Journal rankings · indicator year 2008
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Subfield ranking · 2008
General Health Professions journal rankings 2008
305 ranked journals · Subfield in Health Professions
General Health Professions has 305 ranked journals in 2008. The median OJR rose 0.06 on 2007 to 0.77, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.39. The top three are Milbank Quarterly, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, and The Lancet.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2008. 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 2005–2007, the window the 2008 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 Professions305
- Occupational Therapy20
- Emergency Medical Services17
- Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation14
- Health Information Management12
- Radiological and Ultrasound Technology9
- Speech and Hearing7
- Complementary and Manual Therapy4
- Pharmacy2
- Medical Laboratory Technology0
- Medical Terminology0
305 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 2007. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2005–2007, the window the 2008 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2005–2007 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 2008. | Compare |
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1Milbank QuarterlyWiley · United States | 8.08Q1 | 3.53 2.24 down from 2007 | 118 | 89% | $4,430 | ||
2Journal of Occupational Health PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 6.70Q1 | 4.98 1.29 up from 2007 | 94 | 3% | — | ||
3The LancetElsevier BV · Netherlands | 5.51Q1 | 9.34 0.54 down from 2007 | 3,743 | 37% | $7,890 | ||
4Work and OccupationsSAGE Publishing · United States | 4.48Q1 | 2.27 0.22 up from 2007 | 51 | 3% | $3,900 | ||
5Medical Care Research and ReviewSAGE Publishing · United States | 4.09Q1 | 3.28 0.24 up from 2007 | 140 | 12% | $4,400 | ||
6American Journal of Community PsychologyWiley · Netherlands | 3.44Q1 | 2.28 0.42 up from 2007 | 171 | 19% | $3,620 | ||
7Health Services ResearchWiley · United Kingdom | 3.23Q1 | 2.93 0.28 up from 2007 | 441 | 93% | $3,750 | ||
8Sociology of Health & IllnessWiley · United Kingdom | 3.21Q1 | 2.75 0.06 up from 2007 | 167 | 63% | $4,330 | ||
9The GerontologistOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 3.09Q1 | 3.01no change | 329 | 45% | $4,408 | ||
10Medical CareLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 3.09Q1 | 3.70 0.41 down from 2007 | 601 | 20% | — | ||
11Evaluation & the Health ProfessionsSAGE Publishing · United States | 3.08Q1 | 3.46 0.27 down from 2007 | 76 | 14% | $4,150 | ||
12American Journal of Public HealthAmerican Public Health Association · United States | 3.03Q1 | 4.15 0.15 up from 2007 | 1,193 | 89% | — | ||
13Zeitschrift für Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie A&OHogrefe Verlag · Germany | 2.89Q1 | 2.88 0.57 up from 2007 | 138 | 4% | — | ||
14Qualitative Health ResearchSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.85Q1 | 2.97 0.46 up from 2007 | 281 | 9% | $4,400 | ||
15Journal of Health Services Research & PolicySAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.80Q1 | 1.22 2.58 down from 2007 | 68 | 9% | $4,150 | ||
16Health Promotion InternationalOAOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 2.76Q1 | 2.36 0.01 up from 2007 | 155 | 74% | $5,123 | ||
17Journal of Medical Internet ResearchOAJMIR Publications · Germany | 2.66Q1 | 4.65 0.93 up from 2007 | 128 | 100% | $2,950 | ||
18BMJ Quality & SafetyBMJ · United Kingdom | 2.62Q1 | 3.81 0.87 up from 2007 | 329 | 24% | — | ||
19JONA The Journal of Nursing AdministrationLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 2.56Q1 | 2.31 0.18 up from 2007 | 262 | 1% | — | ||
20Journal of Interprofessional CareTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.51Q1 | 1.74 0.32 down from 2007 | 190 | 5% | — | ||
21Implementation ScienceOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.41Q1 | 3.60 0.36 down from 2007 | 73 | 100% | $3,390 | ||
22Culture Health & SexualityTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.35Q1 | 1.79 0.04 down from 2007 | 127 | 15% | — | ||
23Health Research Policy and SystemsOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.25Q1 | 3.56 1.08 up from 2007 | 49 | 100% | $3,590 | ||
24The Annals of Family MedicineOAAmerican Academy of Family Physicians · United States | 2.23Q1 | 2.40 0.28 down from 2007 | 400 | 100% | — | ||
25Journal of Community PsychologyWiley · United States | 2.18Q1 | 1.94 0.30 up from 2007 | 156 | 18% | $3,730 | ||
26Journal of General Internal MedicineSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.17Q1 | 3.14 0.09 up from 2007 | 1,046 | 98% | $5,290 | ||
27INQUIRY The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and FinancingOASAGE Publishing · United States | 2.17Q1 | 1.04 0.35 down from 2007 | 103 | 81% | $2,400 | ||
28Economics & Human BiologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.10Q1 | 1.64 0.01 up from 2007 | 89 | 17% | $3,290 | ||
29International Journal of Health ServicesSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.08Q1 | 1.94 0.46 up from 2007 | 136 | 8% | $4,400 | ||
30Nursing InquiryWiley · Australia | 2.08Q1 | 1.56 0.06 up from 2007 | 116 | 15% | $4,720 | ||
31Health Care Management ReviewLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 2.05Q1 | 1.41 0.31 up from 2007 | 117 | 10% | — | ||
32Nursing ResearchLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 2.03Q1 | 2.80 0.19 up from 2007 | 185 | 25% | — | ||
33Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & HealthOANordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health · Finland | 2.02Q1 | 3.68 1.53 up from 2007 | 171 | 90% | $2,480 | ||
34Nursing Administration QuarterlyLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 2.00Q1 | 1.72 0.34 up from 2007 | 103 | 0% | — | ||
35Journal of Advanced NursingWiley · United Kingdom | 1.99Q1 | 2.79 0.22 up from 2007 | 879 | 20% | $5,450 | ||
36The International Journal of Health Planning and ManagementWiley · United Kingdom | 1.97Q1 | 0.89 0.26 up from 2007 | 90 | 12% | $4,030 | ||
37Research in Nursing & HealthWiley · United States | 1.93Q1 | 2.45 1.08 up from 2007 | 165 | 31% | $4,150 | ||
38Journal of the American Geriatrics SocietyWiley · United States | 1.92Q1 | 3.03 0.29 down from 2007 | 1,337 | 46% | $4,760 | ||
39American Journal of Health PromotionSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.90Q1 | 2.88 0.74 up from 2007 | 195 | 9% | $4,150 | ||
40Health ExpectationsOAWiley · United Kingdom | 1.89Q1 | 2.50 0.38 up from 2007 | 117 | 90% | $4,190 | ||
40BMC Health Services ResearchOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.89Q1 | 2.69 0.53 up from 2007 | 452 | 100% | $3,290 | ||
42Nursing PhilosophyWiley · United Kingdom | 1.87Q1 | 1.40 0.24 up from 2007 | 95 | 6% | $3,920 | ||
43Health PolicyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.86Q1 | 1.77 0.31 up from 2007 | 451 | 9% | $4,220 | ||
44The Journal of Primary PreventionSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.84Q1 | 1.14 0.02 down from 2007 | 104 | 14% | $3,790 | ||
45International Journal for Quality in Health CareOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.82Q1 | 2.16 0.11 up from 2007 | 229 | 35% | $3,686 | ||
46Health Education ResearchOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.78Q1 | 2.44 0.69 up from 2007 | 287 | 54% | $4,533 | ||
47Annual Review of Public HealthAnnual Reviews · United States | 1.78Q1 | 8.08 3.14 down from 2007 | 60 | 11% | — | ||
48Ambulatory PediatricsElsevier BV · United States | 1.77Q1 | 2.35 0.28 up from 2007 | 196 | 11% | — | ||
49European Journal of Public HealthOAOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.74Q1 | 2.08 0.17 up from 2007 | 446 | 70% | $3,181 | ||
50Nursing OutlookElsevier BV · United States | 1.73Q1 | 1.28 0.16 up from 2007 | 146 | 34% | $4,260 |
Subfields of Health Professions, with General Health Professions highlighted.
- General Health Professions305
- Occupational Therapy20
- Emergency Medical Services17
- Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation14
- Health Information Management12
- Radiological and Ultrasound Technology9
- Speech and Hearing7
- Complementary and Manual Therapy4
- Pharmacy2
- Medical Laboratory Technology0
- Medical Terminology0
Journals
Citations made in 2008. Corpus-wide, 71.1% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
82 additional General Health Professions journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2005–2007, 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: 2008. Publication window: 2005–2007. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 305
- Window papers (baseline)
- 76,474 +30.0% from indicator year 2005
- Median OJR
- 0.77 +15.4% from indicator year 2005
- Rising journals (2025)
- 27
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2005–2007 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.