American family physician
Last updated ISSN 0002-838X
American family physician is published by American Academy of Family Physicians in medicine. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in American family physician concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
- Asthma and respiratory diseases
- Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
- Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
- Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Respiratory viral infections research
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
- Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
- Respiratory and Cough-Related Research
Key facts
| Publisher | American Academy of Family Physicians |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0002-838X, 1532-0650, 1532-0669 |
| Subject area | Medicine |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 3,564 |
| Publishing since | 1888 |
| Journal website | www.aafp.org/journals/afp.html |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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