Journal rankings · indicator year 2013
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Subfield ranking · 2013
Health journal rankings 2013
47 ranked journals · Subfield in Social Sciences
Health has 47 ranked journals in 2013. The median journal has an OJR of 0.93, below the world average of 1.00, down 0.02 on 2012; Q1 starts at OJR 1.81. The top three are Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Social Science & Medicine, and Psychology of Violence.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2013. 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 2010–2012, the window the 2013 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 Social Sciences (22)
47 ranked journals
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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 2012. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2010–2012, the window the 2013 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2010–2012 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 2004 to 2013. | Compare |
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1Journal of Health and Social BehaviorSAGE Publishing · United States | 6.62Q1 | 4.85 1.53 down from 2012 | 115 | 54% | $3,900 | ||
2Social Science & MedicineElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.20Q1 | 3.92 0.06 up from 2012 | 1,639 | 36% | $3,800 | ||
3Psychology of ViolenceAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 2.68Q1 | 3.26 0.31 up from 2012 | 82 | 25% | — | ||
4Homicide StudiesSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.51Q1 | 1.50 0.48 down from 2012 | 73 | 8% | $3,650 | ||
5European Journal of AgeingSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.40Q1 | 2.05 0.07 down from 2012 | 106 | 100% | $3,190 | ||
6Journal of Urban HealthSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 2.34Q1 | 2.46 0.52 down from 2012 | 335 | 99% | $4,790 | ||
7Journal of Epidemiology & Community HealthBMJ · United Kingdom | 2.19Q1 | 3.26 0.43 up from 2012 | 616 | 27% | — | ||
8Research on AgingSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.14Q1 | 1.53 0.53 down from 2012 | 122 | 30% | $4,150 | ||
9Violence Against WomenSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.89Q1 | 1.79 0.18 up from 2012 | 256 | 19% | $3,650 | ||
10Journal of Interpersonal ViolenceSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.85Q1 | 1.62 0.16 down from 2012 | 473 | 21% | $3,900 | ||
11Journal of Aging and HealthSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.85Q1 | 2.52 0.11 up from 2012 | 206 | 54% | $4,400 | ||
12Psychology of Religion and SpiritualityAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 1.81Q1 | 2.93 0.40 up from 2012 | 86 | 3% | — | ||
13Journal of Behavioral MedicineSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.62Q2 | 2.88 0.37 up from 2012 | 233 | 41% | $4,790 | ||
14Violence and VictimsSpringer Nature · United States | 1.60Q2 | 1.28 0.51 down from 2012 | 165 | 17% | — | ||
15International Journal for the Psychology of ReligionRoutledge · United States | 1.48Q2 | 1.50 0.41 down from 2012 | 78 | 14% | — | ||
16Journal of Family ViolenceSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.45Q2 | 1.54 0.58 down from 2012 | 190 | 18% | $4,090 | ||
17Public HealthElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.44Q2 | 1.84 0.10 up from 2012 | 497 | 17% | $3,130 | ||
18International Journal of Critical Indigenous StudiesOAQueensland University of Technology · Australia | 1.26Q2 | 1.05 0.35 up from 2012 | 31 | 100% | — | ||
19The International Journal of Aging and Human DevelopmentSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.24Q2 | 1.07 0.21 down from 2012 | 109 | 5% | $3,650 | ||
20Psychosocial InterventionOAColegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid · Spain | 1.23Q2 | 1.68 0.88 up from 2012 | 89 | 100% | — | ||
21Human Vaccines & ImmunotherapeuticsOATaylor & Francis · United States | 1.19Q2 | 2.52no 2012 value | 271 | 99% | $3,175 | — | |
22Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public HealthOAElsevier BV · Australia | 1.05Q2 | 1.42 0.33 down from 2012 | 412 | 96% | $2,600 | ||
23Health Sociology ReviewTaylor & Francis · Australia | 1.00Q2 | 0.65 0.46 down from 2012 | 154 | 8% | — | ||
24Health Statistics QuarterlyThe Stationery Office · United Kingdom | 0.93Q2 | 1.25 0.28 up from 2012 | 37 | — | — | ||
25Revista Panamericana de Salud PúblicaOAPan American Health Organization | 0.89Q3 | 1.09 0.25 down from 2012 | 335 | 100% | — | ||
26Partner AbuseSpringer Nature · United States | 0.85Q3 | 1.51 0.10 up from 2012 | 96 | 14% | — | ||
27Journal of Health Care ChaplaincyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.81Q3 | 1.42 0.37 up from 2012 | 32 | 22% | — | ||
28Journal of Religion and HealthSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.78Q3 | 0.96 0.20 up from 2012 | 325 | 20% | $3,290 | ||
29Journal of Muslim Mental HealthOAMichigan Publishing · United States | 0.74Q3 | 0.82 0.47 up from 2012 | 31 | 100% | — | ||
30International Journal of Children s SpiritualityRoutledge · United Kingdom | 0.72Q3 | 0.69 0.22 up from 2012 | 77 | 12% | — | ||
31Mental Health Religion & CultureTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.72Q3 | 0.81 0.26 down from 2012 | 258 | 9% | — | ||
32Archive for the Psychology of ReligionSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.71Q3 | 1.21 0.26 up from 2012 | 54 | 10% | $3,650 | ||
33Journal of Spirituality in Mental HealthTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.57Q3 | 1.07 0.65 up from 2012 | 45 | 5% | — | ||
34Journal of Applied Research on Children Informing Policy for Children at RiskChildren at Risk · United States | 0.55Q3 | 0.36 0.09 up from 2012 | 69 | 96% | — | ||
35Journal of Psychology and TheologySAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.50Q3 | 0.47 0.16 down from 2012 | 129 | 2% | $3,650 | ||
36Journal of the Egyptian Public Health AssociationOALippincott Williams & Wilkins · Egypt | 0.49Q3 | 0.85 0.48 up from 2012 | 40 | 0% | $2,290 | ||
37Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work Social ThoughtTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.43Q4 | 0.61 0.20 up from 2012 | 64 | 6% | — | ||
38Pastoral PsychologySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.41Q4 | 0.51 0.19 up from 2012 | 212 | 7% | $3,090 | ||
39Journal for the Study of SpiritualityTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.33Q4 | 0.22 0.05 up from 2012 | 50 | 11% | — | ||
40World Journal of VaccinesOAScientific Research Publishing · United States | 0.33Q4 | 0.67 0.09 up from 2012 | 43 | 100% | — | ||
41The Journal of psychology and ChristianityChristian Association for Psychological Studies · United States | 0.31Q4 | 0.23 0.13 down from 2012 | 114 | 0% | — | ||
42Journal of Religion Spirituality & AgingTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.28Q4 | 0.38 0.12 up from 2012 | 79 | 17% | — | ||
43BMC ProceedingsOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 0.19Q4 | 0.50 0.06 up from 2012 | 976 | 100% | $2,290 | ||
44Journal of Social InclusionOAGriffith University · Australia | 0.19Q4 | 0.11 0.03 down from 2012 | 105 | 100% | — | ||
45Health and Social Care ChaplaincyEquinox Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.14Q4 | 0.00 0.09 down from 2012 | 42 | 11% | — | ||
46Journal of Christian NursingPublisher not listed | 0.13Q4 | 0.14 0.02 up from 2012 | 266 | 0% | — | ||
47Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling Advancing theory and professional practice through scholarly and reflective publicationsSAGE Publishing · United States | 0.12Q4 | 0.08 0.07 down from 2012 | 143 | 2% | $3,650 |
Subfields of Social Sciences, with Health highlighted.
- Sociology and Political Science1,090
- Education598
- Political Science and International Relations287
- Communication57
- Gender Studies55
- Safety Research51
- Public Administration49
- Health47
- Transportation42
- Library and Information Sciences41
- Law40
- Linguistics and Language40
- Urban Studies39
- Anthropology37
- Demography34
- Geography, Planning and Development25
- Cultural Studies10
- Development3
- General Social Sciences2
- Human Factors and Ergonomics1
- Archeology0
- Life-span and Life-course Studies0
Journals
Citations made in 2013. Corpus-wide, 76.9% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
6 additional Health journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2010–2012, 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: 2013. Publication window: 2010–2012. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 47
- Window papers (baseline)
- 20,642 +30.5% from indicator year 2010
- Median OJR
- 0.93 -14.5% from indicator year 2010
- Rising journals (2025)
- 3
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2010–2012 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 |
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| Ranked journals | 26 | 28 | 29 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 38 | 40 | 43 | 47 | 45 | 50 | 52 | 53 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 53 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 7,122 | 8,015 | 8,583 | 9,226 | 9,628 | 10,256 | 10,891 | 11,827 | 12,973 | 14,517 | 15,820 | 17,136 | 18,694 | 20,642 | 22,973 | 25,184 | 27,537 | 29,507 | 31,138 | 32,975 | 35,666 | 40,811 | 49,073 | 55,188 | 57,921 | 56,328 | |
| Median OJR | 0.70 | 0.60 | 0.77 | 0.5185 | 0.5180 | 0.38 | 0.59 | 0.86 | 0.89 | 0.97 | 1.09 | 0.9995 | 0.94 | 0.93 | 1.10 | 1.067 | 0.96 | 1.064 | 1.111 | 1.060 | 1.04 | 1.074 | 1.080 | 1.057 | 1.079 | 1.113 |
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.