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Journal of General and Family Medicine is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.3), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by John Wiley and Sons Inc.
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ISSN 2189-6577Verify ISSN ↗2189-7948Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Inc
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Family Practice | 23 / 59 | 61st | Q2 |
| Internal Medicine | 100 / 179 | 44th | Q3 |
| Geriatrics and Gerontology | 86 / 123 | 30th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2015–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.3.
Journal of General and Family Medicine is Q2 in Family Practice (rank 23 of 59), Q3 in Internal Medicine (rank 100 of 179) and Q3 in Geriatrics and Gerontology (rank 86 of 123), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of General and Family Medicine is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 2.3, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 61st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.480, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 22.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,600 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.
Journal of General and Family Medicine is published by John Wiley and Sons Inc. Its print ISSN is 2189-6577 and its online ISSN is 2189-7948.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of General and Family Medicine has an h-index of 28 and a 2-year mean of 1.13 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.3, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #28 of 55 Scopus journals in Family Practice.
Journal of General and Family Medicine published 112 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 149. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 87 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from Japan (81.2%), United States (6.7%) and Taiwan (1.7%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (1.7 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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