Health Sciences

71 journals in P3.03 Health Sciences (Medical and Health Sciences), ranked by POSI Citation Score, 2026 edition. No Core Collection journal is ranked in this category yet. How PCS is calculated.

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Rank	Journal	PCS	Items	Percentile	Quartile	Status	PCI
1/71	Safety Science Elsevier BV, ISSN 0925-7535	18.51	1,196	99.3	PCS-Q1	Indexed	n/a
2/71	International Journal of Nursing Studies Elsevier BV, ISSN 0020-7489	17.91	800	97.9	PCS-Q1	Indexed	n/a
3/71	Informatics and Health Elsevier BV, ISSN 2949-9534	17.55	31	96.5	PCS-Q1	Indexed	n/a
4/71	International Journal of Medical Informatics Elsevier BV, ISSN 1386-5056	13.78	1,121	95.1	PCS-Q1	Indexed	n/a
5/71	Nurse Education Today Elsevier BV, ISSN 0260-6917	13.46	1,373	93.7	PCS-Q1	Indexed	n/a
6/71	Social Science & Medicine Elsevier BV, ISSN 0277-9536	12.30	3,372	92.3	PCS-Q1	Indexed	4.59
7/71	Nurse Education in Practice Elsevier BV, ISSN 1471-5953	10.31	1,146	90.8	PCS-Q1	Indexed	n/a
8/71	BMC Health Services Research BioMed Central, ISSN 1472-6963	9.05	6,513	89.4	PCS-Q1	Indexed	4.20
9/71	International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances Elsevier BV, ISSN 2666-142X	8.49	387	88.0	PCS-Q1	Indexed	n/a
10/71	Journal of Advanced Nursing Wiley, ISSN 0309-2402	7.87	2,434	86.6	PCS-Q1	Indexed	4.16
11/71	Journal of Nursing Regulation Elsevier BV, ISSN 2155-8256	7.64	192	85.2	PCS-Q1	Indexed	n/a
12/71	Public Health Elsevier BV, ISSN 0033-3506	7.52	1,592	83.8	PCS-Q1	Indexed	3.89
13/71	Journal of Professional Nursing Elsevier BV, ISSN 8755-7223	7.49	596	82.4	PCS-Q1	Indexed	n/a
14/71	SSM - Qualitative Research in Health Elsevier BV, ISSN 2667-3215	6.97	639	81.0	PCS-Q1	Indexed	n/a
15/71	Nursing Outlook Elsevier BV, ISSN 0029-6554	6.50	665	79.6	PCS-Q1	Indexed	n/a
16/71	BMJ Unknown, ISSN 1756-1833	6.34	12,678	78.2	PCS-Q1	Indexed	2.79
17/71	Frontiers in Health Services Frontiers Media SA, ISSN 2813-0146	6.34	767	76.8	PCS-Q1	Indexed	n/a
18/71	American Journal of Public Health American Public Health Association, ISSN 0090-0036	6.29	1,958	75.3	PCS-Q1	Indexed	2.64
19/71	Patient Education and Counseling Elsevier BV, ISSN 0738-3991	6.25	2,189	73.9	PCS-Q2	Indexed	n/a
20/71	Journal of Adolescent Health Elsevier BV, ISSN 1054-139X	6.23	2,258	72.5	PCS-Q2	Indexed	n/a
21/71	Applied Nursing Research Elsevier BV, ISSN 0897-1897	6.21	340	71.1	PCS-Q2	Indexed	n/a
22/71	Collegian Elsevier BV, ISSN 1322-7696	6.07	345	69.7	PCS-Q2	Indexed	n/a
23/71	Evaluation and Program Planning Elsevier BV, ISSN 0149-7189	5.71	523	68.3	PCS-Q2	Indexed	n/a
24/71	The Medical Journal of Australia Wiley, ISSN 0025-729X	5.64	1,472	66.9	PCS-Q2	Indexed	3.06
25/71	International Journal of Nursing Sciences Elsevier BV, ISSN 2352-0132	5.59	341	65.5	PCS-Q2	Indexed	n/a
26/71	Economics & Human Biology Elsevier BV, ISSN 1570-677X	5.27	373	64.1	PCS-Q2	Indexed	n/a
27/71	Medical Care Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, ISSN 0025-7079	5.09	574	62.7	PCS-Q2	Indexed	1.85
28/71	Asian Nursing Research Elsevier BV, ISSN 1976-1317	5.08	199	61.3	PCS-Q2	Indexed	n/a
29/71	Teaching and Learning in Nursing Elsevier BV, ISSN 1557-3087	4.71	796	59.9	PCS-Q2	Indexed	n/a
30/71	Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine SAGE Publishing, ISSN 0141-0768	4.37	457	58.5	PCS-Q2	Indexed	1.90
31/71	Zeitschrift für Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualität im Gesundheitswesen Elsevier BV, ISSN 1865-9217	4.01	495	57.0	PCS-Q2	Indexed	n/a
32/71	Canadian Medical Association Journal Canadian Medical Association, ISSN 0820-3946	3.98	1,879	55.6	PCS-Q2	Indexed	1.88
33/71	Healthcare Elsevier BV, ISSN 2213-0764	3.81	98	54.2	PCS-Q2	Indexed	n/a
34/71	Nursing Clinics of North America Elsevier BV, ISSN 0029-6465	3.19	313	52.8	PCS-Q2	Indexed	n/a
35/71	Future Healthcare Journal Elsevier BV, ISSN 2514-6645	3.15	692	51.4	PCS-Q2	Indexed	n/a
36/71	Journal of Pediatric Health Care Elsevier BV, ISSN 0891-5245	3.12	603	50.0	PCS-Q2	Indexed	n/a
37/71	Nurse Leader Elsevier BV, ISSN 1541-4612	2.96	633	48.6	PCS-Q3	Indexed	n/a
38/71	Annales Pharmaceutiques Françaises Elsevier BV, ISSN 0003-4509	2.94	449	47.2	PCS-Q3	Indexed	n/a
39/71	Atención Primaria Elsevier BV, ISSN 0212-6567	2.74	670	45.8	PCS-Q3	Indexed	n/a
40/71	Health Care Transitions Elsevier BV, ISSN 2949-9232	2.61	121	44.4	PCS-Q3	Indexed	n/a
41/71	Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice Elsevier BV, ISSN 2405-4526	2.33	309	43.0	PCS-Q3	Indexed	n/a
42/71	Qualitative Research in Medicine & Healthcare Elsevier BV, ISSN 2532-2044	2.28	67	41.5	PCS-Q3	Indexed	n/a
43/71	Journal of Healthcare Quality Research Elsevier BV, ISSN 2603-6479	2.15	259	40.1	PCS-Q3	Indexed	n/a
44/71	The Lancet Primary Care Elsevier BV, ISSN 3050-5143	1.86	79	38.7	PCS-Q3	Indexed	n/a
45/71	Safety and Health at Work Elsevier BV, ISSN 2093-7911	1.85	1,319	37.3	PCS-Q3	Indexed	n/a
46/71	The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety Elsevier BV, ISSN 1553-7250	1.83	536	35.9	PCS-Q3	Indexed	n/a
47/71	Science Talks Elsevier BV, ISSN 2772-5693	1.75	484	34.5	PCS-Q3	Indexed	n/a
48/71	Enfermería Clínica Elsevier BV, ISSN 1130-8621	1.71	299	33.1	PCS-Q3	Indexed	n/a
49/71	Ethics, Medicine and Public Health Elsevier BV, ISSN 2352-5525	1.63	451	31.7	PCS-Q3	Indexed	n/a
50/71	The Journal for Nurse Practitioners Elsevier BV, ISSN 1555-4155	1.55	1,251	30.3	PCS-Q3	Indexed	n/a
51/71	Enfermería Clínica (English Edition) Elsevier BV, ISSN 2445-1479	1.29	267	28.9	PCS-Q3	Indexed	n/a
52/71	Gaceta Sanitaria Elsevier BV, ISSN 0213-9111	1.08	1,239	27.5	PCS-Q3	Indexed	n/a
53/71	Médecine Palliative Elsevier BV, ISSN 1636-6522	0.46	221	26.1	PCS-Q3	Indexed	n/a
54/71	NPG Neurologie - Psychiatrie – Gériatrie Elsevier BV, ISSN 1627-4830	0.44	259	24.6	PCS-Q4	Indexed	n/a
55/71	Revue d'Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique Elsevier BV, ISSN 0398-7620	0.42	1,336	23.2	PCS-Q4	Indexed	n/a
56/71	Médecine & Droit Elsevier BV, ISSN 1246-7391	0.40	119	21.8	PCS-Q4	Indexed	n/a
57/71	Journal of Epidemiology and Population Health Elsevier BV, ISSN 2950-4333	0.34	884	20.4	PCS-Q4	Indexed	n/a
58/71	IRBM News Elsevier BV, ISSN 1959-7568	0.27	98	19.0	PCS-Q4	Indexed	n/a
59/71	Advancing Medical-Surgical Nursing Elsevier BV, ISSN 3050-8592	0.26	31	17.6	PCS-Q4	Indexed	n/a
60/71	Journal de Pédiatrie et de Puériculture Elsevier BV, ISSN 0987-7983	0.25	255	16.2	PCS-Q4	Indexed	n/a
61/71	Bulletin de l'Académie Nationale de Médecine Elsevier BV, ISSN 0001-4079	0.24	885	14.8	PCS-Q4	Indexed	n/a
62/71	Éthique & Santé Elsevier BV, ISSN 1765-4629	0.20	225	13.4	PCS-Q4	Indexed	n/a
63/71	Revue Francophone Internationale de Recherche Infirmière Elsevier BV, ISSN 2352-8028	0.16	125	12.0	PCS-Q4	Indexed	n/a
64/71	Revue Francophone des Laboratoires Elsevier BV, ISSN 1773-035X	0.15	1,200	10.6	PCS-Q4	Indexed	n/a
65/71	Médecine de Catastrophe - Urgences Collectives Elsevier BV, ISSN 1279-8479	0.13	323	9.2	PCS-Q4	Indexed	n/a
66/71	Archives des Maladies Professionnelles et de l’Environnement Elsevier BV, ISSN 1775-8785	0.09	1,164	7.8	PCS-Q4	Indexed	n/a
67/71	Interbloc Elsevier BV, ISSN 0242-3960	0.07	240	6.3	PCS-Q4	Indexed	n/a
68/71	Actualités Pharmaceutiques Elsevier BV, ISSN 0515-3700	0.06	971	4.9	PCS-Q4	Indexed	n/a
69/71	Le Pharmacien Clinicien Elsevier BV, ISSN 2772-9532	0.04	1,693	3.5	PCS-Q4	Indexed	n/a
70/71	Santé mentale et Droit Elsevier BV, ISSN 2772-9710	0.02	821	2.1	PCS-Q4	Indexed	n/a
71/71	Option/Bio Elsevier BV, ISSN 0992-5945	0.02	940	0.7	PCS-Q4	Indexed	n/a

PCS-Q-1.0. PCS determines the PCS-Q ranking only; it does not determine Citation Rank, Citation Percentile or Citation Quartile. Item counts in amber are below 20 and should be read as a limited sample.