European Journal of General Practice (EJGP) is a peer-reviewed international open access journal that publishes research in primary care medicine (family medicine, general practice) in Europe.

European Journal of General Practice is the official journal of WONCA Europe, the European Society of General Practice/Family Medicine.

The journal aims to provide new knowledge on medical decision-making, healthcare delivery, medical education, and research methodology for the development of primary care medicine in Europe.

Although the journal’s focus is on articles that provide or discuss new evidence underpinning the daily work of the practicing family physician and the primary care team, it welcomes contributions from other disciplines, including health sciences and social sciences. Areas covered include:

    Primary care epidemiology
    Prevention
    Diagnosis
    Pharmacotherapy
    Non-drug interventions
    Multi- and comorbidity
    Palliative care
    Shared decision making
    Inter-professional collaboration
    Quality and safety
    Training and teaching
    Quantitative and qualitative research methods

European Journal of General Practice accepts original research papers, review articles and clinical case reports.

European Journal of General Practice operates a double anonymized peer review policy. The journal respects regional differences in health care systems, cultural backgrounds, and stages of societal and economic development. It welcomes manuscripts from all parts of Europe. Manuscripts from other parts of the world will be assessed for their relevance for European primary care.

All articles will be made freely and permanently available online through gold open access publication.

Editor-in-Chief
Dr Jelle Stoffers, PhD, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Editors
Dr An de Sutter, PhD, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium 
Dr Carl Llor PhD, Primary Healthcare Centre, Tarragona, Spain 
Prof Manfred Maier, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria 
Prof Christian Mallen, PhD, Keele University, Keele, UK 
Dr Athina Tatsioni, PhD, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece 
Prof Dr Henk van Weert, PhD, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
Prof Dr Adam Windak, PhD, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
Editorial Office
Mrs Anneke Germeraad-Uriot, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Email: ejgp-agermeraad@ maastrichtuniversity.nl 
Phone:   +31 43 388 2213 
Office hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 08:30 to 17:00 CET  
Group of Editorial Advisors
European Editors     
Okay Başak, Adnan Menderes University, Aydin, Turkey 
Paula Broeiro, Nova University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal 
Samuel Coenen, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium 
Juan Sergio Fernández, UGC Armilla, Granada, Spain 
Larisa Gavran, University of Zenica, Bosnia & Herzegovina 
Eila Kujansuu, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland 
Jean-Pierre Lebeau, University of Tours, Tours, France 
Christian Mallen, Keele University, Newcastle, UK 
Anne Grethe Olsen, Tromso Kommune, Tromso, Norway 
Arman Postadzhiyan, University Hospital Sveta Anna, Sofia, Bulgaria 
Ivo Smeele, Dutch College of General Practitioners Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands 
Suzana Stankovic, Health Center VIZIM, Belgrade, Serbia 
Shlomo Vinker, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel 
    
Representatives of European Organisations    
Calin Bumbulut, The Romanian College of Physicians, Bucharest, Romania 
Francesco Carelli, University of Milano, Milan. Italy 
Jaime Correia de Sousa, University of Minho, Braga,Portugal 
Esperanza Diaz, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway 
Christos Lionis, University of Crete, Crete, Greece 
Marija Petek Šter, Health Centre Trebnje, Trebnje, Slovenija 
Aline Ramond-Roquin, University of Angers, Angers, France 
Clare Taylor, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK 
Tomasz Tomasik, The College of Family Physicians, Warsaw, Poland 
    
European and Global Experts     
Attila Altiner, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany 
Chris Butler, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK 
Jochen Cals, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands 
Mieke van Driel, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia 
Nick Francis, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK 
Ferdinand Gerlach, University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany 
Liam Glynn, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland 
Givi Javashvili, Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia 
Ruth Kalda, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia 
André Knottnerus, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands 
Dionne Kringos, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
Parker Magin, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia 
David Mant, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK 
Shabir Moosa, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa 
Andrew Murphy, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland 
Shmuel Reis, Bar Ilan University, Beer-Sheva, Israel 
Imre Rurik, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary 
Howard Tandeter, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel 
Matthew Thompson, University of Washington, Seattle, USA 
Theo Verhey, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands 
Chris van Weel, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands