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

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Journal of Medical Internet Research	81
2	npj Digital Medicine	77
3	Healthcare	65
4	Journal of Personalized Medicine	55
5	BMC Health Services Research	51
6	JMIR mHealth and uHealth	43
-	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology	43
-	Health Affairs	43
9	International Journal of Medical Informatics	42
10	Journal of General Internal Medicine	41
11	Journal of Healthcare Engineering	40
-	Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association	40
13	BMC Medical Research Methodology	39
-	Digital Health	39
15	Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific	35
-	Implementation Science	35
17	Academic Medicine	34
-	Value in Health	34
19	JMIR Serious Games	30
-	Medical Teacher	30
-	Health Expectations	30
-	Health Policy	30
23	Supportive Care in Cancer	29
-	Journal of Pain and Symptom Management	29
25	Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare	27
-	Medical Education	27
-	Pharmacoeconomics	27
28	Palliative Medicine	26
-	Disability and Health Journal	26
-	Health and Quality of Life Outcomes	26
-	Journal of Health Economics	26
32	Internet Interventions-The Application of Information Technology in Mental and Behavioural Health	25
-	Telemedicine and E-Health	25
34	BMC Palliative Care	24
-	Quality of Life Research	24
-	BMJ Quality & Safety	24
37	Health Services Research	23
38	Journal of Medical Economics	22
39	Milbank Quarterly	21
-	Health Economics	21
-	Journal of Palliative Medicine	21
-	Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare	21
-	Advances in Health Sciences Education	21
44	Risk Management and Healthcare Policy	20
-	Inquiry-The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing	20
46	Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management	19
-	Applied Health Economics and Health Policy	19
48	Annals of Palliative Medicine	18
-	Medical Care	18
50	Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research	17

-	Journal of School Health	17
-	BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care	17
-	Statistical Methods in Medical Research	17
54	Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice	16
-	Technology and Health Care	16
-	Health Informatics Journal	16
-	Health Technology Assessment	16
-	International Journal of Integrated Care	16
-	Journal of Interprofessional Care	16
-	Journal of Rural Health	16
-	Patient-Patient Centered Outcomes Research	16
62	Journal of Patient Safety	15
-	Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics	15
-	International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care	15
-	Medical Decision Making	15
-	Population Health Management	15
67	Medical Care Research and Review	14
-	European Journal of Cancer Care	14
-	International Journal for Quality in Health Care	14
-	International Journal of Health Policy and Management	14
-	Teaching and Learning in Medicine	14
-	Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal	14
73	Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law	13
-	Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy	13
-	Journal of Public Health Policy	13
-	Simulation in Healthcare-Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare	13
-	American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine	13
-	Hastings Center Report	13
79	Australian Health Review	12
-	Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research	12
-	Gaceta Sanitaria	12
-	Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care	12
83	Journal of Palliative Care	11
-	Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions	11
-	Chronic Illness	11
86	Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research	10
-	Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care	10
-	American Journal of Medical Quality	10
-	Evaluation & the Health Professions	10
90	International Journal of Health Services	9
-	Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics	9
-	Methods of Information in Medicine	9
-	Australian Journal of Primary Health	9
-	Families Systems & Health	9
-	Geospatial Health	9
96	Quality Management in Health Care	8
-	Informatics for Health & Social Care	8
-	Journal for Healthcare Quality	8
99	Medical History	5
100	Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences	4
-	Bulletin of the History of Medicine	4
102	Health Policy and Planning	1