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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Journal of Medical Internet Research	79
2	npj Digital Medicine	71
3	Healthcare	60
4	Journal of Personalized Medicine	53
5	BMC Health Services Research	48
6	JMIR mHealth and uHealth	45
7	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology	42
-	Journal of Healthcare Engineering	42
9	Journal of General Internal Medicine	41
-	Health Affairs	41
11	International Journal of Medical Informatics	40
12	BMC Medical Research Methodology	38
13	Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association	37
-	Digital Health	37
15	Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific	35
-	Implementation Science	35
17	Value in Health	33
-	Academic Medicine	33
19	Medical Teacher	29
-	Supportive Care in Cancer	29
-	Health Policy	29
-	JMIR Serious Games	29
23	Medical Education	28
-	Health Expectations	28
-	Journal of Pain and Symptom Management	28
-	Internet Interventions-The Application of Information Technology in Mental and Behavioural Health	28
27	Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare	27
-	Pharmacoeconomics	27
29	Journal of Health Economics	26
30	Telemedicine and E-Health	25
-	Disability and Health Journal	25
-	Health and Quality of Life Outcomes	25
33	Palliative Medicine	24
-	BMC Palliative Care	24
35	BMJ Quality & Safety	23
-	Health Services Research	23
-	Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare	23
-	Quality of Life Research	23
39	Journal of Medical Economics	22
40	Journal of Palliative Medicine	21
-	Health Economics	21
42	Milbank Quarterly	20
-	Advances in Health Sciences Education	20
-	Annals of Palliative Medicine	20
45	Journal of Patient Safety	19
-	Risk Management and Healthcare Policy	19
-	Applied Health Economics and Health Policy	19
-	Medical Care	19
49	Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management	18
-	Inquiry-The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing	18

-	Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research	18
52	Journal of School Health	17
-	Statistical Methods in Medical Research	17
-	BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care	17
55	Technology and Health Care	16
-	Journal of Rural Health	16
-	Patient-Patient Centered Outcomes Research	16
-	Population Health Management	16
-	Health Informatics Journal	16
-	Health Technology Assessment	16
61	International Journal of Integrated Care	15
-	International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care	15
-	Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice	15
-	European Journal of Cancer Care	15
65	Journal of Interprofessional Care	14
-	Medical Care Research and Review	14
-	Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal	14
-	International Journal of Health Policy and Management	14
-	Medical Decision Making	14
-	Teaching and Learning in Medicine	14
-	Australian Health Review	14
-	Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics	14
-	Gaceta Sanitaria	14
-	Hastings Center Report	14
75	Journal of Public Health Policy	13
-	Simulation in Healthcare-Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare	13
-	Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy	13
-	American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine	13
-	International Journal for Quality in Health Care	13
80	Chronic Illness	12
-	Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law	12
-	Journal of Medical Systems	12
-	Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care	12
-	Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research	12
85	Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions	11
-	Journal of Palliative Care	11
-	American Journal of Medical Quality	11
-	Informatics for Health & Social Care	11
89	Evaluation & the Health Professions	10
-	Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care	10
-	International Journal of Health Services	10
92	Australian Journal of Primary Health	9
-	Families Systems & Health	9
-	Geospatial Health	9
-	Methods of Information in Medicine	9
-	Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research	9
97	Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics	8
-	Quality Management in Health Care	8
-	Journal for Healthcare Quality	8
100	Bulletin of the History of Medicine	4
-	Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences	4
-	Medical History	4
103	Health Policy and Planning	1