Scope Categories
RJGP publishes original, high-quality research covering all aspects of general practice and primary healthcare, including but not limited to:
Clinical General Practice
- Family medicine
- General internal medicine
- Community medicine
- Ambulatory care
- Outpatient medicine
- Comprehensive adult healthcare
- Pediatric primary care
- Women's health
- Men's health
- Geriatric medicine
- Adolescent health
Preventive Medicine and Health Promotion
- Disease prevention
- Health promotion
- Lifestyle medicine
- Preventive healthcare
- Screening programs
- Vaccination and immunization
- Occupational health
- Environmental health
- Nutrition and dietary interventions
- Physical activity and exercise medicine
- Tobacco cessation
- Alcohol and substance-use prevention
- Obesity prevention
- Healthy aging
Chronic Disease Management
- Hypertension
- Diabetes mellitus
- Cardiovascular diseases
- Chronic respiratory diseases
- Chronic kidney disease
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoporosis
- Chronic pain
- Mental health disorders
- Multimorbidity
- Polypharmacy
- Frailty
Infectious Diseases in Primary Care
- Respiratory infections
- Urinary tract infections
- Skin and soft tissue infections
- Gastrointestinal infections
- Sexually transmitted infections
- Emerging infectious diseases
- Antimicrobial stewardship
- Infection prevention and control
Primary Care Research
- Epidemiology
- Clinical trials
- Cohort studies
- Case-control studies
- Cross-sectional studies
- Systematic reviews
- Meta-analyses
- Evidence synthesis
- Diagnostic accuracy studies
- Prognostic research
- Health services research
- Implementation science
Patient-Centered Care
- Shared decision-making
- Communication skills
- Continuity of care
- Patient safety
- Quality improvement
- Patient-reported outcomes
- Health-related quality of life
- Patient experience
- Self-management
- Social prescribing
Digital Health and Innovation
- Telemedicine
- Telehealth
- Electronic health records
- Mobile health (mHealth)
- Remote patient monitoring
- Artificial intelligence
- Machine learning
- Clinical decision support systems
- Digital therapeutics
- Wearable technologies
- Precision medicine
Public Health and Community Medicine
- Population health
- Social determinants of health
- Community-based interventions
- Health equity
- Global health
- Rural healthcare
- Urban health
- Disaster preparedness
- Pandemic preparedness
- Health policy
Medical Education and Professional Development
- Undergraduate medical education
- Residency training
- Continuing professional development
- Clinical skills
- Evidence-based medicine
- Medical ethics
- Professionalism
- Leadership in primary care
Healthcare Systems and Policy
- Primary healthcare organization
- Healthcare delivery models
- Integrated care
- Value-based healthcare
- Health economics
- Quality indicators
- Healthcare accessibility
- Healthcare financing
Article Types
RJGP welcomes the following manuscript categories:
- Original Research Articles
- Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
- Narrative Reviews
- Mini Reviews
- Clinical Trials
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Evidence-Based Practice Articles
- Case Reports and Case Series
- Brief Reports
- Commentaries
- Editorials
- Perspectives
- Letters to the Editor
- Clinical Images
- Study Protocols
- Quality Improvement Reports
Target Audience
The journal is intended for:
- General practitioners
- Family physicians
- General internists
- Primary care physicians
- Community physicians
- Preventive medicine specialists
- Public health professionals
- Nurse practitioners
- Physician assistants
- Clinical researchers
- Allied health professionals
- Medical educators
- Healthcare administrators
- Health policymakers
