Published since 1988, the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine (JABFM) is the official peer-reviewed journal of the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM). Believing that the public and scientific communities are best served by open access to information, JABFM makes its articles available free of charge. JABFM is indexed by PubMed, Medline, Index Medicus, and other services.

JABFM publishes six bimonthly issues per year, comprising original material from authors with new knowledge to contribute to the understanding and advancement of family medicine research and clinical practice. JABFM also serves as an important forum for the specialty of family medicine, and as a source of news from the ABFM.

Online access average: 843,773 hits per month in 2018.

Impact factor for 2017: 2.515.