Aims and Scope of Canadian Family Physician
Canadian Family Physician (French: Le Médecin de famille canadien) is a monthly peer-reviewed open-access medical journal published by the College of Family Physicians of Canada. It provides continuing medical education for family physicians and other primary care clinicians. The journal publishes original articles presenting a family medicine perspective to clinical medicine through approaches to common clinical conditions and evidence-based clinical reviews intended to assist family physicians in patient care. Most articles are published in both English and French. The journal was established in 1967 and the editor-in-chief is Nicholas Pimlott (University of Toronto). Less
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CiteScore 

2.5
H-Index 

79
Impact Factor 

< 5
SJR 

Q2Family Practice

SNIP 

1.04
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Canadian Family Physician Journal Specifications
| Overview | |
| Publisher | COLL FAMILY PHYSICIANS CANADA |
| Language | Multi-Language |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| General Details | |
| Language | Multi-Language |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Publication Start Year | 1957 |
| Publisher URL | Visit website |
| Website URL | Visit website |
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