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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	npj Digital Medicine	86
2	Journal of Medical Internet Research	84
3	Healthcare	68
4	Journal of Personalized Medicine	54
5	BMC Health Services Research	53
6	Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association	47
7	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology	44
8	International Journal of Medical Informatics	43
9	Health Affairs	39
-	BMC Medical Research Methodology	39
11	Digital Health	38
-	JMIR mHealth and uHealth	38
13	Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific	37
-	Journal of General Internal Medicine	37
15	Academic Medicine	34
16	Implementation Science	33
-	Medical Teacher	33
-	Value in Health	33
19	Health Policy	32
20	Health Expectations	31
21	JMIR Serious Games	30
-	Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare	30
23	Pharmacoeconomics	29
24	Journal of Pain and Symptom Management	28
25	Health and Quality of Life Outcomes	27
26	Medical Education	26
-	Supportive Care in Cancer	26
-	Quality of Life Research	26
-	BMC Palliative Care	26
30	Telemedicine and E-Health	25
31	Internet Interventions-The Application of Information Technology in Mental and Behavioural Health	24
-	Palliative Medicine	24
-	BMJ Quality & Safety	24
34	Journal of Healthcare Engineering	23
-	Milbank Quarterly	23
36	Journal of Medical Economics	22
-	Risk Management and Healthcare Policy	22
-	Journal of Health Economics	22
39	Health Services Research	21
-	Advances in Health Sciences Education	21
-	Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare	21
42	Disability and Health Journal	20
-	Health Economics	20
44	Inquiry-The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing	19
45	Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management	18
-	Journal of Palliative Medicine	18
-	Medical Care	18
-	Annals of Palliative Medicine	18
-	BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care	18
50	Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research	17

-	Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice	17
-	Applied Health Economics and Health Policy	17
-	Journal of Rural Health	17
-	Statistical Methods in Medical Research	17
55	International Journal of Health Policy and Management	16
-	Journal of School Health	16
-	Technology and Health Care	16
-	International Journal of Integrated Care	16
-	Patient-Patient Centered Outcomes Research	16
60	Health Informatics Journal	15
-	Health Technology Assessment	15
-	International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care	15
-	Medical Decision Making	15
-	Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics	15
65	Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal	14
-	Journal of Patient Safety	14
-	Medical Care Research and Review	14
-	Simulation in Healthcare-Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare	14
-	Journal of Interprofessional Care	14
-	Population Health Management	14
-	Teaching and Learning in Medicine	14
-	American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine	14
73	Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law	13
-	Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy	13
-	Journal of Public Health Policy	13
-	European Journal of Cancer Care	13
-	Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research	13
-	Hastings Center Report	13
-	International Journal for Quality in Health Care	13
80	Journal of Palliative Care	12
-	Australian Health Review	12
82	Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care	11
-	Gaceta Sanitaria	11
-	Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care	11
85	Evaluation & the Health Professions	10
-	Australian Journal of Primary Health	10
-	Chronic Illness	10
-	Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions	10
89	Families Systems & Health	9
-	Geospatial Health	9
-	Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics	9
-	Methods of Information in Medicine	9
93	Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research	8
-	Quality Management in Health Care	8
-	American Journal of Medical Quality	8
-	Informatics for Health & Social Care	8
-	Journal for Healthcare Quality	8
98	Medical History	6
99	Bulletin of the History of Medicine	5
-	Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences	5
101	Health Policy and Planning	3