Journal rankings · indicator year 2008
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Field ranking · 2008
Health Professions journal rankings 2008
390 ranked journals · Field in Health Sciences
Health Professions has 390 ranked journals in 2008. The median OJR rose 0.07 on 2007 to 0.74, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.33. 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 in Health Professions (11)
Up to Health Sciences- 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
390 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 | ||
9Journal of the American Medical Informatics AssociationOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 3.15Q1 | 4.46 0.09 down from 2007 | 271 | 99% | $4,332 | ||
10The GerontologistOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 3.09Q1 | 3.01no change | 329 | 45% | $4,408 | ||
11Medical CareLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 3.09Q1 | 3.70 0.41 down from 2007 | 601 | 20% | — | ||
12Evaluation & the Health ProfessionsSAGE Publishing · United States | 3.08Q1 | 3.46 0.27 down from 2007 | 76 | 14% | $4,150 | ||
13American Journal of Public HealthAmerican Public Health Association · United States | 3.03Q1 | 4.15 0.15 up from 2007 | 1,193 | 89% | — | ||
14Zeitschrift für Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie A&OHogrefe Verlag · Germany | 2.89Q1 | 2.88 0.57 up from 2007 | 138 | 4% | — | ||
15Qualitative Health ResearchSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.85Q1 | 2.97 0.46 up from 2007 | 281 | 9% | $4,400 | ||
16Journal of Health Services Research & PolicySAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.80Q1 | 1.22 2.58 down from 2007 | 68 | 9% | $4,150 | ||
17Health Promotion InternationalOAOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 2.76Q1 | 2.36 0.01 up from 2007 | 155 | 74% | $5,123 | ||
18Journal of Medical Internet ResearchOAJMIR Publications · Germany | 2.66Q1 | 4.65 0.93 up from 2007 | 128 | 100% | $2,950 | ||
19BMJ Quality & SafetyBMJ · United Kingdom | 2.62Q1 | 3.81 0.87 up from 2007 | 329 | 24% | — | ||
20JONA The Journal of Nursing AdministrationLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 2.56Q1 | 2.31 0.18 up from 2007 | 262 | 1% | — | ||
21Journal of Interprofessional CareTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.51Q1 | 1.74 0.32 down from 2007 | 190 | 5% | — | ||
22Implementation ScienceOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.41Q1 | 3.60 0.36 down from 2007 | 73 | 100% | $3,390 | ||
23Culture Health & SexualityTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.35Q1 | 1.79 0.04 down from 2007 | 127 | 15% | — | ||
24International Journal of Medical InformaticsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.26Q1 | 2.61 0.26 up from 2007 | 358 | 16% | $3,150 | ||
25Health Research Policy and SystemsOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.25Q1 | 3.56 1.08 up from 2007 | 49 | 100% | $3,590 | ||
26The Annals of Family MedicineOAAmerican Academy of Family Physicians · United States | 2.23Q1 | 2.40 0.28 down from 2007 | 400 | 100% | — | ||
27Journal of Community PsychologyWiley · United States | 2.18Q1 | 1.94 0.30 up from 2007 | 156 | 18% | $3,730 | ||
28Journal of General Internal MedicineSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.17Q1 | 3.14 0.09 up from 2007 | 1,046 | 98% | $5,290 | ||
29INQUIRY 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 | ||
30Economics & Human BiologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.10Q1 | 1.64 0.01 up from 2007 | 89 | 17% | $3,290 | ||
31Human Resources for HealthOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.10Q1 | 2.53 0.21 up from 2007 | 62 | 100% | $3,290 | ||
32International Journal of Health ServicesSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.08Q1 | 1.94 0.46 up from 2007 | 136 | 8% | $4,400 | ||
33Nursing InquiryWiley · Australia | 2.08Q1 | 1.56 0.06 up from 2007 | 116 | 15% | $4,720 | ||
34Health Care Management ReviewLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 2.05Q1 | 1.41 0.31 up from 2007 | 117 | 10% | — | ||
35Nursing ResearchLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 2.03Q1 | 2.80 0.19 up from 2007 | 185 | 25% | — | ||
36Scandinavian 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 | ||
37Nursing Administration QuarterlyLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 2.00Q1 | 1.72 0.34 up from 2007 | 103 | 0% | — | ||
38Journal of Advanced NursingWiley · United Kingdom | 1.99Q1 | 2.79 0.22 up from 2007 | 879 | 20% | $5,450 | ||
39DysphagiaSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.99Q1 | 2.37 0.11 up from 2007 | 155 | 24% | $4,590 | ||
40The International Journal of Health Planning and ManagementWiley · United Kingdom | 1.97Q1 | 0.89 0.26 up from 2007 | 90 | 12% | $4,030 | ||
41Research in Nursing & HealthWiley · United States | 1.93Q1 | 2.45 1.08 up from 2007 | 165 | 31% | $4,150 | ||
42The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient SafetyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.92Q1 | 2.29 0.17 down from 2007 | 272 | 6% | $3,510 | ||
43Journal of the American Geriatrics SocietyWiley · United States | 1.92Q1 | 3.03 0.29 down from 2007 | 1,337 | 46% | $4,760 | ||
44American Journal of Health PromotionSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.90Q1 | 2.88 0.74 up from 2007 | 195 | 9% | $4,150 | ||
45Health Care Management ScienceSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.89Q1 | 2.00 0.86 up from 2007 | 99 | 19% | $2,090 | ||
46Health ExpectationsOAWiley · United Kingdom | 1.89Q1 | 2.50 0.38 up from 2007 | 117 | 90% | $4,190 | ||
46BMC Health Services ResearchOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.89Q1 | 2.69 0.53 up from 2007 | 452 | 100% | $3,290 | ||
48Nursing PhilosophyWiley · United Kingdom | 1.87Q1 | 1.40 0.24 up from 2007 | 95 | 6% | $3,920 | ||
49Health PolicyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.86Q1 | 1.77 0.31 up from 2007 | 451 | 9% | $4,220 | ||
50The Journal of Primary PreventionSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.84Q1 | 1.14 0.02 down from 2007 | 104 | 14% | $3,790 |
Subfields of Health Professions, compared.
- 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.
109 additional 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
- 390
- Window papers (baseline)
- 137,977 +34.5% from indicator year 2005
- Median OJR
- 0.74 +19.3% from indicator year 2005
- Rising journals (2025)
- 38Comparison-group list (38)
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 | 253 | 271 | 295 | 302 | 318 | 330 | 346 | 367 | 390 | 401 | 415 | 428 | 449 | 473 | 492 | 507 | 527 | 551 | 566 | 585 | 601 | 612 | 616 | 609 | 600 | 586 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 66,020 | 72,769 | 79,195 | 86,335 | 92,515 | 102,597 | 113,331 | 125,469 | 137,977 | 152,092 | 168,072 | 183,124 | 195,764 | 208,179 | 223,186 | 242,061 | 257,124 | 268,029 | 276,391 | 287,165 | 300,893 | 324,777 | 346,759 | 357,796 | 362,286 | 380,673 | |
| Median OJR | 0.53 | 0.54 | 0.55 | 0.58 | 0.60 | 0.62 | 0.63 | 0.67 | 0.74 | 0.81 | 0.85 | 0.89 | 0.8428 | 0.8435 | 0.838 | 0.90 | 0.834 | 0.816 | 0.80 | 0.8210 | 0.8207 | 0.75 | 0.73 | 0.77 | 0.79 | 0.830 |
| Measure | Category statistic | Eligible population |
|---|---|---|
| Journal self-citation share | Median: 3.6% | 405 journals |
| Retracted papers per 1,000 | Pooled rate: 0.694 per 1,000 | 396 journals |
| Output growth | Median: -3.1% | 554 journals |
| Open access share | Median: 74.5% | 586 journals |
| Listed APC (USD) | Median including $0 listed prices: $3,290 | 259 ranked journals with a known listed price, including $0 listed prices |
| International collaboration share | Median: 19.6% | 558 journals |
| Review share | Median: 1.8% | 586 journals |
| Articles-only OJR | Median: 0.86 | 581 journals |
| Uncited share | Median: 41.6% | 586 journals |
| Citation concentration | Median: 47.9% | 585 journals |
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.