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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	npj Digital Medicine	93
2	Journal of Medical Internet Research	90
3	Healthcare	73
4	BMC Health Services Research	55
5	Journal of Personalized Medicine	53
6	Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association	51
7	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology	46
-	International Journal of Medical Informatics	46
9	Digital Health	42
10	Health Affairs	41
11	BMC Medical Research Methodology	39
12	JMIR mHealth and uHealth	37
13	Journal of General Internal Medicine	36
-	Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific	36
15	Value in Health	34
-	Academic Medicine	34
-	Medical Teacher	34
18	Implementation Science	33
19	Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare	31
20	Health Policy	30
-	JMIR Serious Games	30
22	Pharmacoeconomics	29
-	Health Expectations	29
24	Quality of Life Research	28
-	Journal of Pain and Symptom Management	28
26	BMC Palliative Care	26
-	Supportive Care in Cancer	26
-	Internet Interventions-The Application of Information Technology in Mental and Behavioural Health	26
29	Health and Quality of Life Outcomes	25
-	Medical Education	25
31	Telemedicine and E-Health	24
-	Milbank Quarterly	24
-	Palliative Medicine	24
-	BMJ Quality & Safety	24
35	Risk Management and Healthcare Policy	23
-	Journal of Healthcare Engineering	23
37	Journal of Health Economics	22
38	Advances in Health Sciences Education	21
-	Journal of Medical Economics	21
40	Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare	20
-	Health Services Research	20
-	Inquiry-The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing	20
43	Annals of Palliative Medicine	19
-	BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care	19
-	Journal of Palliative Medicine	19
-	Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice	19
47	Statistical Methods in Medical Research	18
-	Disability and Health Journal	18
-	Health Economics	18
-	Medical Care	18

-	Technology and Health Care	18
-	Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management	18
-	Applied Health Economics and Health Policy	18
-	Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research	18
55	Health Informatics Journal	17
-	Journal of Rural Health	17
-	International Journal of Health Policy and Management	17
58	Patient-Patient Centered Outcomes Research	16
-	International Journal for Quality in Health Care	16
-	Journal of School Health	16
61	Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics	15
-	Hastings Center Report	15
-	Health Technology Assessment	15
-	International Journal of Integrated Care	15
-	International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care	15
-	Journal of Interprofessional Care	15
67	Medical Decision Making	14
-	Teaching and Learning in Medicine	14
-	American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine	14
-	Simulation in Healthcare-Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare	14
-	Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal	14
-	Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy	14
-	Journal of Patient Safety	14
-	Journal of Public Health Policy	14
75	European Journal of Cancer Care	13
-	Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research	13
-	Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law	13
-	Medical Care Research and Review	13
79	Population Health Management	12
-	Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care	12
-	Evaluation & the Health Professions	12
-	Journal of Palliative Care	12
83	Australian Health Review	11
-	Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care	11
-	Gaceta Sanitaria	11
-	Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions	11
87	Australian Journal of Primary Health	10
88	Methods of Information in Medicine	9
-	Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics	9
-	Geospatial Health	9
91	Journal for Healthcare Quality	8
-	Quality Management in Health Care	8
-	American Journal of Medical Quality	8
-	Chronic Illness	8
-	Families Systems & Health	8
-	Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research	8
97	Informatics for Health & Social Care	7
98	Medical History	6
-	Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences	6
100	Bulletin of the History of Medicine	5
101	Health Policy and Planning	4