New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

Health Care Sciences & Services

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Implementation Science27.705
2 npj Digital Medicine19.936
3 Journal of Medical Internet Research13.814
4 Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association13.241
5 Health Technology Assessment10.966
6 JMIR mHealth and uHealth10.568
7 International Journal of Medical Informatics9.906
8 Journal of Clinical Epidemiology8.912
9 JMIR Serious Games8.871
10 Palliative Medicine8.827
11 Health Affairs8.789
12 Internet Interventions-The Application of Information Technology in Mental and Behavioural Health8.365
13 Pharmacoeconomics8.251
14 Journal of Personalized Medicine7.946
15 BMC Medical Research Methodology7.887
16 Milbank Quarterly7.477
17 Health Policy7.148
18 BMJ Quality & Safety6.986
19 Journal of Health Economics6.594
20 Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare6.386
21 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes6.207
22 BMC Health Services Research6.179
23 Applied Health Economics and Health Policy6.146
24 Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific6.117
25 Healthcare6.046
26 Advances in Health Sciences Education5.827
27 Digital Health5.662
28 Medical Teacher5.621
29 BMC Palliative Care5.415
30 Health Expectations5.384
31 Quality of Life Research5.347
32 Telemedicine and E-Health4.979
33 Patient-Patient Centered Outcomes Research4.898
34 Medical Care Research and Review4.886
35 Academic Medicine4.833
36 Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare4.781
37 Risk Management and Healthcare Policy4.553
38 Journal of Medical Economics4.356
39 Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care4.250
40 Disability and Health Journal4.218
41 Health Informatics Journal4.134
42 Journal of General Internal Medicine4.092
43 Statistical Methods in Medical Research4.081
44 Teaching and Learning in Medicine3.996
45 Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics3.939
46 Health Economics3.921
47 Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research3.897
48 Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management3.883
49 Journal of Interprofessional Care3.873
50 Journal of Rural Health3.807
51 Medical Education3.714
52 Annals of Palliative Medicine3.697
53 Simulation in Healthcare-Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare3.647
54 Methods of Information in Medicine3.611
55 Evaluation & the Health Professions3.592
56 Medical Decision Making3.469
57 Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law3.450
58 Inquiry-The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing3.371
59 Medical Care3.338
60 Technology and Health Care3.267
61 Health Services Research3.258
62 Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research3.185
63 Journal of Palliative Care3.178
64 Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy2.955
65 Supportive Care in Cancer2.952
66 Journal of Public Health Policy2.920
67 Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care2.862
68 Chronic Illness2.815
69 Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal2.761
70 Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions2.737
71 Population Health Management2.703
72 European Journal of Cancer Care2.660
73 International Journal for Quality in Health Care2.654
74 BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care2.648
75 Journal of School Health2.637
76 International Journal of Health Policy and Management2.598
77 Journal of Patient Safety2.505
78 American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine2.464
79 Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice2.414
80 Hastings Center Report2.333
81 Australian Journal of Primary Health2.313
82 Geospatial Health2.201
83 Journal of Palliative Medicine2.194
84 Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research2.162
85 Informatics for Health & Social Care2.102
86 Australian Health Review2.092
87 Journal for Healthcare Quality1.914
88 Journal of Pain and Symptom Management1.911
89 Journal of Healthcare Engineering1.909
90 Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics1.541
91 Quality Management in Health Care1.505
92 American Journal of Medical Quality1.443
93 Families Systems & Health1.356
94 International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care0.882
95 Medical History0.825
96 Health Policy and Planning0.694
97 Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences0.630
98 Gaceta Sanitaria0.624
99 International Journal of Integrated Care0.530
100 Bulletin of the History of Medicine0.502
101 Value in Health0.478
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