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Journal of Primary Care and Community Health is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 3.9), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Sage Periodicals Press.
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ISSN 2150-1319Verify ISSN ↗2150-1327Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Sage Periodicals Press
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community and Home Care | 6 / 40 | 86th | Q1 |
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | 259 / 725 | 64th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2010–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 3.9.
Journal of Primary Care and Community Health is Q1 in Community and Home Care (rank 6 of 40) and Q2 in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (rank 259 of 725), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Primary Care and Community Health 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 3.9, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 86th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.915, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 48.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,500 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 Primary Care and Community Health is published by Sage Periodicals Press. Its print ISSN is 2150-1319 and its online ISSN is 2150-1327.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Primary Care and Community Health has an h-index of 63 and a 2-year mean of 3.18 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.9, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #3 of 39 Scopus journals in Community and Home Care.
Journal of Primary Care and Community Health published 270 papers in 2025. 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 95 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (48.4%), United Kingdom (6.8%) and Australia (4%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 3 retracted papers are recorded (1.5 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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