Journal rankings · indicator year 2018
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Field ranking · 2018
Health Professions journal rankings 2018
566 ranked journals · Field in Health Sciences
Health Professions has 566 ranked journals in 2018. The median journal has an OJR of 0.80, below the world average of 1.00, down 0.02 on 2017; Q1 starts at OJR 1.33. The top three are The Lancet, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, and The Interpreter and Translator Trainer.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2018. 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 2015–2017, the window the 2018 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 Professions449
- Emergency Medical Services25
- Occupational Therapy24
- Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation22
- Health Information Management16
- Radiological and Ultrasound Technology12
- Speech and Hearing10
- Complementary and Manual Therapy4
- Pharmacy3
- Medical Laboratory Technology1
- Medical Terminology0
566 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 2017. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2015–2017, the window the 2018 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2015–2017 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 2009 to 2018. | Compare |
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1The LancetElsevier BV · Netherlands | 10.60Q1 | 21.22 3.12 up from 2017 | 3,207 | 47% | $7,890 | ||
2Journal of Occupational Health PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 6.56Q1 | 7.40 2.06 up from 2017 | 131 | 41% | — | ||
3The Interpreter and Translator TrainerTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 4.72Q1 | 2.62 1.31 up from 2017 | 68 | 35% | — | ||
4JMIR mhealth and uhealthOAJMIR Publications · Canada | 4.67Q1 | 7.99 0.02 up from 2017 | 425 | 100% | $2,850 | ||
5Health Promotion PracticeSAGE Publishing · United States | 4.37Q1 | 1.28 6.17 down from 2017 | 317 | 30% | $4,150 | ||
6Journal of Medical Internet ResearchOAJMIR Publications · Germany | 3.83Q1 | 8.10 0.18 up from 2017 | 1,019 | 100% | $2,950 | ||
7Research Involvement and EngagementOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 3.82Q1 | 4.57 0.57 up from 2017 | 74 | 100% | $2,590 | ||
8Work and OccupationsSAGE Publishing · United States | 3.81Q1 | 2.90 0.11 up from 2017 | 49 | 37% | $3,900 | ||
9Adolescent Health Medicine and TherapeuticsOADove Medical Press · New Zealand | 3.57Q1 | 4.89 0.67 down from 2017 | 44 | 100% | $2,320 | ||
10Burnout ResearchElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.54Q1 | 5.85 2.39 up from 2017 | 43 | — | — | ||
11Milbank QuarterlyWiley · United States | 3.49Q1 | 5.53 2.15 up from 2017 | 151 | 92% | $4,430 | ||
12Journal of Mixed Methods ResearchSAGE Publishing · United States | 3.38Q1 | 2.83 0.13 up from 2017 | 79 | 37% | $3,900 | ||
13Implementation ScienceOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 3.32Q1 | 5.65 0.25 down from 2017 | 485 | 100% | $3,390 | ||
14BMJ Quality & SafetyBMJ · United Kingdom | 3.26Q1 | 4.36 0.76 down from 2017 | 487 | 73% | — | ||
15Safety ScienceElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.04Q1 | 4.14 0.51 up from 2017 | 799 | 33% | $4,360 | ||
16International Journal of Medical InformaticsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.01Q1 | 4.43 0.13 up from 2017 | 469 | 31% | $3,150 | ||
17Journal of Aging & Social PolicyTaylor & Francis · United States | 3.01Q1 | 2.54 0.93 up from 2017 | 71 | 24% | — | ||
18JMIR Human FactorsOAJMIR Publications · Canada | 2.93Q1 | 4.02 0.64 up from 2017 | 76 | 100% | $1,873 | ||
19QuestTaylor & Francis · United States | 2.90Q1 | 2.81 1.03 up from 2017 | 118 | 19% | — | ||
20Journal of the American Medical Informatics AssociationOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 2.86Q1 | 5.23 0.19 down from 2017 | 572 | 100% | $4,332 | ||
21Psychiatric Rehabilitation JournalAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 2.80Q1 | 3.93 0.81 up from 2017 | 123 | 30% | — | ||
22Physical Education and Sport PedagogyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.77Q1 | 2.75 0.03 up from 2017 | 93 | 46% | — | ||
23Human Resources for HealthOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.74Q1 | 3.49 0.34 down from 2017 | 260 | 100% | $3,290 | ||
24The GerontologistOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 2.72Q1 | 3.41 0.10 up from 2017 | 625 | 49% | $4,408 | ||
25Qualitative Health ResearchSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.72Q1 | 3.60 0.64 up from 2017 | 458 | 33% | $4,400 | ||
26Healthcare Informatics ResearchOASouth Korea | 2.68Q1 | 3.66 0.97 up from 2017 | 139 | 100% | $300 | ||
27Bulletin of the World Health OrganizationOAWorld Health Organization | 2.62Q1 | 5.33 0.58 up from 2017 | 409 | 100% | — | ||
28International journal of doctoral studiesOAInforming Science Institute · United States | 2.61Q1 | 2.58 1.12 up from 2017 | 69 | 100% | — | ||
29Augmentative and Alternative CommunicationTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.61Q1 | 3.22 0.03 down from 2017 | 78 | 28% | — | ||
30American Journal of Public HealthAmerican Public Health Association · United States | 2.60Q1 | 3.48 0.70 down from 2017 | 1,646 | 96% | — | ||
31Noise MappingOADe Gruyter Open · Poland | 2.60Q1 | 2.85 1.06 up from 2017 | 31 | 100% | $1,187 | ||
32American Journal of Community PsychologyWiley · Netherlands | 2.53Q1 | 2.33 0.67 down from 2017 | 247 | 37% | $3,620 | ||
33DysphagiaSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 2.42Q1 | 3.51 0.55 up from 2017 | 248 | 39% | $4,590 | ||
34Medical CareLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 2.42Q1 | 3.45 0.24 up from 2017 | 550 | 51% | — | ||
35Health PolicyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.42Q1 | 3.02 0.26 down from 2017 | 482 | 51% | $4,220 | ||
36Health ExpectationsOAWiley · United Kingdom | 2.41Q1 | 3.83 0.99 up from 2017 | 306 | 100% | $4,190 | ||
37BMJPublisher not listed | 2.40Q1 | 4.44 0.84 up from 2017 | 4,657 | 20% | — | ||
38Sociology of Health & IllnessWiley · United Kingdom | 2.39Q1 | 3.08 0.07 up from 2017 | 277 | 65% | $4,330 | ||
39Risk Management and Healthcare PolicyOADove Medical Press · New Zealand | 2.38Q1 | 3.26 0.95 up from 2017 | 74 | 100% | $2,836 | ||
40Journal of Nursing ScholarshipWiley · United States | 2.34Q1 | 3.13 0.87 down from 2017 | 220 | 34% | $3,640 | ||
41Annual Review of Public HealthAnnual Reviews · United States | 2.29Q1 | 14.70 2.98 up from 2017 | 83 | 93% | — | ||
42The Annals of Family MedicineOAAmerican Academy of Family Physicians · United States | 2.27Q1 | 3.25 0.25 down from 2017 | 322 | 100% | — | ||
43International Journal for Equity in HealthOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.26Q1 | 3.41 0.66 up from 2017 | 563 | 100% | $3,690 | ||
44Medical Care Research and ReviewSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.26Q1 | 2.19 0.04 down from 2017 | 163 | 25% | $4,400 | ||
45Learning Health SystemsOAWiley · United States | 2.22Q1 | 2.31 0.42 up from 2017 | 32 | 100% | $2,500 | ||
46Health Services ResearchWiley · United Kingdom | 2.12Q1 | 2.51 0.20 up from 2017 | 470 | 95% | $3,750 | ||
47Translational Behavioral MedicineOxford University Press · United States | 2.12Q1 | 3.70 0.42 up from 2017 | 207 | 63% | $4,253 | ||
48JMIR Medical InformaticsOAJMIR Publications · Canada | 2.11Q1 | 4.37 0.39 up from 2017 | 128 | 100% | $2,300 | ||
49Journal of Tissue ViabilityElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.09Q1 | 3.20 0.52 up from 2017 | 106 | 28% | $2,790 | ||
50Journal of Teaching in Physical EducationHuman Kinetics · United States | 2.05Q1 | 2.61 0.69 up from 2017 | 116 | 26% | — |
Subfields of Health Professions, compared.
- General Health Professions449
- Emergency Medical Services25
- Occupational Therapy24
- Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation22
- Health Information Management16
- Radiological and Ultrasound Technology12
- Speech and Hearing10
- Complementary and Manual Therapy4
- Pharmacy3
- Medical Laboratory Technology1
- Medical Terminology0
Journals
Citations made in 2018. Corpus-wide, 81.5% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
156 additional Health Professions journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2015–2017, 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: 2018. Publication window: 2015–2017. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 566
- Window papers (baseline)
- 276,391 +14.2% from indicator year 2015
- Median OJR
- 0.80 -11.0% from indicator year 2015
- Rising journals (2025)
- 38Comparison-group list (38)
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2015–2017 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.