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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Journal of Medical Internet Research	76
2	npj Digital Medicine	69
3	Healthcare	56
4	Journal of Personalized Medicine	51
5	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology	50
6	JMIR mHealth and uHealth	47
7	BMC Health Services Research	45
8	Journal of Healthcare Engineering	42
-	Health Affairs	42
-	Journal of General Internal Medicine	42
11	BMC Medical Research Methodology	39
-	International Journal of Medical Informatics	39
13	Academic Medicine	36
14	Supportive Care in Cancer	32
-	Implementation Science	32
16	Value in Health	31
-	Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific	31
18	Journal of Pain and Symptom Management	30
19	Telemedicine and E-Health	29
-	Internet Interventions-The Application of Information Technology in Mental and Behavioural Health	29
21	JMIR Serious Games	28
-	Health Policy	28
-	Palliative Medicine	28
-	Risk Management and Healthcare Policy	28
25	Quality of Life Research	27
-	Digital Health	27
-	Health Expectations	27
-	Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare	27
-	Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association	27
-	Medical Teacher	27
-	Disability and Health Journal	27
32	Medical Education	26
-	Health and Quality of Life Outcomes	26
34	BMJ Quality & Safety	25
35	Pharmacoeconomics	24
36	Medical Care	23
37	Journal of Health Economics	22
-	Annals of Palliative Medicine	22
-	BMC Palliative Care	22
40	Journal of Palliative Medicine	21
-	Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare	21
-	Health Services Research	21
43	Journal of Patient Safety	20
-	Health Economics	20
45	Journal of Medical Economics	19
46	Journal of Medical Systems	18
-	Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal	18
-	BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care	18
-	Health Informatics Journal	18
50	Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research	17

-	Journal of Rural Health	17
-	Population Health Management	17
-	Statistical Methods in Medical Research	17
-	Advances in Health Sciences Education	17
-	Applied Health Economics and Health Policy	17
-	Journal of School Health	17
-	Milbank Quarterly	17
58	Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice	16
-	Medical Decision Making	16
-	Patient-Patient Centered Outcomes Research	16
-	International Journal for Quality in Health Care	16
-	Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management	16
63	Health Technology Assessment	15
-	European Journal of Cancer Care	15
-	Gaceta Sanitaria	15
66	Teaching and Learning in Medicine	14
-	American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine	14
-	Inquiry-The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing	14
-	International Journal of Health Policy and Management	14
70	International Journal of Health Services	13
-	Journal of Public Health Policy	13
-	Medical Care Research and Review	13
-	Technology and Health Care	13
74	Chronic Illness	12
-	Informatics for Health & Social Care	12
-	Journal of Interprofessional Care	12
-	Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research	12
-	International Journal of Integrated Care	12
-	International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care	12
80	Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy	11
-	Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care	11
-	Evaluation & the Health Professions	11
-	Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions	11
-	Simulation in Healthcare-Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare	11
-	Australian Health Review	11
-	Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics	11
87	Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law	10
-	Journal of Palliative Care	10
-	Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care	10
-	Hastings Center Report	10
91	Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research	9
-	Methods of Information in Medicine	9
-	American Journal of Medical Quality	9
-	Families Systems & Health	9
95	Australian Journal of Primary Health	8
-	Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics	8
97	Geospatial Health	7
-	Quality Management in Health Care	7
99	Journal for Healthcare Quality	5
100	Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences	4
-	Medical History	4
102	Bulletin of the History of Medicine	3