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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Journal of Medical Internet Research	77
2	npj Digital Medicine	72
3	Healthcare	59
4	Journal of Personalized Medicine	52
5	BMC Health Services Research	49
6	JMIR mHealth and uHealth	45
7	Journal of Healthcare Engineering	43
-	Health Affairs	43
-	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology	43
10	Journal of General Internal Medicine	40
-	BMC Medical Research Methodology	40
12	International Journal of Medical Informatics	38
13	Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association	36
-	Digital Health	36
15	Academic Medicine	35
16	Value in Health	34
-	Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific	34
18	Implementation Science	33
19	Medical Teacher	30
-	Supportive Care in Cancer	30
21	JMIR Serious Games	29
-	Health Expectations	29
23	Health Policy	28
-	Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare	28
25	Internet Interventions-The Application of Information Technology in Mental and Behavioural Health	27
-	Journal of Pain and Symptom Management	27
-	Medical Education	27
28	Disability and Health Journal	26
-	Pharmacoeconomics	26
30	Health and Quality of Life Outcomes	25
-	Telemedicine and E-Health	25
-	Journal of Health Economics	25
33	Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare	24
-	BMC Palliative Care	24
-	Palliative Medicine	24
-	BMJ Quality & Safety	24
37	Quality of Life Research	23
38	Health Economics	22
-	Journal of Medical Economics	22
-	Health Services Research	22
41	Journal of Palliative Medicine	21
42	Annals of Palliative Medicine	20
-	Milbank Quarterly	20
-	Risk Management and Healthcare Policy	20
-	Advances in Health Sciences Education	20
46	Medical Care	19
-	Journal of Patient Safety	19
-	Applied Health Economics and Health Policy	19
49	Statistical Methods in Medical Research	18
-	Inquiry-The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing	18

-	Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management	18
52	Health Informatics Journal	17
-	Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research	17
-	BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care	17
-	Journal of School Health	17
56	Health Technology Assessment	16
-	Journal of Rural Health	16
-	Patient-Patient Centered Outcomes Research	16
59	Medical Decision Making	15
-	Population Health Management	15
-	European Journal of Cancer Care	15
-	International Journal of Integrated Care	15
-	International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care	15
-	Technology and Health Care	15
65	Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice	14
-	Teaching and Learning in Medicine	14
-	Gaceta Sanitaria	14
-	International Journal of Health Policy and Management	14
-	Journal of Interprofessional Care	14
-	Medical Care Research and Review	14
-	Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal	14
72	Hastings Center Report	13
-	International Journal for Quality in Health Care	13
-	Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy	13
-	Australian Health Review	13
-	Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics	13
-	Simulation in Healthcare-Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare	13
78	Informatics for Health & Social Care	12
-	Journal of Medical Systems	12
-	Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care	12
-	American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine	12
-	Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research	12
-	Journal of Public Health Policy	12
84	Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law	11
-	Methods of Information in Medicine	11
-	Journal of Palliative Care	11
-	Chronic Illness	11
88	International Journal of Health Services	10
-	Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research	10
-	Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care	10
-	Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions	10
-	American Journal of Medical Quality	10
93	Australian Journal of Primary Health	9
-	Evaluation & the Health Professions	9
-	Geospatial Health	9
96	Journal for Healthcare Quality	8
-	Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics	8
-	Quality Management in Health Care	8
-	Families Systems & Health	8
100	Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences	4
-	Medical History	4
-	Bulletin of the History of Medicine	4
103	Health Policy and Planning	1