New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Health Care Sciences & Services

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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Journal of Medical Internet Research79
2 npj Digital Medicine71
3 Healthcare58
4 Journal of Personalized Medicine52
5 BMC Health Services Research48
6 JMIR mHealth and uHealth46
7 Journal of Clinical Epidemiology44
8 Journal of Healthcare Engineering43
9 Health Affairs42
10 Journal of General Internal Medicine39
- BMC Medical Research Methodology39
12 International Journal of Medical Informatics38
13 Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association35
- Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific35
15 Value in Health34
- Academic Medicine34
17 Digital Health33
18 Implementation Science32
19 Internet Interventions-The Application of Information Technology in Mental and Behavioural Health31
- Supportive Care in Cancer31
21 Journal of Pain and Symptom Management30
22 JMIR Serious Games29
- Health Policy29
24 Medical Teacher28
- Health Expectations28
26 Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare27
- Medical Education27
28 Telemedicine and E-Health25
- Disability and Health Journal25
- Health and Quality of Life Outcomes25
- Pharmacoeconomics25
32 Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare24
- Quality of Life Research24
- Journal of Health Economics24
- Palliative Medicine24
36 BMC Palliative Care23
- BMJ Quality & Safety23
- Health Services Research23
39 Journal of Palliative Medicine22
- Health Economics22
- Risk Management and Healthcare Policy22
42 Journal of Medical Economics21
43 Medical Care20
- Milbank Quarterly20
45 Annals of Palliative Medicine19
- Journal of Patient Safety19
- Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management19
- Advances in Health Sciences Education19
49 Statistical Methods in Medical Research18
- Applied Health Economics and Health Policy18
51 Journal of Rural Health17
- BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care17
- Health Informatics Journal17
- Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research17
- Journal of School Health17
- Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal17
- Inquiry-The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing17
58 Patient-Patient Centered Outcomes Research16
59 Medical Decision Making15
- Population Health Management15
- European Journal of Cancer Care15
- Gaceta Sanitaria15
- Health Technology Assessment15
- Technology and Health Care15
- International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care15
66 Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice14
- Teaching and Learning in Medicine14
- Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics14
- Journal of Interprofessional Care14
- Medical Care Research and Review14
- International Journal of Integrated Care14
72 Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy13
- Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care13
- American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine13
- Australian Health Review13
- Hastings Center Report13
- International Journal for Quality in Health Care13
- Simulation in Healthcare-Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare13
- International Journal of Health Policy and Management13
80 Journal of Medical Systems12
- Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research12
- Informatics for Health & Social Care12
- Journal of Public Health Policy12
- Chronic Illness12
85 Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law11
- Journal of Palliative Care11
- American Journal of Medical Quality11
- Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions11
89 Methods of Information in Medicine10
- Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care10
- International Journal of Health Services10
- Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research10
- Australian Journal of Primary Health10
- Evaluation & the Health Professions10
95 Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics9
- Families Systems & Health9
- Geospatial Health9
98 Quality Management in Health Care8
99 Journal for Healthcare Quality7
100 Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences4
- Medical History4
- Bulletin of the History of Medicine4
103 Health Policy and Planning1
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