Health Policy & Services: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Health Affairs	11
-	International Journal of Health Services	11
3	Journal of Health Economics	10
4	Health Policy	8
5	Milbank Quarterly	7
6	Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research	6
7	International Journal of Health Planning and Management	5
-	Journal of Aging and Health	5
-	Medical Care	5
-	Journal of Community Health	5
-	Journal of Rural Health	5
-	Medical Decision Making	5
13	Health Services Research	4
-	Journal of Palliative Care	4
-	Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law	4
16	Community Mental Health Journal	3
-	Gaceta Sanitaria	3
-	Health Care Management Review	3
-	Journal of Public Health Policy	3
-	Evaluation & the Health Professions	3
-	Inquiry-The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing	3
22	Australian Health Review	2
-	Journal of Pediatric Health Care	2