Education for Primary Care is a respected international academic journal. Our aim is to support the implementation of best-evidence medical education relevant to primary care through: •Publishing high-quality peer-reviewed research relevant to primary care education •Leading and informing debate by publishing Leading Articles from authoritative contributors on a range of relevant topics •Disseminating cutting-edge practice through publishing peer-reviewed reports and evaluations of innovations in primary care education •Sharing good educational practice ideas by offering a forum for teaching exchange and a series focusing on overcoming challenges in primary care education around the world •Publishing short reports of projects undertaken by students, trainees or early career health professionals which share their learning •Supporting implementation into practice through a range of practical articles and series •Offering a space for review of appropriate educational books and other media, short reports and letters to the editor
All submitted manuscripts will be considered by the editorial team. Those manuscripts submitted as research articles or for inclusion in the innovation and evaluation section, and found suitable for further consideration, will be subject to peer review by at least two independent expert referees. All peer review is open and submission is online via https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tepc.
Journal metrics
Usage
86K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
1.5 (2023) Impact Factor
1.2 (2023) 5 year IF
2.3 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.630 (2023) SNIP
0.483 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
8 days avg. from submission to first
decision
22 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
27% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors
who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication.
However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s
quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it
should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to
support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside
other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its
readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In
addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and
never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year
and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of
the following metrics
(find out why).
Usage:
the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users
of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the
nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles published in the
journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
Editor-in-Chief Professor Simon Gay, Professor of Medical Education (Primary Care), Leicester Medical School, University of Leicester, UK Email: [email protected]
Deputy Editors Dr Sam Scallan, Senior Lecturer in and Programme Lead for the MA Medical Education, University of Winchester, UK Email: [email protected]
Dr David Cunningham, Former Assistant Director of GP Education, NHS Education for Scotland; Freelance Medical Writer and Editor, UK Email: [email protected]
Professor Jenny Johnston, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, UK. Email:
Editorial Board Professor Peter Cantillon, National University of Ireland, Ireland Dr Deborah Erlich, Tufts University School of Medicine, USA Dr Raquel Gomez Bravo, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg Dr Steve Holmes, Health Education South West; Park Medical Practice, UK Dr Kay Mohanna, University of Worcester, UK Dr Victor K. Ng, College of Family Physicians of Canada, Canada Dr Eliot Lloyd Rees, UCL Medical School, London, UK Dr Nynke Scherpbier, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Dr Harish Thampy, University of Manchester, UK
Previous Editors Professor Val Wass Professor Ed Peile
Abstracting and indexing
Education for Primary Care is included in the following abstracting and indexing services:
EBSCO Online; ESCI; Index Medicus; MEDLINE; PubMed; Scopus; British Nursing Index (Online); Educational Research Abstracts Online; Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts (Online).
Open access
Education for Primary Care is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
The World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA) is a not-for-profit organization and was founded in 1972 by member organizations in 18 countries. It now has 118 Member Organizations in 131 countries and territories with membership of about 500,000 family doctors and more than 90 per cent of the world’s population. The Mission of WONCA is to improve the quality of life of the peoples of the world through defining and promoting its values, including respect for universal human rights and gender equity, and by fostering high standards of care in general practice/family medicine.
Taylor & Francis is proud to partner with WONCA in the publication of the journals The European Journal of General Practice and Education for Primary Care and the series WONCA Family Medicine, a collection of books written by world-wide experts and practitioners of family medicine to help support and develop research, education and practice in primary care globally.
Print ISSN:
1473-9879
Online ISSN:
1475-990X
6 issues per year
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