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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	npj Digital Medicine	91
2	Journal of Medical Internet Research	89
3	Healthcare	71
4	Journal of Personalized Medicine	56
5	BMC Health Services Research	54
6	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology	46
7	International Journal of Medical Informatics	45
8	Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association	43
9	BMC Medical Research Methodology	40
-	Digital Health	40
-	Health Affairs	40
12	JMIR mHealth and uHealth	36
-	Journal of General Internal Medicine	36
-	Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific	36
15	Value in Health	35
-	Implementation Science	35
17	Academic Medicine	33
-	Medical Teacher	33
19	JMIR Serious Games	31
20	Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare	30
-	Pharmacoeconomics	30
22	Health Policy	29
23	Journal of Pain and Symptom Management	28
-	Health Expectations	28
-	Quality of Life Research	28
26	BMC Palliative Care	27
-	Medical Education	27
28	Health and Quality of Life Outcomes	26
29	Supportive Care in Cancer	25
-	Internet Interventions-The Application of Information Technology in Mental and Behavioural Health	25
31	Telemedicine and E-Health	24
-	BMJ Quality & Safety	24
-	Milbank Quarterly	24
-	Palliative Medicine	24
35	Journal of Health Economics	23
-	Risk Management and Healthcare Policy	23
-	Journal of Healthcare Engineering	23
38	Advances in Health Sciences Education	21
-	Health Services Research	21
-	Journal of Medical Economics	21
41	Disability and Health Journal	20
-	Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare	20
-	Inquiry-The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing	20
44	BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care	19
45	Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management	18
-	Health Economics	18
-	Journal of Palliative Medicine	18
-	Medical Care	18
-	Applied Health Economics and Health Policy	18
-	Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research	18

-	Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice	18
-	Statistical Methods in Medical Research	18
53	Technology and Health Care	17
-	Annals of Palliative Medicine	17
-	International Journal of Health Policy and Management	17
56	Health Informatics Journal	16
-	Journal of Rural Health	16
-	Patient-Patient Centered Outcomes Research	16
59	Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics	15
-	Hastings Center Report	15
-	Health Technology Assessment	15
-	International Journal for Quality in Health Care	15
-	International Journal of Integrated Care	15
-	International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care	15
-	Journal of School Health	15
-	Medical Care Research and Review	15
67	Journal of Interprofessional Care	14
-	Simulation in Healthcare-Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare	14
-	Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal	14
-	Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law	14
-	Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy	14
-	Journal of Public Health Policy	14
-	Teaching and Learning in Medicine	14
74	American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine	13
-	European Journal of Cancer Care	13
-	Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research	13
-	Medical Decision Making	13
-	Journal of Patient Safety	13
79	Population Health Management	12
-	Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care	12
81	Australian Health Review	11
-	Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care	11
-	Gaceta Sanitaria	11
-	Evaluation & the Health Professions	11
-	Journal of Palliative Care	11
86	Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions	10
-	Methods of Information in Medicine	10
-	Australian Journal of Primary Health	10
89	Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics	9
-	Geospatial Health	9
91	Journal for Healthcare Quality	8
-	American Journal of Medical Quality	8
-	Chronic Illness	8
-	Families Systems & Health	8
-	Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research	8
96	Informatics for Health & Social Care	7
97	Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences	6
-	Medical History	6
99	Health Policy and Planning	4
-	Bulletin of the History of Medicine	4