British Journal of General Practice explained

British Journal of General Practice
Editor:Euan Lawson
Formernames:College of General Practitioners' Research Newsletter, Journal of the College of General Practitioners, Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
Discipline:Family medicine
Abbreviation:Br. J. Gen. Pract.
Publisher:Royal College of General Practitioners
Country:United Kingdom
Frequency:Monthly
History:1953–present
Openaccess:Hybrid
Impact:5.3
Impact-Year:2023
Website:https://bjgp.org/
Link1:https://bjgp.org/content/current
Link1-Name:Online access
Link2:http://bjgp.org/content/by/year
Link2-Name:Online archive
Oclc:55135715
Issn:0960-1643
Eissn:1478-5242

The British Journal of General Practice is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal for general practitioners and primary care researchers.

History

The journal was established in 1953 as the College of General Practitioners' Research Newsletter. It was renamed Journal of the College of General Practitioners in 1960 (from 1967 Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners), before obtaining its current name in 1990.[1] Since 2013, the journal's digital content is hosted by HighWire Press.[2]

Research articles are published as open access. The journal publishes editorials on clinical and policy topics, debate and analysis, clinical guidance, and a section called "Life & Times" which contains reviews of art, books, and film as well as viewpoints, polemic, and entertainment. In the course of its history, the journal has had nine editors: Roger Jones was the editor-in-chief until April 2020 and the current editor is Euan Lawson. The editorial office and the journal team are located at the Royal College of General Practitioners.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

According to the Journal Citation Reports, it has a 2021 impact factor of 6.302.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About BJGP. British Journal of General Practice . 2014-07-05.
  2. Web site: HighWire to host British Journal of General Practice . Stanford University Libraries . 2013-05-01 . 2014-07-05.
  3. Web site: British Journal of General Practice . NLM Catalog . . 2014-07-06.
  4. Web site: Master Journal List . . Intellectual Property & Science . 2014-07-06 . 2017-09-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170926150543/http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl/ . dead .
  5. Web site: Scopus title list . . . 2014-07-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131202041814/http://cdn.elsevier.com/assets/excel_doc/0003/148548/title_list.xlsx . 2013-12-02 .
  6. Book: June 2015 . British Journal of General Practice . 2014 Journal Citation Reports . . Science . . Journal Citation Reports .