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Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
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Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care

2249-4863

Published by: Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

https://journals.lww.com/jfmpc/pages/default.aspx

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 1159 7 9 4
Medicine 2687 32 43 8

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 86
Documents by Best Scientists*: 125
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index:
SCIMAGO SJR:
Impact Factor: 1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of family medicine and primary care?

Journal of family medicine and primary care is organized to address concerns in the fields of Family medicine, Internal medicine, Health care, Pediatrics and Environmental health. Journal of family medicine and primary care holds forums on Family medicine that merges themes from other disciplines such as Cross-sectional study, Primary health care and Public health. The work on Internal medicine tackled in it brings together disciplines like Gastroenterology and Diabetes mellitus.

Environmental health study tackled is connected to the field of Rural area.

  • Family medicine (16.66%)
  • Internal medicine (13.76%)
  • Health care (10.51%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Childhood obesity: causes and consequences (602 citations)
  • Validity, reliability, and generalizability in qualitative research (436 citations)
  • Systematic reviews and meta-analysis: Understanding the best evidence in primary healthcare (196 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of family medicine and primary care:

The most cited papers mainly tackle studies in Health care, Public health, Pediatrics, Environmental health and Family medicine. While Health care is the key highlight in the published articles, thet also covered some subjects on Nursing and Primary care, Psychosocial, Disease and MEDLINE. The journal articles focus on Population study but sometimes tackle the closely related disciplines such as

  • Obesity that connect with fields like Gerontology and Physical therapy,
  • Diabetes mellitus, which have a strong connection to Internal medicine..

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Internal medicine
  • Disease
  • Surgery

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The concepts of Family medicine, Internal medicine, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Health care and Pandemic are tackled in Journal of family medicine and primary care. The research on Family medicine tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Cross-sectional study and Primary health care. Topics in Internal medicine explored in Journal of family medicine and primary care were investigated in conjunction with research in Diabetes mellitus and Gastroenterology.

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a major topic of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) research. Public health and Medical emergency are some topics wherein Pandemic research discussed in the journal have an impact. The work tackled in Journal of family medicine and primary care goes beyond the discipline of Public health as it also encompasses Environmental health.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Prevalence and cross states comparison of case fatality rate and recovery rate of COVID 19/SARS-CoV-2 in India (6 citations)
  • Assessment of the knowledge, preferences and concern regarding the prospective COVID-19 vaccine among adults residing in New Delhi, India – A cross-sectional study (2 citations)
  • Tools for the evaluation of the psychological impact of COVID-19: A practical guide for Family physicians and Primary Care Practitioners (2 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Journal of family medicine and primary care (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Raman Kumar (63 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 13 less than at the previous edition,
  • Sunil Kumar Raina (32 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Sudip Bhattacharya (24 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Harish Gupta (22 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
  • Shashi Kant (20 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Journal of family medicine and primary care (based on the number of publications) are:

  • All India Institute of Medical Sciences (365 papers) published 74 papers at the last edition, 77 less than at the previous edition,
  • Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram (169 papers) published 26 papers at the last edition, 46 less than at the previous edition,
  • AIIMS, New Delhi (133 papers) published 35 papers at the last edition, 19 less than at the previous edition,
  • Christian Medical College & Hospital (128 papers) published 15 papers at the last edition, 13 less than at the previous edition,
  • Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (98 papers) published 18 papers at the last edition, 10 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 27.73% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 48.53% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.67% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 14.67% of all publications and 29.12% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Child abuse and neglect in a rapidly developing country: Parents’ perspectives

    (2020)
    20 Citations
  • Continuum of care for non-communicable diseases during COVID-19 pandemic in rural India: A mixed methods study

    Balaji Gummidi;Oommen John;Vivekanand Jha

    (2020)
    20 Citations
  • Comparing the performance of two social risk screening tools in a vulnerable subpopulation.

    Cara C Lewis;Robert Wellman;Salene M W Jones;Callie Walsh-Bailey

    (2020)
    19 Citations
  • Prevalence of Common Mental Disorders among pregnant women-Evidence from population-based study in rural Haryana, India.

    Shreya Jha;Harshal Ramesh Salve;Kiran Goswami;Rajesh Sagar

    (2021)
    11 Citations
  • Demand of COVID-19 medicines without prescription among community pharmacies in Jodhpur, India: Findings and implications

    (2022)
    10 Citations
  • Healthcare in post-COVID India: A call for a decentralized healthcare system

    (2021)
    10 Citations
  • Assessment of newly introduced foundation course for medical undergraduates: students' vs faculty's perspective.

    Shalini Sobti;Meeta Gupta;Vanita Gupta;Aditya Gupta

    (2020)
    9 Citations
  • A Community Based Randomized Controlled Trial to See the Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on Development of Diabetes Among Women with Prediabetes Residing in A Rural Community of Northern India.

    Puneet Misra;Shashi Kant;Anoop Misra;Shreya Jha

    (2021)
    9 Citations
  • Evaluation of a faculty development workshop aimed at development and implementation of a competency-based curriculum for medical undergraduates.

    Amir Maroof Khan;Piyush Gupta;Navjeevan Singh;Upreet Dhaliwal

    (2020)
    8 Citations

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