Journal rankings · indicator year 2024
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Field ranking · 2024
Health Professions journal rankings 2024
600 ranked journals · Field in Health Sciences
Health Professions has 600 ranked journals in 2024. The median journal has an OJR of 0.79, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.02 on 2023; Q1 starts at OJR 1.25. The top three are The Lancet, Implementation Science, and Work and Occupations.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2024. 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 2021–2023, the window the 2024 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 Professions478
- Emergency Medical Services26
- Occupational Therapy25
- Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation25
- Health Information Management16
- Radiological and Ultrasound Technology12
- Speech and Hearing10
- Complementary and Manual Therapy3
- Pharmacy3
- Medical Laboratory Technology2
- Medical Terminology0
600 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 2023. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2021–2023, the window the 2024 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2021–2023 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 2015 to 2024. | Compare |
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1The LancetElsevier BV · Netherlands | 11.89Q1 | 26.10 6.67 down from 2023 | 2,556 | 33% | $7,890 | ||
2Implementation ScienceOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 5.15Q1 | 14.65 2.79 up from 2023 | 245 | 100% | $3,390 | ||
3Work and OccupationsSAGE Publishing · United States | 3.81Q1 | 4.38 0.78 down from 2023 | 66 | 41% | $3,900 | ||
4BMJPublisher not listed | 3.75Q1 | 3.88 6.75 down from 2023 | 5,319 | 36% | — | ||
5Milbank QuarterlyWiley · United States | 3.62Q1 | 4.59 3.03 down from 2023 | 166 | 89% | $4,430 | ||
6European Physical Education ReviewSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 3.32Q1 | 4.44 0.04 down from 2023 | 141 | 74% | $3,650 | ||
7NAM PerspectivesUnited States | 3.14Q1 | 6.06 0.58 down from 2023 | 84 | 62% | — | ||
8Journal of Healthcare LeadershipOADove Medical Press · New Zealand | 3.08Q1 | 4.98 0.52 down from 2023 | 81 | 100% | $2,320 | ||
9PLOS Digital HealthOAPublic Library of Science · United States | 2.84Q1 | 10.29 4.40 up from 2023 | 315 | 100% | $3,043 | ||
10Safety ScienceElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.77Q1 | 6.89 0.36 up from 2023 | 974 | 54% | $4,360 | ||
11Journal of Occupational Health PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 2.76Q1 | 4.08 2.36 down from 2023 | 102 | 45% | — | ||
12International Journal for Equity in HealthOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.74Q1 | 4.88 1.13 down from 2023 | 707 | 100% | $3,690 | ||
13Annual Review of Public HealthAnnual Reviews · United States | 2.69Q1 | 17.36 4.16 down from 2023 | 84 | 100% | — | ||
14Journal of Nursing RegulationElsevier BV · United States | 2.69Q1 | 6.12 1.68 up from 2023 | 95 | 35% | $2,850 | ||
15JMIR mhealth and uhealthOAJMIR Publications · Canada | 2.67Q1 | 7.88 0.32 up from 2023 | 689 | 100% | $2,850 | ||
16Physical Education and Sport PedagogyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.66Q1 | 3.59 0.68 down from 2023 | 190 | 67% | — | ||
17BMC NursingOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.65Q1 | 5.30 0.35 up from 2023 | 1,110 | 100% | $3,090 | ||
18Human Resources for HealthOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.63Q1 | 5.31 0.54 down from 2023 | 331 | 100% | $3,290 | ||
19Journal of Medical Internet ResearchOAJMIR Publications · Germany | 2.57Q1 | 8.13 0.06 up from 2023 | 2,998 | 100% | $2,950 | ||
20American Journal of Community PsychologyWiley · Netherlands | 2.46Q1 | 2.65 1.32 down from 2023 | 220 | 66% | $3,620 | ||
21International Journal of Nursing StudiesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.42Q1 | 7.88 0.82 down from 2023 | 468 | 48% | $5,840 | ||
22Research Involvement and EngagementOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.42Q1 | 3.97 0.69 down from 2023 | 279 | 100% | $2,590 | ||
| 2.36Q1 | 11.19 11.00 up from 2023 | 48 | 100% | — | |||
24Journal of Nursing ManagementWiley · United Kingdom | 2.26Q1 | 4.92 0.20 down from 2023 | 730 | 99% | $2,700 | ||
25Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical EducationTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.26Q1 | 2.86 0.58 up from 2023 | 74 | 55% | — | ||
26Health Research Policy and SystemsOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.24Q1 | 4.06 0.73 down from 2023 | 429 | 100% | $3,590 | ||
27Sport Education and SocietyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.19Q1 | 3.23 0.18 up from 2023 | 245 | 70% | — | ||
28The Interpreter and Translator TrainerTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.17Q1 | 2.02 0.74 down from 2023 | 88 | 32% | — | ||
29Bulletin of the World Health OrganizationOAWorld Health Organization | 2.15Q1 | 4.79 2.25 down from 2023 | 301 | 100% | — | ||
30International Nursing ReviewWiley · United Kingdom | 2.14Q1 | 4.59 0.74 down from 2023 | 256 | 66% | $3,400 | ||
31Nursing EthicsSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.13Q1 | 3.40 0.69 down from 2023 | 335 | 52% | $3,900 | ||
32Journal of Medical SystemsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 2.09Q1 | 7.76 2.90 up from 2023 | 319 | 54% | $4,990 | ||
33BMC Public HealthOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.06Q1 | 4.68 0.43 down from 2023 | 7,189 | 100% | $3,290 | ||
34Journal of Mixed Methods ResearchSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.02Q1 | 8.44 3.84 up from 2023 | 76 | 50% | $3,900 | ||
35International journal of doctoral studiesOAInforming Science Institute · United States | 1.99Q1 | 2.00 0.85 down from 2023 | 70 | 100% | — | ||
36International Journal of Health ServicesSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.99Q1 | 3.29 2.04 down from 2023 | 67 | — | $4,400 | ||
37Implementation Research and PracticeOASAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.96Q1 | 3.08 0.88 down from 2023 | 131 | 100% | $1,000 | ||
38Nursing PhilosophyWiley · United Kingdom | 1.95Q1 | 2.63 0.32 down from 2023 | 108 | 76% | $3,920 | ||
39HLRP Health Literacy Research and PracticeOAUnited States | 1.94Q1 | 2.72 0.52 up from 2023 | 101 | 100% | $2,000 | ||
40Health ExpectationsOAWiley · United Kingdom | 1.93Q1 | 3.73 0.28 down from 2023 | 738 | 100% | $4,190 | ||
41Journal of the American Medical Informatics AssociationOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.92Q1 | 5.94 0.51 up from 2023 | 746 | 100% | $4,332 | ||
42International Journal of Nursing SciencesOAElsevier BV · China | 1.90Q1 | 3.89 0.23 up from 2023 | 203 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
43JMIR NursingOACanada | 1.89Q1 | 4.93 0.66 up from 2023 | 57 | 100% | $1,500 | ||
44Implementation Science CommunicationsOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.87Q1 | 3.97 0.34 up from 2023 | 419 | 100% | $2,290 | ||
44International Journal of Medical InformaticsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.87Q1 | 5.81 0.31 up from 2023 | 650 | 63% | $3,150 | ||
46Nursing OutlookElsevier BV · United States | 1.87Q1 | 4.32no change | 338 | 47% | $4,260 | ||
47BMJ Quality & SafetyBMJ · United Kingdom | 1.87Q1 | 4.47 0.31 up from 2023 | 318 | 63% | — | ||
48Worldviews on Evidence-Based NursingWiley · United Kingdom | 1.86Q1 | 4.35 0.42 up from 2023 | 191 | 56% | $3,640 | ||
49BMC Health Services ResearchOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.82Q1 | 3.84 0.11 up from 2023 | 4,323 | 100% | $3,290 | ||
50Health PolicyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.82Q1 | 3.65 1.04 down from 2023 | 455 | 76% | $4,220 |
Subfields of Health Professions, compared.
- General Health Professions478
- Emergency Medical Services26
- Occupational Therapy25
- Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation25
- Health Information Management16
- Radiological and Ultrasound Technology12
- Speech and Hearing10
- Complementary and Manual Therapy3
- Pharmacy3
- Medical Laboratory Technology2
- Medical Terminology0
Journals
Citations made in 2024. Corpus-wide, 87.1% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
95 additional Health Professions journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2021–2023, 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: 2024. Publication window: 2021–2023. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 600
- Window papers (baseline)
- 362,286 +11.5% from indicator year 2021
- Median OJR
- 0.79 +5.4% from indicator year 2021
- Rising journals (2025)
- 38Comparison-group list (38)
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2021–2023 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.