Journal rankings · indicator year 2019
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Subfield ranking · 2019
General Health Professions journal rankings 2019
461 ranked journals · Subfield in Health Professions
General Health Professions has 461 ranked journals in 2019. The median journal has an OJR of 0.85, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.02 on 2018; Q1 starts at OJR 1.32. The top three are The Lancet, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, and Work and Occupations.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2019. 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 2016–2018, the window the 2019 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 Professions461
- Occupational Therapy26
- Emergency Medical Services25
- Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation22
- Health Information Management17
- Radiological and Ultrasound Technology16
- Speech and Hearing10
- Complementary and Manual Therapy4
- Pharmacy3
- Medical Laboratory Technology1
- Medical Terminology0
461 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 2018. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2016–2018, the window the 2019 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2016–2018 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 2010 to 2019. | Compare |
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1The LancetElsevier BV · Netherlands | 11.74Q1 | 21.60 0.38 up from 2018 | 2,976 | 58% | $7,890 | ||
2Journal of Occupational Health PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 7.84Q1 | 8.12 0.73 up from 2018 | 120 | 35% | — | ||
3Work and OccupationsSAGE Publishing · United States | 4.36Q1 | 4.58 1.68 up from 2018 | 48 | 19% | $3,900 | ||
4Implementation ScienceOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 3.74Q1 | 7.61 1.96 up from 2018 | 330 | 100% | $3,390 | ||
5BMJ Quality & SafetyBMJ · United Kingdom | 3.59Q1 | 5.05 0.69 up from 2018 | 393 | 64% | — | ||
6The Interpreter and Translator TrainerTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 3.32Q1 | 1.78 0.84 down from 2018 | 74 | 36% | — | ||
7Research Involvement and EngagementOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 3.32Q1 | 4.49 0.08 down from 2018 | 111 | 100% | $2,590 | ||
8Bulletin of the World Health OrganizationOAWorld Health Organization | 3.20Q1 | 5.22 0.11 down from 2018 | 415 | 100% | — | ||
9Journal of Medical Internet ResearchOAJMIR Publications · Germany | 3.19Q1 | 7.60 0.51 down from 2018 | 1,326 | 100% | $2,950 | ||
10JMIR mhealth and uhealthOAJMIR Publications · Canada | 3.12Q1 | 6.23 1.76 down from 2018 | 745 | 100% | $2,850 | ||
11Annual Review of Public HealthAnnual Reviews · United States | 3.10Q1 | 21.96 7.26 up from 2018 | 57 | 74% | — | ||
12Adolescent Health Medicine and TherapeuticsOADove Medical Press · New Zealand | 3.06Q1 | 4.41 0.48 down from 2018 | 47 | 100% | $2,320 | ||
13International journal of doctoral studiesOAInforming Science Institute · United States | 2.98Q1 | 2.95 0.38 up from 2018 | 68 | 100% | — | ||
14Milbank QuarterlyWiley · United States | 2.85Q1 | 2.66 2.87 down from 2018 | 141 | 95% | $4,430 | ||
15The GerontologistOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 2.80Q1 | 3.55 0.14 up from 2018 | 590 | 48% | $4,408 | ||
16BMJPublisher not listed | 2.74Q1 | 4.47 0.03 up from 2018 | 4,137 | 21% | — | ||
17Journal of Mixed Methods ResearchSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.67Q1 | 3.57 0.74 up from 2018 | 67 | 18% | $3,900 | ||
18JMIR Human FactorsOAJMIR Publications · Canada | 2.54Q1 | 3.77 0.25 down from 2018 | 115 | 100% | $1,873 | ||
19American Journal of Community PsychologyWiley · Netherlands | 2.51Q1 | 2.86 0.53 up from 2018 | 258 | 40% | $3,620 | ||
20The Annals of Family MedicineOAAmerican Academy of Family Physicians · United States | 2.45Q1 | 4.03 0.79 up from 2018 | 325 | 100% | — | ||
21Qualitative Health ResearchSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.43Q1 | 2.69 0.92 down from 2018 | 463 | 39% | $4,400 | ||
22Public health reviewsOASpringer Science+Business Media · France | 2.41Q1 | 4.87 1.86 up from 2018 | 93 | 100% | $2,389 | ||
23American Journal of Public HealthAmerican Public Health Association · United States | 2.40Q1 | 3.64 0.16 up from 2018 | 1,539 | 97% | — | ||
24Health Services and Delivery ResearchOANIHR Journals Library · United Kingdom | 2.38Q1 | 3.71 0.39 up from 2018 | 107 | 100% | — | ||
25International Journal for Equity in HealthOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.35Q1 | 3.64 0.24 up from 2018 | 593 | 100% | $3,690 | ||
26Journal of Medical SystemsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 2.33Q1 | 5.12 0.89 up from 2018 | 693 | 16% | $4,990 | ||
27Risk Management and Healthcare PolicyOADove Medical Press · New Zealand | 2.32Q1 | 3.76 0.50 up from 2018 | 75 | 100% | $2,836 | ||
28Medical CareLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 2.31Q1 | 3.44 0.01 down from 2018 | 543 | 52% | — | ||
29Medical Care Research and ReviewSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.30Q1 | 2.27 0.09 up from 2018 | 148 | 33% | $4,400 | ||
30Health PolicyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.27Q1 | 3.35 0.33 up from 2018 | 531 | 50% | $4,220 | ||
31Sociology of Health & IllnessWiley · United Kingdom | 2.23Q1 | 3.11 0.04 up from 2018 | 258 | 69% | $4,330 | ||
32Innovation in AgingOAUniversity of Oxford · United Kingdom | 2.20Q1 | 3.28 1.69 up from 2018 | 71 | 100% | $3,977 | ||
33Health Research Policy and SystemsOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.20Q1 | 3.39 0.36 up from 2018 | 317 | 100% | $3,590 | ||
34BMC NursingOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.12Q1 | 3.35 0.58 up from 2018 | 201 | 100% | $3,090 | ||
35Journal of Nursing ScholarshipWiley · United States | 2.10Q1 | 3.35 0.22 up from 2018 | 228 | 30% | $3,640 | ||
36Journal of Multidisciplinary HealthcareOADove Medical Press · New Zealand | 2.05Q1 | 2.83 0.73 down from 2018 | 191 | 100% | $2,836 | ||
37mHealthOAAME Publishing Company · Hong Kong SAR China | 2.03Q1 | 3.79 0.98 up from 2018 | 128 | 100% | — | ||
38Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & HealthOANordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health · Finland | 2.02Q1 | 4.58 0.98 up from 2018 | 200 | 100% | $2,480 | ||
39Health ExpectationsOAWiley · United Kingdom | 2.01Q1 | 3.45 0.39 down from 2018 | 296 | 100% | $4,190 | ||
40Health Services ResearchWiley · United Kingdom | 2.00Q1 | 2.46 0.06 down from 2018 | 525 | 95% | $3,750 | ||
41International Journal of Nursing StudiesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.96Q1 | 4.89 0.51 up from 2018 | 544 | 37% | $5,840 | ||
42Journal of Aging & Social PolicyTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.96Q1 | 1.39 1.14 down from 2018 | 97 | 32% | — | ||
43Health Services InsightsOASAGE Publishing · United States | 1.95Q1 | 3.47 0.62 up from 2018 | 37 | 100% | $2,000 | ||
44Frontiers in Public HealthOAFrontiers Media · Switzerland | 1.92Q1 | 3.71 0.74 up from 2018 | 969 | 100% | $3,801 | ||
45BMC Public HealthOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.90Q1 | 3.81 0.09 up from 2018 | 3,438 | 100% | $3,290 | ||
46Journal of Health Services Research & PolicySAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.89Q1 | 3.28 1.46 up from 2018 | 101 | 53% | $4,150 | ||
47International Journal of Health ServicesSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.88Q1 | 2.03 0.09 down from 2018 | 125 | 27% | $4,400 | ||
48Digital HealthOASAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.88Q1 | 3.89 1.46 up from 2018 | 112 | 100% | $2,000 | ||
49Academic PediatricsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.88Q1 | 2.93 0.36 up from 2018 | 481 | 58% | $3,400 | ||
50Critical Public HealthOATaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.86Q1 | 2.21 0.18 down from 2018 | 171 | 58% | — |
Subfields of Health Professions, with General Health Professions highlighted.
- General Health Professions461
- Occupational Therapy26
- Emergency Medical Services25
- Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation22
- Health Information Management17
- Radiological and Ultrasound Technology16
- Speech and Hearing10
- Complementary and Manual Therapy4
- Pharmacy3
- Medical Laboratory Technology1
- Medical Terminology0
Journals
Citations made in 2019. Corpus-wide, 83.4% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
101 additional General Health Professions journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2016–2018, 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: 2019. Publication window: 2016–2018. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 461
- Window papers (baseline)
- 159,194 +12.6% from indicator year 2016
- Median OJR
- 0.845 -0.4% from indicator year 2016
- Rising journals (2025)
- 27
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2016–2018 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.