Table 1.
Total general practice journal articles in PubMed from 1960 to 2007, compared with the number of articles retrieved from PubMed queries with different sensitivities.
| Journal Name | Total articlesa | Family Practice [MeSH]b (%) | Family Practice [MeSH] OR Family Physician [MeSH]c (%) | GP/FP search queryd (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General practice/family medicine journals | ||||
| American Family Physician | 9021 | 727 (8) | 893 (10) | 2215 (25) |
| Journal of Family Practice | 7211 | 2234 (31) | 2501 (35) | 3870 (54) |
| Australian Family Physician | 7162 | 2039 (28) | 2247 (31) | 2813 (39) |
| British Journal of General Practice | 4515 | 2576 (58) | 2733 (60) | 3097 (69) |
| Canadian Family Physician | 3392 | 1373 (40) | 1522 (45) | 1782 (52) |
| Family Medicine | 2873 | 1916 (67) | 2067 (72) | 2407 (84) |
| Family Practice | 2263 | 1073 (47) | 1270 (56) | 1648 (73) |
| The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice | 1679 | 489 (29) | 577 (34) | 1073 (64) |
| Archives of Family Medicine | 1077 | 190 (18) | 231 (21) | 464 (43) |
| Scandinavian Journal and Supplement of Primary Health Care | 1263 | 472 (37) | 535 (42) | 758 (60) |
| Family Practice Management | 892 | 538 (60) | 574 (64) | 611 (68) |
| Annals of Family Medicine | 501 | 186 (37) | 202 (40) | 329 (66) |
| Family Practice Research Journal | 297 | 135 (45) | 164 (55) | 228 (77) |
| BMC Family Practice | 271 | 148 (55) | 172 (63) | 205 (76) |
| European Journal of General Practice | 204 | 98 (48) | 123 (60) | 160 (78) |
| Totals | 42 621 | 14 194 (33) | 15 811 (37) | 21 660 (51) |
| General medical journals | ||||
| Lancet | 107 786 | 604 (1) | 650 (1) | 910 (0.8) |
| British Medical Journal | 34 820 | 1002 (3) | 1049 (3) | 1180 (3.4) |
| Journal of the American Medical Association | 58 284 | 512 (1) | 617 (1) | 790 (1.4) |
| New England Journal of Medicine | 54 942 | 183 (0) | 266 (1) | 303 (0.6) |
| Medical Journal of Australia | 31 207 | 1306 (4) | 1413 (5) | 1666 (5.3) |
| Canadian Medical Association Journal | 12 430 | 346 (3) | 457 (4) | 659 (5.3) |
PubMed ‘Queries’ used in the table:
a
Journal ID.
b
Journal ID AND family practice [MeSH].
c
[Journal ID] AND (family practice[MeSH] OR physician, family[MeSH]).
d
GP/FP search query: (family practice[MeSH] OR physicians, family[MeSH] OR “family practice”[TIAB] OR general practice*[TIAB] OR general practitioner*[TIAB] family medicine*[TIAB] OR family physician*[TIAB] OR family doctor*[TIAB] OR family medicine*[AD] OR family practice*[AD] OR “general practice*”[AD]) NOT “General Practice, Dental”[MeSH]. GP/FP = general practice/family practice.