British Journal of General Practice
Last updated ISSN 0960-1643
British Journal of General Practice is published by Royal College of General Practitioners in health professions. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in British Journal of General Practice concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Healthcare Systems and Technology
- Healthcare Systems and Challenges
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Global Health Workforce Issues
Key facts
| Publisher | Royal College of General Practitioners |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0960-1643, 1478-5242 |
| Subject area | Health Professions |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 8,459 |
| Publishing since | 1969 |
| Journal website | bjgp.org/ |
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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