Journal profile

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM

Publisher: American Board of Family Medicine
ISSN1557-2625 | 1558-7118 FormatPrint StatusCurrently indexed
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Journal Citation Impact

Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.

Impact Factor
3.16
Citation rate 2.10 683 total citations
h5-index 33 h5 depth signal
Cited share 56.1% 185 of 330
Total citations 683 Citation footprint
Metric signal 1.82 External metric anchor
Self-citation 5.4% 37 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

United States 1,117
Canada 28
Netherlands 9
United Kingdom 9
Thailand 7

Citing Fields of Research

Patient Care 705
Health Education & Remote Healthcare 447
Healthcare Policy 406
Medical Ethics 103
Anesthetic & Pain Medicine 92

Publishing Activity & Reach

Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.

All-time article footprint 3,690 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set 330 185 cited publications
Last 12 months 92 13.1 publications/month
Open access share 35.9% 33 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country United States 1,117 citing publications
Leading citing field Patient Care 705 citing publications
Latest tracked publication 15 October 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE
v19n1, Jan./Feb. 2006-
PubMed
v19n1, Jan./Feb. 2006-
PMC
Active Coverage

Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

Patient Care Healthcare Policy Health Education & Remote Healthcare Scientometrics & Research Ethics Diabetes

Issuing & Sponsoring Bodies

Contributor
American Board of Family Medicine

Broad Categories

Primary Health Care Patient Care Health Education & Remote Healthcare Healthcare Policy Substance Abuse Scientometrics & Research Ethics Medical Ethics

MeSH Descriptors

Family Practice

Latest Publications

Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.

01
DOI 10.3122/jabfm.2025.250361r2

Whole-Person Care as the Standard of Care

Open DOI
Elena Rosenbaum, Andrea Gordon, Wayne Jonas
The US healthcare system is failing our patients, our clinicians, and our communities, while costs are rapidly increasing. There is interest among practitioners, patients, and Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) in redesigni...
03
Open DOI
Eli Y. Adashi, Daniel P. O’MAhony, I. Glenn Cohen
While the latest update from the National Center for Health Statistics of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that the national maternal mortality rate for 2023 decreased to 18.6 deaths per 100,000 live births,...
04
Open DOI
William E. Freeman, Carl E. Sanders, Andrés Hincapié et al.
The shortage of primary-care physicians in the US is exacerbated by declining numbers of US medical-school matriculants planning careers in primary-care specialties (general internal medicine, family medicine, or pediatrics). We examined...

Bibliographical & Catalog Notes

Title from cover.

Print issues ceased with v. 36, no. 6 (Nov-Dec 2023).

Also issued online.