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2000–2021
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BMC Family Practice
BMC Family Practice is not currently indexed in Scopus, DOAJ. Published by BioMed Central Ltd.
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ISSN 1471-2296Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: BioMed Central Ltd
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Quick answers
Is BMC Family Practice indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2000–2021).
What is the impact factor of BMC Family Practice?
BMC Family Practice has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
How much does it cost to publish in BMC Family Practice?
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,790 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Who publishes BMC Family Practice and what is its ISSN?
BMC Family Practice is published by BioMed Central Ltd. Its ISSN is 1471-2296.
Is BMC Family Practice in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is BMC Family Practice open access?
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed BMC Family Practice for 22 years, between 2000 and 2021. Coverage ended in 2021, 5 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 4,541 works and 118,867 citations for the title. Its most recent paper is from 2021, in line with the end of Scopus coverage in 2021, which suggests the journal stopped publishing around then.
How well cited is BMC Family Practice? — open metrics via OpenAlex
BMC Family Practice has an h-index of 130 and a 2-year mean of 3.45 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
130
h-index
3.45
2-yr mean citations
2,605
i10-index
4,541
works indexed
118,867
total citations
Publication fee · open access list price, US$
US$2,790
BMC Family Practice published 454 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-10-14.
Who publishes in BMC Family Practice? — latest 97 articles, 2026
In its latest 97 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (14.3%), Türkiye (11.3%) and United Kingdom (8.9%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Are there integrity warnings for BMC Family Practice? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2021. 4 retracted papers are recorded (0.9 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2021
- Retracted papers 4 · 0.9 per 1,000 papers
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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