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BMC Primary Care

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Overview

BMC Primary Care is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of primary health care research. The journal has a special focus on clinical practice and decision-making, continuing professional education, eHealth, health services research in primary care settings, and health promotion.

  • Rigorous and efficient peer review
  • Global visibility for your research with open access
  • Welcomes research aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with a focus on SDG 3 “Good Health and Well-Being”.
Lead Editor
  • Alex Goodridge

Journal metrics

Journal Impact Factor
2.6 (2024)
5-year Journal Impact Factor
2.6 (2024)
Submission to first decision (median)
6 days
Downloads
4.3M (2025)

Calls for papers

Collection

Managing substance use disorders

Substance use disorders are a multifaceted issue that poses significant challenges to primary care providers and the healthcare system at large.

Status
Open for submissions
Submission deadline
08 September 2026

Collection

Indigenous health and well-being

BMC Primary Care is calling for submissions to our Collection, Indigenous health and well-being.

Status
Open for submissions
Submission deadline
05 August 2026
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Journal information

Electronic ISSN
2731-4553
Abstracted and indexed in
  1. BFI List
  2. Baidu
  3. CAB Abstracts
  4. CLOCKSS
  5. CNKI
  6. CNPIEC
  7. Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS)
  8. Chinese Academy of Medical Science (CAMS)
  9. DOAJ
  10. Dimensions
  11. EBSCO
  12. EMCare
  13. Gale
  14. GoOA - The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
  15. Google Scholar
  16. Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
  17. Medline
  18. Naver
  19. OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
  20. Ovid Discovery
  21. Portico
  22. ProQuest
  23. PubMedCentral
  24. SCImago
  25. SCOPUS
  26. Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
  27. Semantic Scholar
  28. TD Net Discovery Service
  29. Wanfang
  30. eLibrary.ru
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