Health Policy & Services: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The 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	TQCC
1	Implementation Science	15
2	International Journal of Health Services	14
3	Health Affairs	10
-	Human Resources for Health	10
5	BMJ Quality & Safety	9
-	Health and Quality of Life Outcomes	9
-	Journal of Health Economics	9
8	Pharmacoeconomics	8
-	Health Policy	8
10	BMC Palliative Care	7
-	Health Research Policy and Systems	7
-	Milbank Quarterly	7
13	Disability and Health Journal	6
-	European Journal of Health Economics	6
-	Health Economics	6
-	Health Economics Review	6
-	Journal of Health Services Research & Policy	6
-	Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research	6
-	Health Care Management Science	6
-	Health Expectations	6
-	Medical Care Research and Review	6
-	Patient-Patient Centered Outcomes Research	6
23	Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation	5
-	Healthcare	5
-	Healthcare-The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation	5
-	Health Promotion International	5
-	Health Systems & Reform	5
-	International Journal of Health Planning and Management	5
-	Journal of Aging and Health	5
-	Journal of Community Health	5
-	Journal of Palliative Care	5
-	Medical Decision Making	5
-	Quality of Life Research	5
-	Applied Health Economics and Health Policy	5
-	Digital Health	5
-	Health Communication	5
-	Health Policy and Technology	5
-	Health Sociology Review	5
-	Journal of Interprofessional Care	5
-	Journal of Patient Safety	5
-	Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities	5
-	Journal of Rural Health	5
-	Psychiatric Services	5
-	Risk Management and Healthcare Policy	5
45	American Journal of Health Economics	4
-	Health Services Research	4
-	Israel Journal of Health Policy Research	4
-	Medical Care	4
-	Psychology Public Policy and Law	4
-	Australian Journal of Primary Health	4

-	Community Mental Health Journal	4
52	Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics	3
-	Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research	3
-	Health Care Management Review	3
-	Health Information Management Journal	3
-	International Journal for Quality in Health Care	3
-	Journal of Health Organization and Management	3
-	Journal of Public Health Policy	3
-	Palliative & Supportive Care	3
-	Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal	3
-	Evaluation & the Health Professions	3
-	Gaceta Sanitaria	3
-	Health Economics Policy and Law	3
-	Inquiry-The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing	3
-	International Journal of Health Economics and Management	3
-	Journal of Genetic Counseling	3
-	Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law	3
-	AIDS Care-Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/Hiv	3
69	Australian Health Review	2
-	Journal of Healthcare Management	2
-	Journal of Pediatric Health Care	2
-	Health Care Analysis	2
-	International Journal of Health Policy and Management	2
-	Journal for Healthcare Quality	2
-	Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research	2
76	Quality Management in Health Care	1
77	Health Policy and Planning	0
-	Value in Health	0
-	International Journal of Integrated Care	0