Health Care Sciences & Services: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)

Rank	Journal	Impact Factor
1	npj Digital Medicine	ca. 15.2
2	Health Affairs	ca. 9.7
3	Academic Medicine	ca. 7.4
-	Journal of Medical Internet Research	ca. 7.4
5	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology	ca. 7.2
-	Implementation Science	ca. 7.2
7	Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific	ca. 7.1
8	Milbank Quarterly	ca. 6.6
9	Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association	ca. 6.4
10	Medical Education	ca. 6
11	Journal of General Internal Medicine	ca. 5.7
12	BMJ Quality & Safety	ca. 5.4
13	Journal of Medical Systems	ca. 5.3
14	JMIR mHealth and uHealth	ca. 5
15	International Journal of Medical Informatics	ca. 4.9
-	Journal of Rural Health	ca. 4.9
17	Journal of Pain and Symptom Management	ca. 4.7
-	Medical Teacher	ca. 4.7
-	Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare	ca. 4.7
-	Telemedicine and E-Health	ca. 4.7
21	Value in Health	ca. 4.5
-	Disability and Health Journal	ca. 4.5
23	Pharmacoeconomics	ca. 4.4
-	Palliative Medicine	ca. 4.4
25	Internet Interventions-The Application of Information Technology in Mental and Behavioural Health	ca. 4.3
26	Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law	ca. 4.2
27	BMC Medical Research Methodology	ca. 4
-	Advances in Health Sciences Education	ca. 4
-	JMIR Serious Games	ca. 4
30	Digital Health	ca. 3.9
31	Journal of Public Health Policy	ca. 3.8
32	Perspectives on Medical Education	ca. 3.6
-	Applied Health Economics and Health Policy	ca. 3.6
-	Health and Quality of Life Outcomes	ca. 3.6
-	Medical Decision Making	ca. 3.6
-	Patient-Patient Centered Outcomes Research	ca. 3.6
-	Health Technology Assessment	ca. 3.6
38	International Journal of Health Policy and Management	ca. 3.5
-	Journal of Health Economics	ca. 3.5
-	Risk Management and Healthcare Policy	ca. 3.5
-	Quality of Life Research	ca. 3.5
42	Health Services Research	ca. 3.4
-	International Journal of Health Services	ca. 3.4
44	Hastings Center Report	ca. 3.3
-	Health Policy	ca. 3.3
-	Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare	ca. 3.3
47	Health Policy and Planning	ca. 3.2
-	International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care	ca. 3.2
-	Health Expectations	ca. 3.2
50	Supportive Care in Cancer	ca. 3.1

-	BMC Palliative Care	ca. 3.1
52	Health Informatics Journal	ca. 3
-	Medical Care	ca. 3
54	Evaluation & the Health Professions	ca. 2.9
55	Healthcare	ca. 2.8
-	Journal of Palliative Medicine	ca. 2.8
-	BMC Health Services Research	ca. 2.8
-	Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management	ca. 2.8
59	BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care	ca. 2.7
-	Journal of Interprofessional Care	ca. 2.7
61	International Journal for Quality in Health Care	ca. 2.6
62	Population Health Management	ca. 2.5
-	Medical Care Research and Review	ca. 2.5
-	Teaching and Learning in Medicine	ca. 2.5
65	International Journal of Integrated Care	ca. 2.4
-	Informatics for Health & Social Care	ca. 2.4
-	Journal of Medical Economics	ca. 2.4
-	Simulation in Healthcare-Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare	ca. 2.4
-	Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice	ca. 2.4
70	Statistical Methods in Medical Research	ca. 2.3
-	Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research	ca. 2.3
72	Journal of Patient Safety	ca. 2.2
-	Journal of School Health	ca. 2.2
74	European Journal of Cancer Care	ca. 2.1
-	Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research	ca. 2.1
-	Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care	ca. 2.1
-	Health Economics	ca. 2.1
-	Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care	ca. 2.1
-	Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy	ca. 2.1
-	Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal	ca. 2.1
81	American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine	ca. 1.9
-	Gaceta Sanitaria	ca. 1.9
-	Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research	ca. 1.9
84	Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics	ca. 1.8
-	Australian Health Review	ca. 1.8
-	Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions	ca. 1.8
87	Inquiry-The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing	ca. 1.7
-	Geospatial Health	ca. 1.7
-	Journal of Palliative Care	ca. 1.7
-	Methods of Information in Medicine	ca. 1.7
91	Technology and Health Care	ca. 1.6
92	American Journal of Medical Quality	ca. 1.4
-	Medical History	ca. 1.4
94	Journal for Healthcare Quality	ca. 1.3
-	Chronic Illness	ca. 1.3
-	Australian Journal of Primary Health	ca. 1.3
-	Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics	ca. 1.3
-	Families Systems & Health	ca. 1.3
99	Quality Management in Health Care	ca. 1.2
100	Bulletin of the History of Medicine	ca. 1
101	Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences	ca. 0.5