British Journal of General Practice
{{Infobox journal
| title = British Journal of General Practice
| cover = File:British Journal of General Practice cover.jpg
| 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
| license =
| 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
| JSTOR =
| OCLC = 55135715
| LCCN =
| CODEN =
| 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.{{cite web |url=http://bjgp.org/page/about |title=About BJGP| publisher=British Journal of General Practice |access-date=2014-07-05}} Since 2013, the journal's digital content is hosted by HighWire Press.{{cite web |url=http://library.stanford.edu/news/2013/05/highwire-host-british-journal-general-practice |title=HighWire to host British Journal of General Practice |publisher=Stanford University Libraries |date=2013-05-01 |access-date=2014-07-05}}
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:
- Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed{{cite web |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/9005323 |title=British Journal of General Practice |work=NLM Catalog |publisher=National Center for Biotechnology Information |access-date=2014-07-06}}
- Science Citation Index
- Current Contents/Clinical Medicine{{cite web |url=http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl/ |title=Master Journal List |publisher=Thomson Reuters |work=Intellectual Property & Science |access-date=2014-07-06 |archive-date=2017-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926150543/http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl/ |url-status=dead }}
- Scopus{{cite web |url=http://cdn.elsevier.com/assets/excel_doc/0003/148548/title_list.xlsx |title=Scopus title list |format=Microsoft Excel |publisher=Elsevier |access-date=2014-07-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202041814/http://cdn.elsevier.com/assets/excel_doc/0003/148548/title_list.xlsx |archive-date=2013-12-02 }}
According to the Journal Citation Reports, it has a 2021 impact factor of 6.302.{{cite book |date = June 2015 |chapter=British Journal of General Practice |title=2014 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Thomson Reuters |edition=Science |series=Web of Science |title-link=Journal Citation Reports }}
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