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Australian – Medline listed
Australian
Family Physician: The official journal of the Royal Australian College
of General Practitioners. Australian Family Physician welcomes original
articles and research, book reviews, clinical updates, practice tips,
cautionary tales, brain teasers, short case histories; pictorial material
and letters to the editor. Author
guidelines
The Medical Journal of Australia: The official journal of the Australian Medical Association. MJA aims to be the premier forum for information and commentary on clinical medicine and healthcare in Australia. To achieve this, the MJA publishes original clinical research, reviews and educational articles, together with commentary and informed debate on standards of clinical practice, and on social, ethical, legal and other issues related to healthcare. The Journal welcomes articles in all these categories. Author guidelines
Health Promotion Journal of Australia: The official journal of the Australian Health Promotion Association. A journal of health promotion practice and research evaluation. The purpose of the Health Promotion Journal of Australia is to facilitate communication between researchers, practitioners, and policymakers involved in health promotion activities. Author guidelines
Australian – Not Medline listed
Australian Journal of Primary Health Care: Journal of the Australian Institute for Primary Care & the School
of Public Health, La Trobe University in association with The Primary
& Community Health Network*. AJPH is a refereed, international journal
with three issues per year designed to publish articles on a range of
issues influencing community health services and primary health care.
The focus of the Journal is on the integration of theory and practice
in primary health utilising perspectives from a range of disciplines.
The Journal publishes research articles, policy reports and analyses,
book reviews, case reports, the views of practitioners, consumers, carers,
students, and special interest groups, and descriptions of professional
practice initiatives in the field of primary health care. Author
guidelines
International – Medline listed
American
Family Physician: American Family Physician is a semimonthly,
peer-reviewed journal of the American Academy of Family Physicians. AFP’s
chief objective is to provide high-quality continuing medical education
for more than 190,000 family physicians and other primary care clinicians.
The editors prefer original articles from experienced clinicians who write
succinct, evidence-based, authoritative clinical reviews that will assist
family physicians in patient care. Articles that demonstrate a family
medicine perspective and approach to a common clinical condition are particularly
desirable. Author guidelines
British Journal of General Practice: Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners (UK). The British Journal of General Practice is an international journal publishing articles of interest to family practitioners worldwide. Priority is given to research articles asking questions of direct relevance to patient care. Author guidelines
BioMed Central
journals: Over 100 medical and biological international
online BMC journals are available. Of specific interest to primary health
care are BMC
Medicine & BMC
Family Practice. Author
guidelines
BMC journals offer:
- Open access to all published peer-reviewed
full text articles
- Extensive indexing in bibliographic databases, e.g. PubMed, Embase,
Biosis, CAS, CABI
- Efficient and quick peer-review and publication
Open access means that
full articles are available free of charge to everyone.
The journal operates by charging authors processing fees, but if you belong
to an institution with a BMC membership, you can submit without any charges!
In Australia, 21 institutions are currently members of BMC, including
The University of Adelaide and The University of South Australia &
(since July 2005) Flinders University.
(The) British Medical Journal: The BMJ aims to publish rigorous, accessible and entertaining material that will help doctors and medical students in their daily practice, lifelong learning and career development. In addition, it seeks to be at the forefront of the international debate on health. To achieve these aims we publish original scientific studies, review and educational articles, and papers commenting on the clinical, scientific, social, political, and economic factors affecting health. We are delighted to receive articles for publication in all of these categories - from doctors and others. Author guidelines
Canadian Family Physician: The mission of Canadian Family Physician is to provide a source of accurate, relevant, and stimulating research, continuing medical education, and debate in family medicine in both official languages, with the intention of encouraging improved patient care and the academic development of the discipline. Author guidelines
CMAJ - Canadian Medical Association Journal: CMAJ is the leading health sciences journal in Canada. CMAJ is a general medical journal publishing original research and review articles, commentaries and editorials, practice updates, an arts and ideas section and health news. Author guidelines
Family
Practice (USA): Family Practice is an international
journal aimed at practitioners, teachers and researchers in the fields
of family medicine, general practice and primary care in both developed
and developing countries. Author
guidelines
Journal of Family Practice (USA): JFP’s mission is to (i) Meet the information needs of family
physicians. (ii) publish evidence-based work that translates the results
of the most relevant, valid research into a form useful to practicing
family physicians. (iii) Selectively publish original research that reports
outcomes immediately applicable to clinical practice. (iv) use the electronic
medium to enhance dissemination of evidence-based information and to encourage
dialogue among family practice clinicians and researchers. Author guidelines
Medical
Education (UK): a monthly journal which seeks to be
the pre-eminent journal in the field of education for health care professionals.
Publishes material of the highest quality reflecting leading edge research
and contemporary perspectives. Author
guidelines
(The) New Zealand Family
Physician: Journal of the Royal New Zealand College
of General Practitioners. Author
guidelines
Health Promotion International: Papers published in Health Promotion International highlight innovations
from various sectors including education, health services, employment,
legislation, the media, industry and community networks. Articles describe
not only theories and concepts, research projects and policy formulation,
but also planned and spontaneous activities, organizational change, and
social development. Author
guidelines.
Rural and Remote Health: The journal's aim is to provide an easily accessible, peer-reviewed, international evidence-base to inform improvement in health service delivery and health status in rural communities. The journal welcomes submissions in the form of original research; review articles; clinical case reports or reviews; policy, project or conference reports; personal views; book reviews; rural health history; biographies of/tributes to/obituaries of important figures in the field of rural and remote health. Letters to the Editor are accepted in the form of discussion posted on the on-line Forum at the journal site. Author guidelines
International – Not Medline listed
Primary Health Care Research and Development (UK): Primary Health Care Research and Development is the first journal aimed specifically at both researchers and practitioners in primary health care, bridging the gap between the two areas. It provides a forum for the publication of international, interdisciplinary research and development in primary health care (PHC). Author guidelines
Family Medicine Journal (USA): Official journal of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine. Manuscripts published in Family Medicine fall into three general categories: (1) regular articles (2) letters to the editor, and (3) feature department articles. Family Medicine does not publish clinical review articles. Author guidelines
Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine: Official journal of the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada. Author guidelines
Quality
in Primary Care (UK): Quality in Primary Care (incorporating
Journal of Clinical Excellence) is the first European journal devoted
solely to the topic of quality in primary healthcare. The journal is concerned
with all aspects of quality in primary care and the interfaces between
primary and secondary, and primary care and social care. Author
guidelines
Additional General Practice/Family
Medicine journals
• ACP
Journal Club (American College of Physicians
• Annals of Family Medicine
• Annals of Internal Medicine
• Archives of Family Medicine
• Archives of Internal Medicine
• Asia Pacific Family Medicine
• Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
• Bandolier (Evidence-based
health care)
• BMC Family
Practice
• Clinical Evidence
• Education
for Primary Care
• The European Journal of General
Practice
• JAMA
• Journal
of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
• Journal of
Family Medicine On-Line
• Journal of
Primary Care Medicine On-Line
• New England Journal of Medicine
• Primary
Care Mental Health
• Primary
Care Respiratory Journal
• Scandinavian
Journal of Primary Health Care
• Singapore Family
Physician
• The
Lancet (prior registration necessary)
• Western Journal of Medicine (eWJM)
• WONCA
News
• Work Based Learning in Primary Care
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