Family Medicine
Author Information
Family Medicine publishes 10 times a year, with combination issues in July-August and November-December, both in print and online. Family Medicine is indexed in Index Medicus, EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, Health and Psychosocial Instruments, Current Contents®/Clinical Medicine, Science Citation Index, and select articles from the Educational Resources Information Center Clearinghouse on Higher Education.
Manuscripts published in Family Medicine fall into three general categories: (1) regular articles, (2) letters to the editor, and (3) feature department articles. Family Medicine does not publish clinical review articles.
Regular Articles:
Regular articles are scholarly manuscripts, essays, and commentary germane to the broad disciplines of family medicine and primary care. Regular articles published in the journal are considered under the general categories shown below (listed alphabetically). This information is provided to guide authors in the types of manuscripts published; it is not necessary for the author to specify a category at the time of manuscript submission.
- Clinical Research and Methods
- Educational Research and Methods
- Faculty Development
- International Family Medicine
- Medical Informatics
- Medical Student Education
- Practice Management
- Research Series
- Residency Education
Download Family Medicine's complete Instructions for Authors (below) for a more detailed description of categories.
Manuscripts should be prepared according to guidelines describe in "Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals, which can be found at:
Instructions for Authors (PDF format)
Copyright Release Form (PDF format)
To Submit a Manuscript:
Submit manuscripts electronically to manuscripts@stfm.orgFor additional editorial correspondence, contact:
Barry D. Weiss, MD, Editor, Family Medicine
University of Arizona
Department of Family and Community Medicine
1450 North Cherry
Tucson, AZ 85719
520-626-6975
Fax: 520-626-4064
