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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Journal of Medical Internet Research	76
2	npj Digital Medicine	67
3	Healthcare	56
4	Journal of Personalized Medicine	51
5	JMIR mHealth and uHealth	48
-	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology	48
7	BMC Health Services Research	45
8	Journal of Healthcare Engineering	43
9	Health Affairs	42
10	Journal of General Internal Medicine	40
-	BMC Medical Research Methodology	40
12	International Journal of Medical Informatics	38
13	Academic Medicine	35
14	Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific	33
-	Supportive Care in Cancer	33
16	Implementation Science	32
-	Value in Health	32
18	Journal of Pain and Symptom Management	30
19	Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare	29
-	JMIR Serious Games	29
-	Telemedicine and E-Health	29
-	Digital Health	29
23	Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association	28
-	Health Expectations	28
-	Health Policy	28
26	Medical Teacher	27
-	Palliative Medicine	27
-	Risk Management and Healthcare Policy	27
-	Internet Interventions-The Application of Information Technology in Mental and Behavioural Health	27
30	Health and Quality of Life Outcomes	26
-	Medical Education	26
32	Disability and Health Journal	25
-	Quality of Life Research	25
34	Pharmacoeconomics	24
-	BMJ Quality & Safety	24
36	Journal of Health Economics	23
-	BMC Palliative Care	23
-	Medical Care	23
39	Health Services Research	22
-	Annals of Palliative Medicine	22
-	Journal of Palliative Medicine	22
-	Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare	22
43	Health Economics	20
-	BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care	20
45	Journal of Patient Safety	19
-	Milbank Quarterly	19
-	Journal of Medical Economics	19
-	Advances in Health Sciences Education	19
-	Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal	19
50	Statistical Methods in Medical Research	18

-	Applied Health Economics and Health Policy	18
52	Journal of School Health	17
-	Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management	17
-	Health Technology Assessment	17
-	Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research	17
-	Journal of Rural Health	17
-	Population Health Management	17
58	Gaceta Sanitaria	16
-	Health Informatics Journal	16
-	Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice	16
-	Journal of Medical Systems	16
-	Medical Decision Making	16
63	European Journal of Cancer Care	15
-	International Journal for Quality in Health Care	15
-	Patient-Patient Centered Outcomes Research	15
66	Inquiry-The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing	14
-	Journal of Interprofessional Care	14
-	American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine	14
-	Teaching and Learning in Medicine	14
70	International Journal of Health Policy and Management	13
-	International Journal of Integrated Care	13
-	International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care	13
-	Medical Care Research and Review	13
-	Technology and Health Care	13
-	Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics	13
76	Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research	12
-	Journal of Public Health Policy	12
-	Simulation in Healthcare-Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare	12
-	Australian Health Review	12
-	Informatics for Health & Social Care	12
-	Chronic Illness	12
82	Hastings Center Report	11
-	International Journal of Health Services	11
-	Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law	11
-	Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy	11
-	Methods of Information in Medicine	11
-	Evaluation & the Health Professions	11
88	Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions	10
-	Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research	10
-	Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care	10
-	American Journal of Medical Quality	10
92	Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics	9
-	Journal of Palliative Care	9
-	Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care	9
-	Families Systems & Health	9
-	Geospatial Health	9
-	Australian Journal of Primary Health	9
98	Quality Management in Health Care	8
99	Journal for Healthcare Quality	6
100	Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences	4
-	Medical History	4
102	Bulletin of the History of Medicine	3