African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine
Impact Factor & Key Scientometrics

African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine
Overview

Impact Factor

NA

H Index

31

Impact Factor

1.804

I. Basic Journal Info

Country

South Africa
Journal ISSN: 20712928, 20712936
Publisher: AOSIS (Pty) Ltd
History: 2009-2021
Journal Hompage: Link
How to Get Published:

Research Categories

Scope/Description:

The African Journal of Primary Health CareFamily Medicine PHCFM launched in 2008 is the official journal of WONCA World Organization of Family Doctors Africa Region. It provides a platform for scholarly exchange between family medicine and primary health care researchers and practitioners across Africa. It provides a contextual and holistic view of family medicine and primary health care as practised across the continent. The journal is indispensable to primary health care practitioners family medicine specialists and academics with an interest in the African continent and offers an engaging insight into the growth of these disciplines from a distinctly African perspective. PHCFM seeks to publish innovative research reviews country profiles editorials and opinion pieces on all aspects of primary health care and family medicine in the African context. The research includes primary care family practice sexual health oral health emergency care district health services rural health care health promotion prevention of disease and disability pain management and palliative care communityorientated primary care and the education and training of professionals and health workers in family medicine and primary health care.

II. Science Citation Report (SCR)



African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine
SCR Impact Factor

African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine
SCR Journal Ranking

African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine
SCImago SJR Rank

SCImago Journal Rank (SJR indicator) is a measure of scientific influence of scholarly journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from.

African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine
Scopus 2-Year Impact Factor Trend

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African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine
Scopus 3-Year Impact Factor Trend

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African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine
Scopus 4-Year Impact Factor Trend

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African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine
Impact Factor History

2-year 3-year 4-year
  • 2023 Impact Factor
    1.138 1.43 1.595
  • 2022 Impact Factor
    1.641 1.795 1.918
  • 2021 Impact Factor
    1.804 1.947 2.034
  • 2020 Impact Factor
    1.453 1.726 1.669
  • 2019 Impact Factor
    0.968 1.021 1.167
  • 2018 Impact Factor
    0.67 1 1.017
  • 2017 Impact Factor
    0.631 0.719 0.793
  • 2016 Impact Factor
    0.677 0.695 0.731
  • 2015 Impact Factor
    0.597 0.706 0.705
  • 2014 Impact Factor
    0.427 NA NA
  • 2013 Impact Factor
    0.458 NA NA
  • 2012 Impact Factor
    0.234 NA NA
  • 2011 Impact Factor
    0.138 NA NA
  • 2010 Impact Factor
    0.194 NA NA
  • 2009 Impact Factor
    0 NA NA
  • 2008 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2007 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2006 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2005 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2004 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2003 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2002 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2001 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2000 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
Note: impact factor data for reference only

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Impact Factor

Impact factor (IF) is a scientometric factor based on the yearly average number of citations on articles published by a particular journal in the last two years. A journal impact factor is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field. Find out more: What is a good impact factor?


III. Other Science Influence Indicators

Any impact factor or scientometric indicator alone will not give you the full picture of a science journal. There are also other factors such as H-Index, Self-Citation Ratio, SJR, SNIP, etc. Researchers may also consider the practical aspect of a journal such as publication fees, acceptance rate, review speed. (Learn More)

African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine
H-Index

The h-index is an author-level metric that attempts to measure both the productivity and citation impact of the publications of a scientist or scholar. The index is based on the set of the scientist's most cited papers and the number of citations that they have received in other publications

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African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine
H-Index History