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IMPAQ
WoS ESCI Q2Scopus Q2SCImago #14,885Hybrid

South African Family Practice

Identifier (ISSN):2078-6190(Print)/2078-6204(Online)
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Publisher:AOSIS
Clarivate JCR Index Advisory: Active (ESCI)
Clarivate IF (2026)
1.2↓ -0.2
Journal Impact Factor
IF Trend↓
WoS Quartile
Q2
WoS ESCIJCR Quartile
Clarivate WoS JCR
WoS Categories↓
JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17

Impact Factor Trend (2023–2026)

Clarivate IF trend for South African Family Practice

WoS Q2
0112120231.220241.420251.22026
Annual Impact Factor Metric
Current (2026):1.2
Scopus SJR & RankScopus Q2
0.375
#14,885

SCImago Journal Rank citation prestige weighting

Scopus Year: 2025
H-Index (2025)
29

29 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: ESCIQ2
Self-Citation Rate8.3%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessHybrid
49articles/year
99.56% Gold OA•93.85% Original Research

Aims & Scope

South African Family Practice (SAFP) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, which strives to provide primary care physicians and researchers with a broad range of scholarly work in the disciplines of Family Medicine, Primary Health Care, Rural Medicine, District Health and other related fields. SAFP publishes original research, clinical reviews, and pertinent commentary that advance the knowledge base of these disciplines. The content of SAFP is designed to reflect and support further development of the broad basis of these disciplines through original research and critical review of evidence in important clinical areas; as well as to provide practitioners with continuing professional development material.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Medicine99.7%Family medicine60%Biology51.2%Political science41%Law40.4%Pathology39.7%Internal medicine36.4%Economics36.2%Psychology36%Sociology35.4%Nursing35.2%Environmental health29%Economic growth27.7%Primary care25.9%Demography25.5%Psychiatry24.9%Population23.3%Health care22.3%
Primary Research Areas

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
JCRESCI2026

MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL

Q2
Rank167/336
IndexESCI
JCIESCI2026

MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL

Q2
Rank150/336
IndexESCI

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

Track annual publication volume, total citations, and Impact Factor evolution

12 year
2026Latest
IF1.2
Articles / Year60
Total Citations8
2025
IF1.4
Articles / Year101
Total Citations75
2024
IF1.2
Articles / Year101
Total Citations263
2023
IF1
Articles / Year74
Total Citations331
2022
IF—
Articles / Year89
Total Citations476

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #14,885Scopus Q2SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:2000-2026
Scopus Broad Areas:Medicine
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q2
0.375

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Quartile: Scopus Q2
Citations / Doc (2 years)
0.95

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$2,712 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Estimated cost / article

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations301
3-Year Documents278
Citable Documents243

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)0

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate49.5%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

Family PracticeQ2
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ3
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: 8.3%

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

Cites / Doc (4 years)Cites / Doc (3 years)Cites / Doc (2 years)

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
4区 (Zone 4)Medicine
Minor Category (Specific Field):
3区MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
CAS Early Warning List History:
Updated annually: 2020 – 2024
2020
Not warned
2021
Not warned
2022
Not warned
2023
Not warned
2024
Not warned

Academic Intelligence Overview & Context

ImpaQ Analysis

South African Family Practice (ISSN: 2078-6190) is a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal in the field of MEDICINE, published by AOSIS in South Africa. The periodical holds a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 1.20, ranking in quartile Q2 of Web of Science (ESCI), a Scopus SJR indicator of 0.375 (Q2), an H-index of 29.

The journal enforces rigorous peer evaluation with an annual output of approximately 49 scientific articles. In terms of accessibility and author fees, it operates under the Hybrid model with an estimated APC of $2,712 USD. It serves as a benchmark publication platform for academics, researchers, and doctoral candidates seeking global research visibility.

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Open Access Model
Hybrid
Publisher
AOSIS
Publication Language
English
Frequency
Periodic
Indexing & Databases
ESCIScopusDOAJPubMed

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