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The PCRJ: Reaching a primary care respiratory audience
The ONLY fully indexed, international academic journal specifically devoted to the management of respiratory disease in primary care
- The Primary Care Respiratory Journal (PCRJ) is a peer-reviewed, Medline-listed, international academic journal dedicated to all those working in primary care management of respiratory and allergic diseases.
- The PCRJ is the official journal of the United Kingdom Primary Care Respiratory Society UK (PCRS-UK) (www.pcrs-uk.org), an independent charity representing primary care health professionals interested in delivering optimal standards of respiratory care.
- The PCRJ is also proud to be the official journal of the International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG www.theipcrg.org) – an organisation which is thriving and which now has thousands of healthcare professionals represented by 34 34 IPCRG member countries.
Opportunities for pharmaceutical companies
- Supplements – As the only fully indexed journal focussing exclusively on respiratory diseases in primary care, PCRJ is the ideal publication through which to publish high quality supplements including reviews of the proceedings of meetings or satellite symposia. Supplements are peer-reviewed and will be published with free online open access. Please review our supplements policy at www.thepcrj.org/supplements.
- Roundtables – The PCRJ will consider proposals for the organisation of roundtables and workshops which will subsequently be published online.
- Reprints – The PCRJ offers the opportunity to order competitively priced preprints and reprints of papers and supplements. Translation into other languages is also available.
- Advertising – Advertising in the printed journal is available at competitive rates (see website for rates and mechanical data). Publication dates are March, June, September and December, and copy is requested by 20th of month before publication. Please see contact details on the back page to discuss any sponsorship opportunities.
Fully indexed
- The PCRJ is listed on Medline/Index Medicus, SCOPUS, EMBASE, SCImago and the National Library for Health, and is available in full text online at this site.
- The PCRJ is the only specialised respiratory primary care journal listed on Medline/Index Medicus; in fact, it is one of only a handful of primary care journals listed on this prestigious database.
- The PCRJ is the ideal journal in which to submit clinical trial/research papers that are of relevance to primary care respiratory medicine.
- Rapid editorial turn around of key papers.
Website statistics
- Free, unrestricted online access to all published papers at www.thepcrj.org
- Approximately 6,000 visitors/month
- Most popular paper downloaded >11,000 times
- Total downloads >31,000 p.a.
Content
- The Journal publishes Original Research papers, Short Preliminary Reports, Reviews, Discussion papers, Editorials, Personal Opinions, Case Reports, and Letters relating to all aspects of common respiratory conditions and allergy. The Journal also publishes news and articles concerning the policies and activities of the Primary Care Respiratory Society UK, IPCRG, and related organisations worldwide.
- Regular contributions from the most highly cited primary, secondary and tertiary respiratory specialists worldwide.
- International editorial board includes the most renowned primary and secondary care respiratory key opinion leaders worldwide.
- The Journal maintains a firm link with its origins – presenting high quality primary care focused academic material in a format that healthcare professionals can use for the benefit of their patients.
- Rigorous peer review, editorial and scientific standards.
Citation rate increases
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On independent international citation index, SCImago, the PCRJ's citations per document in the two-year period to 2008 increased from 1.95 to 2.11 (see graph below, scale on left).
This index is computed in the same way as the Thomson Reuters Impact Factor. The PCRJ's SCImago rank (SJR) continues at 0,120.
The PCRJ is ranked in the top 18% of all 17,000 scientific journals, and the top 30% of all respiratory peer-reviewed journals indexed on SCOPUS (www.scopus.org).
Click here to for more information at SCImago.
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Circulation
- Targeted readership including all key opinion leaders in primary care respiratory disease throughout the world.
- Circulation of the hard copy of the journal is approximately 2,000. Distribution is to the Primary Care Respiratory Society UK membership (primarily in the UK), and more than 700 copies are distributed internationally.
- Worldwide readership with free online access to all PCRJ papers via the journal website www.thepcrj.org
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