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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Journal of Medical Internet Research	76
2	npj Digital Medicine	71
3	Healthcare	58
4	Journal of Personalized Medicine	53
5	BMC Health Services Research	48
6	JMIR mHealth and uHealth	45
-	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology	45
8	Journal of Healthcare Engineering	43
9	Health Affairs	42
10	Journal of General Internal Medicine	40
11	BMC Medical Research Methodology	39
12	International Journal of Medical Informatics	38
13	Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific	34
-	Academic Medicine	34
-	Value in Health	34
16	Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association	33
-	Implementation Science	33
18	Supportive Care in Cancer	32
-	Digital Health	32
20	Journal of Pain and Symptom Management	31
21	Internet Interventions-The Application of Information Technology in Mental and Behavioural Health	30
22	Health Policy	29
-	JMIR Serious Games	29
24	Medical Teacher	28
-	Health Expectations	28
26	Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare	27
-	Medical Education	27
28	Telemedicine and E-Health	26
29	Pharmacoeconomics	25
-	Disability and Health Journal	25
-	Quality of Life Research	25
32	Palliative Medicine	24
-	Health and Quality of Life Outcomes	24
-	Journal of Health Economics	24
35	Risk Management and Healthcare Policy	23
-	BMC Palliative Care	23
-	Health Services Research	23
-	Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare	23
-	BMJ Quality & Safety	23
40	Journal of Palliative Medicine	22
41	Health Economics	21
-	Journal of Medical Economics	21
43	Milbank Quarterly	20
-	Annals of Palliative Medicine	20
-	Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal	20
46	Journal of Patient Safety	19
-	Medical Care	19
-	Statistical Methods in Medical Research	19
-	Advances in Health Sciences Education	19
50	Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management	18

-	BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care	18
-	Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research	18
53	Journal of Rural Health	17
-	Applied Health Economics and Health Policy	17
55	Journal of School Health	16
-	European Journal of Cancer Care	16
-	Health Informatics Journal	16
-	Inquiry-The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing	16
-	Patient-Patient Centered Outcomes Research	16
-	Population Health Management	16
-	Health Technology Assessment	16
62	Gaceta Sanitaria	15
-	International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care	15
-	Medical Decision Making	15
65	Medical Care Research and Review	14
-	Technology and Health Care	14
-	American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine	14
-	Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics	14
-	International Journal of Health Policy and Management	14
-	International Journal of Integrated Care	14
-	Journal of Interprofessional Care	14
-	Journal of Medical Systems	14
-	Teaching and Learning in Medicine	14
-	Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice	14
75	Simulation in Healthcare-Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare	13
-	Australian Health Review	13
-	Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care	13
-	International Journal for Quality in Health Care	13
-	Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy	13
80	Journal of Public Health Policy	12
-	Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research	12
-	Hastings Center Report	12
-	Chronic Illness	12
-	Informatics for Health & Social Care	12
85	Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions	11
-	American Journal of Medical Quality	11
-	Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law	11
88	Journal of Palliative Care	10
-	Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care	10
-	Methods of Information in Medicine	10
-	Australian Journal of Primary Health	10
-	International Journal of Health Services	10
-	Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research	10
94	Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics	9
-	Evaluation & the Health Professions	9
-	Families Systems & Health	9
97	Quality Management in Health Care	8
-	Geospatial Health	8
99	Journal for Healthcare Quality	7
100	Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences	4
-	Medical History	4
-	Bulletin of the History of Medicine	4