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Journal rankings · indicator year 2025

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Health Professions journal rankings 2025

586 ranked journals · Field in Health Sciences

Health Professions has 586 ranked journals in 2025. The median journal has an OJR of 0.83, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.04 on 2024; Q1 starts at OJR 1.29. The two highest-scoring journals with stable ranks are The Lancet and Implementation Science: each is likely ranked within the top 6.

Ranks and citation indicators: 2025. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.

Ranked journals

Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2022–2024, the window the 2025 score is computed on.

586
11% of Health Sciences
Median OJR

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.

0.83+0.04 vs 2024
This fieldAll 0.78World 1.00
Open-access journals

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.

36%
All fields: 38%
Median listed APC

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.

$3,290
Median positive listed APC: $3,290 among 255 journals. Another 4 list $0; 327 have no known price. All fields: $3,200.

Subfields in Health Professions (11)

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Quartiles split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. Q1 is the top quarter and Q4 the bottom quarter.

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Health Professions ranking, 2025

Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest.

The small range under it is the likely rank range: in 95% of 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers, it ranked inside that range. Journals whose ranges overlap are not clearly different.

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.

OJR

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 2024. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor.

Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2022–2024, the window the 2025 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked.

Share of the journal’s 2022–2024 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 2016 to 2025.

A label compares the 2022→2025 change with the median change of the journal’s field or domain. Rising needs a relative change of +10% or more that is at least 2 standard errors above zero; Falling needs -9.1% or less (rounded), at least 2 standard errors below zero. Sorting uses that relative change.

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Rank 1; likely between #1 and #2 of 586The LancetElsevier BV · Netherlands
12.10Q127.15 1.04 up from 20242,68436%$7,890
Rank 2; likely between #1 and #5 of 586Implementation ScienceOABioMed Central · United Kingdom
7.07Q110.73 3.92 down from 2024225100%$3,390
Rank 3; likely between #1 and #40 of 586Journal of Mixed Methods ResearchSAGE Publishing · United States
5.79Q14.13 4.32 down from 20247330%$3,900
Rank 4; likely between #3 and #15 of 586Work and OccupationsSAGE Publishing · United States
3.61Q14.52 0.14 up from 20247050%$3,900
Rank 5; likely between #3 and #24 of 586Journal of Occupational Health PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States
3.53Q16.93 2.85 up from 20247132%—
Rank 6; likely between #3 and #18 of 586Milbank QuarterlyWiley · United States
3.33Q16.68 2.09 up from 202415878%$4,430
Rank 7; likely between #4 and #22 of 586European Physical Education ReviewSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom
3.14Q14.07 0.37 down from 202412865%$3,650
Rank 8; likely between #4 and #26 of 586Journal of Healthcare LeadershipOADove Medical Press · New Zealand
3.08Q15.22 0.24 up from 2024104100%$2,320
Rank 9; likely between #5 and #15 of 586International Journal for Equity in HealthOABioMed Central · United Kingdom
3.06Q15.73 0.85 up from 2024707100%$3,690Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 10; likely between #4 and #65 of 586Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical EducationTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom
2.72Q12.47 0.39 down from 20248032%—
Rank 11; likely between #8 and #30 of 586Human Resources for HealthOABioMed Central · United Kingdom
2.70Q16.08 0.77 up from 2024277100%$3,290
Rank 12; likely between #10 and #23 of 586Safety ScienceElsevier BV · Netherlands
2.68Q17.36 0.48 up from 202483158%$4,360
Rank 13; likely between #11 and #24 of 586BMC NursingOABioMed Central · United Kingdom
2.65Q16.09 0.79 up from 20241,789100%$3,090
Rank 14; likely between #11 and #25 of 586Journal of Medical Internet ResearchOAJMIR Publications · Germany
2.64Q19.41 1.28 up from 20242,821100%$2,950Falling vs field, 2022–25
Rank 15; likely between #5 and #67 of 586PLOS Digital HealthOAPublic Library of Science · United States
2.61Q19.46 0.82 down from 2024552100%$3,043
Rank 16; likely between #9 and #33 of 586JMIR mhealth and uhealthOAJMIR Publications · Canada
2.58Q17.60 0.28 down from 2024497100%$2,850
Rank 17; likely between #12 and #29 of 586International Journal of Nursing StudiesElsevier BV · United Kingdom
2.57Q18.89 1.01 up from 202447041%$5,840
Rank 18; likely between #10 and #36 of 586Research Involvement and EngagementOABioMed Central · United Kingdom
2.53Q14.57 0.60 up from 2024321100%$2,590
Rank 19; likely between #9 and #41 of 586Physical Education and Sport PedagogyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom
2.52Q13.12 0.47 down from 202416052%—
Rank 20; likely between #7 and #56 of 586Annual Review of Public HealthAnnual Reviews · United States
2.47Q114.44 2.92 down from 20248394%—
Rank 21; likely between #8 and #50 of 586Journal of Medical SystemsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States
2.45Q19.92 2.15 up from 202430438%$4,990
Rank 22; likely between #3 and #311 of 586Journal of the Medical Library Association JMLAOAUniversity Library System, University of Pittsburgh · United States
2.43Q11.39 4.57 down from 2024152100%—Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 23; likely between #13 and #41 of 586Health Research Policy and SystemsOABioMed Central · United Kingdom
2.39Q14.29 0.24 up from 2024450100%$3,590
Rank 24; likely between #4 and #203 of 586Journal of Nursing RegulationElsevier BV · United States
2.37Q16.73 0.61 up from 20249330%$2,850
Rank 25; likely between #6 and #81 of 586International Journal of Nursing Studies AdvancesOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom
2.32Q15.88 2.18 up from 2024209100%$2,930
Rank 26; likely between #17 and #47 of 586International Nursing ReviewWiley · United Kingdom
2.28Q15.17 0.57 up from 202432463%$3,400
Rank 27; likely between #3 and #255 of 586NAM PerspectivesUnited States
2.26Q12.28 3.78 down from 20247869%—
Rank 28; likely between #8 and #109 of 586Policy Politics & Nursing PracticeSAGE Publishing · United States
2.22Q13.14 0.56 up from 20247439%$3,900
Rank 29; likely between #26 and #40 of 586BMC Public HealthOABioMed Central · United Kingdom
2.20Q15.06 0.38 up from 20248,442100%$3,290Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 30; likely between #23 and #52 of 586Journal of the American Medical Informatics AssociationOxford University Press · United Kingdom
2.18Q18.10 2.16 up from 202477591%$4,332Falling vs field, 2022–25
Rank 31; likely between #21 and #57 of 586Sport Education and SocietyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom
2.17Q12.75 0.49 down from 202425161%—
Rank 32; likely between #3 and #257 of 586Public Health Research & PracticeOASax Institute · Australia
2.16Q12.27 1.26 down from 2024118100%—
Rank 33; likely between #10 and #108 of 586Nursing PhilosophyWiley · United Kingdom
2.14Q12.79 0.16 up from 202411671%$3,920Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 34; likely between #18 and #69 of 586Preventing Chronic DiseaseOACenters for Disease Control and Prevention · United States
2.14Q15.34 1.29 up from 2024299100%—
Rank 35; likely between #10 and #119 of 586International Journal of Spa and WellnessTaylor & Francis · United States
2.14Q14.16 0.81 up from 20245124%—
Rank 36; likely between #14 and #85 of 586Bulletin of the World Health OrganizationOAWorld Health Organization
2.14Q14.06 0.72 down from 2024389100%—
Rank 37; likely between #11 and #101 of 586BMJ Evidence-Based MedicineBMJ · United Kingdom
2.13Q15.47 0.46 up from 202420456%—Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 38; likely between #24 and #57 of 586Nursing EthicsSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom
2.12Q14.50 1.10 up from 202438351%$3,900
Rank 39; likely between #21 and #72 of 586Health PolicyElsevier BV · Netherlands
2.10Q14.86 1.20 up from 202444272%$4,220
Rank 40; likely between #25 and #69 of 586Qualitative Health ResearchSAGE Publishing · United States
2.06Q13.56 0.82 up from 202443362%$4,400
Rank 41; likely between #28 and #64 of 586The GerontologistOxford University Press · United Kingdom
2.04Q13.78 0.73 up from 202452764%$4,408
Rank 42; likely between #36 and #58 of 586BMC Health Services ResearchOABioMed Central · United Kingdom
1.98Q13.98 0.13 up from 20244,638100%$3,290Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 43; likely between #9 and #198 of 586Social Theory & HealthPalgrave Macmillan · United Kingdom
1.98Q13.83 2.27 up from 20244067%$3,090
Rank 44; likely between #19 and #107 of 586The Interpreter and Translator TrainerTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom
1.96Q12.58 0.56 up from 20248136%—
Rank 45; likely between #18 and #166 of 586Philosophy Ethics and Humanities in MedicineOABioMed Central · United Kingdom
1.94Q13.15 0.37 up from 202448100%$1,790
Rank 46; likely between #28 and #92 of 586Implementation Science CommunicationsOABioMed Central · United Kingdom
1.91Q13.78 0.19 down from 2024417100%$2,290
Rank 47; likely between #38 and #74 of 586Journal of Nursing ManagementWiley · United Kingdom
1.89Q14.72 0.20 down from 2024609100%$2,700Falling vs field, 2022–25
Rank 48; likely between #23 and #122 of 586BioethicsWiley · United Kingdom
1.89Q15.00 1.21 up from 202411470%$4,550
Rank 49; likely between #39 and #75 of 586Health ExpectationsOAWiley · United Kingdom
1.89Q13.88 0.15 up from 2024859100%$4,190
Rank 50; likely between #29 and #98 of 586Frontiers in Health ServicesOAFrontiers Media
1.89Q13.06 0.02 down from 2024425100%$3,077

The endpoints below each rank show its likely range. How rank ranges are calculated

Citations made in 2025. Corpus-wide, 84.3% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.

79 additional Health Professions journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2022–2024, 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.

Rising journals

At a glance

Indicator year: 2025. Publication window: 2022–2024. How these summaries are calculated

Ranked journals
586
Window papers (baseline)
380,673 +9.8% from indicator year 2022
Median OJR
0.830 +13.6% from indicator year 2022
Rising journals (2025)
38Comparison-group list (38)

Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2022–2024 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.

Category by indicator year
MeasureYear series20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Ranked journals253271295302318330346367390401415428449473492507527551566585601612616609600586
Window papers (baseline)66,02072,76979,19586,33592,515102,597113,331125,469137,977152,092168,072183,124195,764208,179223,186242,061257,124268,029276,391287,165300,893324,777346,759357,796362,286380,673
Median OJR0.530.540.550.580.600.620.630.670.740.810.850.890.84280.84350.8380.900.8340.8160.800.82100.82070.750.730.770.790.830
Category context (2025)
MeasureCategory statisticEligible population
Journal self-citation shareMedian: 3.6%405 journals
Retracted papers per 1,000Pooled rate: 0.694 per 1,000396 journals
Output growthMedian: -3.1%554 journals
Open access shareMedian: 74.5%586 journals
Listed APC (USD)Median including $0 listed prices: $3,290259 ranked journals with a known listed price, including $0 listed prices
International collaboration shareMedian: 19.6%558 journals
Review shareMedian: 1.8%586 journals
Articles-only OJRMedian: 0.86581 journals
Uncited shareMedian: 41.6%586 journals
Citation concentrationMedian: 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.