. Many funders mandate publishing your research open access; you can check open access funder policies and mandates here.
Journal metrics
Usage
389K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
1.9 (2023) Impact Factor
Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
2.5 (2023) 5 year IF
3.2 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.848 (2023) SNIP
0.663 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
44 days avg. from submission to first
decision
97 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
14 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
42% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors
who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication.
However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s
quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it
should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to
support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside
other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its
readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In
addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and
never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year
and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of
the following metrics
(find out why).
Usage:
the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users
of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the
nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles published in the
journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
Editor-in-Chief Anna Nager - Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Editorial Board Denmark Peter Haastrup - University of Southern Denmark, Denmark Linda Huibers - Research Unit for General Practice, Aarhus, Denmark Iceland Margrét Ólafía - University of Iceland, Iceland Hálfdán Pétursson - University of Iceland, Iceland Norway Torunn Bjerve Eide - University of Oslo, Norway May-Lill Johansen - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway Torsten Risør - University of Copenhagen and The Arctic University, Tromsø, Norway Finland Mikael Ekblad - University of Turku, Finland Frida Gyllenberg - Helsingfors University, Finland Sweden Jörgen Månsson - University of Gothenburg, Sweden Veronica Milos Nymberg – Lund University, Sweden Hans Thulesius - Linneaus and Lund University, Sweden
Abstracting and indexing
The Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care is indexed/tracked/covered by the following services:
AgBiotechNet (CABI) Applied Social Science Index Abstracts Biological Abstracts CAB Abstracts (CABI) Cumulative Index to Nursing Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) Current Contents - Clinical Medicine (Clarivate Analytics) Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) Emcare (Elsevier) Environmental Science Database (CABI) Grasslands and Forage Abstracts (CABI) Global Health (CABI) Index Medicus (NLM) Inventory of Marriage and Family Literature (IMFL) MEDLINE (NLM) Nutrition Abstracts and Review Series B: Livestock Feeds and Feeding (CABI) Nutrition Research Newsletter Open Access Journals Integrated Service System Project (GoOA) Ornamental Horticulture (CABI) PEDro Plant Growth Regulator Abstracts (CABI) Psychological Abstracts PsycINFO PubMed (NLM) PubMed Central (NLM) Research Alert and SciSearch Science Citation Index Expanded (Clarivate Analytics) Scopus (Elsevier)
Open access
Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care is an open access journal and only publishes open access articles. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
To publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis. Discounts and waivers may also be available for researchers in selected countries when publishing in open access journals.
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