Aims & Scope

npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine is an open access, online-only, multidisciplinary journal dedicated to publishing high-quality research in all areas of the primary care management of respiratory and respiratory-related allergic diseases. Papers published by the journal represent important advances of significance to specialists within the fields of primary care and respiratory medicine. We are particularly interested in receiving papers in relation to the following aspects of respiratory medicine, respiratory-related allergic diseases and tobacco control:

  • epidemiology
  • prevention
  • clinical care
  • service delivery and organisation of healthcare (including implementation science)
  • global health.

The journal is an indexed, international, academic publication relevant to anyone with an interest in the primary care management of respiratory and respiratory-related allergic diseases. It is the official journal of the Primary Care Respiratory Society UK (PCRS-UK) and the International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG). The journal publishes Articles, Review Articles, Perspectives, Matters Arising, Brief Communications, Editorials, Protocols and Comments. We are interested in research undertaken using all appropriate study designs, these including observational and analytical studies, qualitative research, randomised controlled trials, implementation research and systematic reviews.

Mission

The mission of npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine is: 

1. To provide an authoritative setting for the publication of high-quality internationally-relevant clinical research that is essential to the future of primary care management of patients with respiratory and respiratory-related allergic diseases. 

2. To inform and educate healthcare professionals worldwide of the research and service developments of relevance to primary care that promote excellence in the care of patients with respiratory and respiratory-related allergic diseases.

Audience

The journal is relevant to an international and multidisciplinary audience, including primary, secondary and tertiary care respiratory specialists, respiratory physiotherapists, dieticians and nurses. Contributions come from clinicians and academics working within any sector that affects the primary care management of respiratory and respiratory-related allergic diseases in primary and community care settings. A non-exhaustive overview of the audiences relevant to the journal is below.

  • Ambulatory care
  • Community care
  • Community medicine
  • Epidemiology
  • Family medicine
  • First port of call
  • General paediatrics
  • General practice
  • Global health
  • Health policy
  • Health services research
  • Implementation research
  • Integrated care pathways
  • Internal medicine
  • Office-based internal medicine
  • Medicine
  • Pharmaceutical industry
  • Pharmacy
  • Primary care
  • Public health
  • Respiratory epidemiology
  • Respiratory infections
  • Smoking cessation
  • Social sciences