Health Care Sciences & Services: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Journal of Medical Internet Research	75
2	BMC Health Services Research	49
3	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology	46
4	Journal of Healthcare Engineering	44
5	Health Affairs	42
6	Journal of General Internal Medicine	41
7	BMC Medical Research Methodology	39
8	International Journal of Medical Informatics	38
9	Implementation Science	35
10	Academic Medicine	34
11	Supportive Care in Cancer	33
-	Value in Health	33
13	Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association	31
14	Journal of Pain and Symptom Management	30
15	Health Policy	29
16	Medical Teacher	28
-	Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare	28
18	Medical Education	27
-	Quality of Life Research	27
-	Telemedicine and E-Health	27
21	Disability and Health Journal	26
-	Health Expectations	26
23	Pharmacoeconomics	25
-	Health and Quality of Life Outcomes	25
25	Palliative Medicine	24
-	Journal of Health Economics	24
27	Risk Management and Healthcare Policy	23
-	BMJ Quality & Safety	23
-	BMC Palliative Care	23
30	Health Services Research	22
-	Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare	22
32	Journal of Palliative Medicine	21
-	Health Economics	21
34	Medical Care	20
-	Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal	20
-	Journal of Medical Economics	20
37	Journal of Patient Safety	19
-	Milbank Quarterly	19
-	Statistical Methods in Medical Research	19
-	Advances in Health Sciences Education	19
-	Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research	19
42	Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management	18
-	Applied Health Economics and Health Policy	18
44	Health Informatics Journal	17
-	Journal of Rural Health	17
46	Journal of School Health	16
-	Medical Decision Making	16
-	European Journal of Cancer Care	16
-	Gaceta Sanitaria	16
-	Health Technology Assessment	16

51	Inquiry-The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing	15
-	Journal of Medical Systems	15
-	Patient-Patient Centered Outcomes Research	15
-	Population Health Management	15
-	Teaching and Learning in Medicine	15
-	International Journal for Quality in Health Care	15
57	Technology and Health Care	14
-	American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine	14
-	Journal of Interprofessional Care	14
-	Medical Care Research and Review	14
-	International Journal of Integrated Care	14
-	Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice	14
63	Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics	13
-	Informatics for Health & Social Care	13
-	International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care	13
66	Journal of Public Health Policy	12
-	Simulation in Healthcare-Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare	12
-	Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care	12
-	Australian Health Review	12
-	Chronic Illness	12
-	Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research	12
-	Hastings Center Report	12
73	Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions	11
-	Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law	11
75	Methods of Information in Medicine	10
-	Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care	10
-	International Journal of Health Services	10
-	Journal of Palliative Care	10
-	American Journal of Medical Quality	10
-	Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research	10
81	Australian Journal of Primary Health	9
-	Evaluation & the Health Professions	9
-	Families Systems & Health	9
-	Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics	9
85	Quality Management in Health Care	8
-	Geospatial Health	8
87	Journal for Healthcare Quality	7
88	Medical History	4
-	Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences	4
-	Bulletin of the History of Medicine	4