Annals of Family Medicine

The Annals of Family Medicine is a bimonthly open-access journal published by Annals of Family Medicine Inc, a nonprofit publisher created by North American family medicine organizations, and has covered clinical, social and health services research in primary care since 2003, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 5.3.《家庭医学年鉴》（Annals of Family Medicine）由北美家庭医学组织设立的（Annals of Family Medicine Inc）出版，2003 年创刊，属开放获取双月刊，刊载初级保健领域的临床、社会与卫生服务研究，2025 年影响因子为 5.3。

Scope

• Clinical research in family medicine and primary care, including practice-based studies conducted in real care settings, is the journal's core.家庭医学与初级保健的临床研究，包括在真实诊疗场景中开展的基于实践的研究，是本刊核心。
• Biomedical, social and health services research relevant to primary care is published alongside clinical work.与初级保健相关的生物医学、社会与卫生服务研究同临床研究一并刊发。
• Methodology and theory are within scope, with attention to mixed methods and to the reporting of context in practice transformation studies.方法学与理论研究属收稿范围，尤其关注混合方法以及在诊疗变革研究中交代情境因素。
• Selected systematic reviews are accepted when they build on existing knowledge and advance theory, methods or a research agenda.本刊接受精选系统综述，前提是其能依托既有知识推进理论、方法或研究议题。
• Essays, reflections and narrative analysis from clinicians, patients, families, communities and policymakers give the journal a generalist voice.来自临床医生、患者、家庭、社区与政策制定者的随笔、反思与叙事分析，赋予本刊通科医学的声音。
• Policy briefs and analyses of health policy affecting primary care and the communities it serves are regular fare.影响初级保健及其服务社区的政策简报与卫生政策分析是常见内容。
• The published categories are original research, research briefs, methodology, theory, special reports, reflections, editorials and innovations in primary care, while case reports and clinical reviews are not accepted.刊发栏目为原创研究、研究简报、方法学、理论、专题报告、反思、社论与初级保健创新，不接收病例报告与临床综述类稿件。

History

• The journal launched with the May/June 2003 issue, which opened with an editorial welcoming readers to a new forum for primary care research.该刊于 2003 年 5 至 6 月号创刊，首期以一篇欢迎读者、宣告初级保健研究新论坛的社论开篇。^[1]
• It was founded as a joint venture of six North American family medicine organizations, among them the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Board of Family Medicine, the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine and the North American Primary Care Research Group, and is overseen by an independent board of their representatives.该刊由北美六家家庭医学组织共同创办，其中包括美国家庭医师学会、美国家庭医学委员会、家庭医学教师学会与北美初级保健研究组，并由各组织代表组成的独立董事会监管。
• It is published by Annals of Family Medicine Inc of Leawood, Kansas, an independent publisher that is not part of a commercial publishing group.该刊由位于堪萨斯州利伍德的（Annals of Family Medicine Inc）独立出版，不隶属商业出版集团。
• Founding editor Kurt C. Stange led the journal for seventeen years through 2018, writing the "In This Issue" introductions that framed each number.创刊主编（Kurt C. Stange）主持刊物十七年直至 2018 年，并为每期撰写导读性的「本期内容」文章。^[2]
• Caroline R. Richardson succeeded him as editor and has chaired the Department of Family Medicine at Brown University since 2022.（Caroline R. Richardson）接任主编，并自 2022 年起任布朗大学家庭医学系主任。
• The journal has been open access from launch, charges authors no fees, deposits all content in PubMed Central, and its Journal Impact Factor moved from 5.166 in 2021 and 5.707 in 2022 to 5.1 in 2024 and 5.3 in 2025, when it ranked first among 29 primary health care journals.该刊自创刊即为开放获取，不向作者收费，全部内容存入（PubMed Central），影响因子由 2021 年的 5.166、2022 年的 5.707 变为 2024 年的 5.1 与 2025 年的 5.3，2025 年在 29 种初级保健期刊中排名第一。

Editors

• Caroline R. Richardson, MD, is editor and chairs the Department of Family Medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, with research on physical activity, chronic disease, web-based health interventions, diabetes and veterans' health.主编（Caroline R. Richardson）医学博士任布朗大学沃伦·阿尔珀特医学院家庭医学系主任，研究体力活动、慢性病、网络健康干预、糖尿病与退伍军人健康。
• She previously served as associate chair for research programmes at the University of Michigan and directed the Veterans Affairs Diabetes Quality Improvement Initiative.她此前任密歇根大学家庭医学系科研项目副主任，并主持美国退伍军人事务部糖尿病质量改进计划。
• Diana N. Carvajal, MD, MPH, a practising family physician and health services researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is one of the associate editors.副编辑之一（Diana N. Carvajal）为威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校执业家庭医生与卫生服务研究者。
• The editorial team pairs practising clinicians with methodologists and holds a dedicated statistical editor post for quantitative manuscripts.编辑部将执业临床医生与方法学家搭配，并设专职统计编辑负责定量稿件。
• Manuscripts are submitted through the eJournalPress platform, peer reviewed externally, and every accepted article is deposited in PubMed Central for immediate free access.稿件经（eJournalPress）平台投递并接受外部同行评审，所有录用文章均存入（PubMed Central）供即时免费阅读。
• Each issue mixes original research with invited editorials and first-person pieces, and the journal deliberately keeps space for patient and community voices alongside investigator-authored work.每期内容混合原创研究、约稿社论与第一人称随笔，并在研究者论文之外特意保留患者与社区发声的空间。