Journal rankings · indicator year 2003
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Subfield ranking · 2003
General Health Professions journal rankings 2003
238 ranked journals · Subfield in Health Professions
General Health Professions has 238 ranked journals in 2003. The median OJR rose 0.06 on 2002 to 0.61, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.23. The top three are Medical Care Research and Review, Milbank Quarterly, and Journal of Occupational Health Psychology.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2003. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2000–2002, the window the 2003 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Health Professions (11)
- General Health Professions238
- Occupational Therapy20
- Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation12
- Emergency Medical Services9
- Health Information Management7
- Speech and Hearing7
- Complementary and Manual Therapy4
- Radiological and Ultrasound Technology3
- Medical Laboratory Technology1
- Pharmacy1
- Medical Terminology0
238 ranked journals
Filters
Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2002. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2000–2002, the window the 2003 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2000–2002 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2000 to 2003. | Compare |
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1Medical Care Research and ReviewSAGE Publishing · United States | 5.36Q1 | 1.17 0.43 down from 2002 | 156 | 4% | $4,400 | ||
2Milbank QuarterlyWiley · United States | 4.99Q1 | 3.63 1.96 up from 2002 | 93 | 88% | $4,430 | ||
3Journal of Occupational Health PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 4.70Q1 | 3.16 0.47 up from 2002 | 109 | 4% | — | ||
4BMJBMJ · United Kingdom | 3.88Q1 | 7.05 1.33 up from 2002 | 982 | — | — | ||
5American Journal of Community PsychologyWiley · Netherlands | 3.84Q1 | 2.46 0.68 up from 2002 | 116 | 10% | $3,620 | ||
6Medical CareLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 3.53Q1 | 3.47 0.01 up from 2002 | 494 | 1% | — | ||
7Work and OccupationsSAGE Publishing · United States | 3.40Q1 | 1.92 0.10 up from 2002 | 54 | 0% | $3,900 | ||
8BMJPublisher not listed | 3.31Q1 | 4.88no 2002 value | 49 | 1% | — | ||
9The GerontologistOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 3.27Q1 | 2.74 0.35 up from 2002 | 263 | 28% | $4,408 | ||
10The LancetElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.23Q1 | 5.82 0.74 up from 2002 | 6,284 | 29% | $7,890 | ||
11American Journal of Public HealthAmerican Public Health Association · United States | 2.76Q1 | 3.46 0.10 up from 2002 | 1,139 | 87% | — | ||
12Psychiatric Rehabilitation JournalAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 2.74Q1 | 2.34 1.01 up from 2002 | 77 | 3% | — | ||
13Health Services ResearchWiley · United Kingdom | 2.72Q1 | 1.98 1.98 up from 2002 | 90 | 92% | $3,750 | ||
14Journal of Health Services Research & PolicySAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.63Q1 | 1.69 0.17 up from 2002 | 107 | 4% | $4,150 | ||
15Health Care Management ReviewLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 2.52Q1 | 1.42 0.18 up from 2002 | 89 | 0% | — | ||
16Sociology of Health & IllnessWiley · United Kingdom | 2.42Q1 | 2.25 1.04 up from 2002 | 112 | 60% | $4,330 | ||
17INQUIRY The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and FinancingOASAGE Publishing · United States | 2.35Q1 | 0.95 0.05 down from 2002 | 79 | 81% | $2,400 | ||
18International Journal of Health ServicesSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.35Q1 | 1.44 0.12 up from 2002 | 120 | 2% | $4,400 | ||
19Journal of Medical Internet ResearchOAJMIR Publications · Germany | 2.22Q1 | 2.56 1.11 up from 2002 | 71 | 100% | $2,950 | ||
20BMJ Quality & SafetyBMJ · United Kingdom | 2.13Q1 | 1.88 0.41 up from 2002 | 185 | 99% | — | ||
21Journal of Community PsychologyWiley · United States | 2.01Q1 | 1.15 0.47 down from 2002 | 138 | 10% | $3,730 | ||
22Health Education ResearchOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 2.00Q1 | 1.68 0.21 down from 2002 | 189 | 17% | $4,533 | ||
23The Journal of Primary PreventionSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 2.00Q1 | 0.82 0.26 down from 2002 | 74 | 7% | $3,790 | ||
24Journal of General Internal MedicineSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.99Q1 | 2.50 0.02 up from 2002 | 461 | 86% | $5,290 | ||
25Qualitative Health ResearchSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.98Q1 | 1.80 0.52 up from 2002 | 223 | 7% | $4,400 | ||
26The Joint Commission Journal on Quality ImprovementElsevier BV · United States | 1.97Q1 | 1.77 0.41 down from 2002 | 168 | — | — | ||
27Journal of Public Health PolicyPalgrave Macmillan · United Kingdom | 1.95Q1 | 1.17 0.44 down from 2002 | 165 | 20% | $2,890 | ||
28Health Promotion InternationalOAOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.95Q1 | 1.78 0.45 up from 2002 | 123 | 66% | $5,123 | ||
29Canadian Public PolicyUniversity of Toronto Press · Canada | 1.93Q1 | 0.76 0.04 up from 2002 | 208 | 2% | — | ||
30Journal of the American Geriatrics SocietyWiley · United States | 1.93Q1 | 2.80 0.01 up from 2002 | 1,093 | 21% | $4,760 | ||
31Journal of Nursing ScholarshipWiley · United States | 1.91Q1 | 2.48 0.49 up from 2002 | 167 | 6% | $3,640 | ||
32Health Education & BehaviorSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.90Q1 | 1.60 0.09 down from 2002 | 153 | 0% | $4,400 | ||
33Journal of Advanced NursingWiley · United Kingdom | 1.82Q1 | 1.99 0.48 up from 2002 | 1,012 | 13% | $5,450 | ||
34Health PolicyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.81Q1 | 1.09 0.18 down from 2002 | 236 | 7% | $4,220 | ||
35Health & Social Care in the CommunityWiley · United Kingdom | 1.81Q1 | 1.24 0.24 up from 2002 | 166 | 54% | $2,700 | ||
36Nursing ResearchLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.76Q1 | 2.32 0.40 up from 2002 | 153 | 3% | — | ||
37American Journal of Health PromotionSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.68Q1 | 2.00 0.42 up from 2002 | 148 | 9% | $4,150 | ||
38Research in Nursing & HealthWiley · United States | 1.60Q1 | 1.79 0.37 up from 2002 | 150 | 24% | $4,150 | ||
39Health ExpectationsOAWiley · United Kingdom | 1.54Q1 | 2.15 0.73 up from 2002 | 93 | 92% | $4,190 | ||
40Family Planning PerspectivesGuttmacher Institute · United States | 1.52Q1 | 1.58 0.48 up from 2002 | 164 | — | — | ||
41Nursing InquiryWiley · Australia | 1.50Q1 | 1.03 0.33 up from 2002 | 102 | 9% | $4,720 | ||
42Journal of Interprofessional CareTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.50Q1 | 1.28 0.21 up from 2002 | 94 | 3% | — | ||
43Journal for Healthcare QualityLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.48Q1 | 1.83 1.40 up from 2002 | 109 | 0% | — | ||
44JONA The Journal of Nursing AdministrationLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.48Q1 | 1.31 0.35 up from 2002 | 215 | 0% | — | ||
45International Journal for Quality in Health CareOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.42Q1 | 0.89 0.18 up from 2002 | 225 | 14% | $3,686 | ||
46Journal of Evaluation in Clinical PracticeWiley · United Kingdom | 1.42Q1 | 1.84 0.45 up from 2002 | 139 | 25% | $4,430 | ||
47The Hastings Center ReportWiley · United States | 1.39Q1 | 1.43 0.32 down from 2002 | 81 | 1% | $3,570 | ||
48Patient Education and CounselingElsevier BV · United States | 1.38Q1 | 2.08 0.67 up from 2002 | 342 | 6% | $3,830 | ||
49Ambulatory PediatricsElsevier BV · United States | 1.38Q1 | 1.47 0.09 up from 2002 | 127 | 1% | — | ||
50Nursing OutlookElsevier BV · United States | 1.37Q1 | 1.18 0.22 up from 2002 | 143 | 36% | $4,260 |
Subfields of Health Professions, with General Health Professions highlighted.
- General Health Professions238
- Occupational Therapy20
- Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation12
- Emergency Medical Services9
- Health Information Management7
- Speech and Hearing7
- Complementary and Manual Therapy4
- Radiological and Ultrasound Technology3
- Medical Laboratory Technology1
- Pharmacy1
- Medical Terminology0
Journals
Citations made in 2003. Corpus-wide, 70.2% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
90 additional General Health Professions journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2000–2002, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2003. Publication window: 2000–2002. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 238
- Window papers (baseline)
- 49,898 +30.5% from indicator year 2000
- Median OJR
- 0.61 +10.5% from indicator year 2000
- Rising journals (2025)
- 27
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2000–2002 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 204 | 215 | 234 | 238 | 250 | 260 | 271 | 289 | 305 | 314 | 327 | 334 | 351 | 371 | 387 | 398 | 417 | 437 | 449 | 461 | 472 | 483 | 484 | 484 | 478 | 466 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 38,240 | 42,047 | 45,752 | 49,898 | 53,367 | 58,843 | 64,217 | 70,320 | 76,474 | 83,408 | 92,174 | 100,149 | 106,727 | 112,937 | 120,774 | 132,312 | 141,342 | 148,496 | 153,280 | 159,194 | 164,940 | 176,625 | 186,208 | 190,820 | 188,939 | 194,090 | |
| Median OJR | 0.550 | 0.56 | 0.552 | 0.61 | 0.69 | 0.6706 | 0.6705 | 0.72 | 0.77 | 0.835 | 0.89 | 0.93 | 0.88 | 0.90 | 0.840 | 0.91 | 0.848 | 0.838 | 0.82 | 0.845 | 0.86 | 0.80 | 0.78 | 0.810 | 0.814 | 0.855 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.