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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Journal of Medical Internet Research	76
2	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology	48
3	BMC Health Services Research	47
4	Journal of Healthcare Engineering	43
5	Health Affairs	42
6	BMC Medical Research Methodology	41
-	Journal of General Internal Medicine	41
8	International Journal of Medical Informatics	38
9	Academic Medicine	35
10	Implementation Science	34
11	Value in Health	33
-	Supportive Care in Cancer	33
13	Journal of Pain and Symptom Management	30
14	Telemedicine and E-Health	29
-	Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association	29
16	Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare	28
-	Health Policy	28
18	Medical Education	27
-	Medical Teacher	27
-	Quality of Life Research	27
-	Health Expectations	27
22	Disability and Health Journal	25
-	Health and Quality of Life Outcomes	25
-	Risk Management and Healthcare Policy	25
25	Palliative Medicine	24
-	Pharmacoeconomics	24
-	BMJ Quality & Safety	24
-	Journal of Health Economics	24
29	Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare	23
-	BMC Palliative Care	23
31	Journal of Palliative Medicine	22
-	Health Services Research	22
33	Medical Care	21
-	Health Economics	21
35	Journal of Patient Safety	19
-	Milbank Quarterly	19
-	Advances in Health Sciences Education	19
-	Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal	19
-	Journal of Medical Economics	19
40	Statistical Methods in Medical Research	18
-	Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research	18
-	Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management	18
-	Applied Health Economics and Health Policy	18
44	Journal of Rural Health	17
-	Population Health Management	17
-	Health Technology Assessment	17
-	Journal of School Health	17
48	European Journal of Cancer Care	16
-	Medical Decision Making	16
-	Health Informatics Journal	16

51	Patient-Patient Centered Outcomes Research	15
-	Teaching and Learning in Medicine	15
-	Gaceta Sanitaria	15
-	International Journal for Quality in Health Care	15
-	Inquiry-The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing	15
-	Journal of Medical Systems	15
57	Medical Care Research and Review	14
-	International Journal of Integrated Care	14
-	Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice	14
-	Technology and Health Care	14
-	American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine	14
-	Journal of Interprofessional Care	14
63	Australian Health Review	13
-	Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research	13
-	Informatics for Health & Social Care	13
-	International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care	13
-	Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics	13
68	Chronic Illness	12
-	Hastings Center Report	12
-	Journal of Public Health Policy	12
-	Simulation in Healthcare-Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare	12
72	Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care	11
-	International Journal of Health Services	11
-	Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions	11
75	Journal of Palliative Care	10
-	American Journal of Medical Quality	10
-	Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research	10
-	Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law	10
-	Methods of Information in Medicine	10
-	Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care	10
-	Evaluation & the Health Professions	10
-	Families Systems & Health	10
83	Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics	9
-	Quality Management in Health Care	9
-	Australian Journal of Primary Health	9
86	Geospatial Health	8
87	Journal for Healthcare Quality	7
88	Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences	4
-	Medical History	4
90	Bulletin of the History of Medicine	3