Health Sciences 2026
1,003 journals in P3.03 Health Sciences (Medical and Health Sciences), ranked by PNCI. Snapshot September 2026. How the ranking works.
Showing the top 1,000 of 1,003 journals. The ranked journals CSV lists every ranked journal; the complete CSV has every journal of the edition, and the edition index lists one file per category.
| Rank | Journal | PNCI | Percentile | Citation Quartile | POSI Zone | AJR | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/1003 | Annual Review of Public Health Annual Reviews, ISSN 0163-7525 | 19.24 | 100.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 2/1003 | Informatics and Health Elsevier BV, ISSN 2949-9534 | 13.59 | 99.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 3/1003 | Implementation Science BioMed Central, ISSN 1748-5908 | 11.65 | 99.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 4/1003 | International Journal of Nursing Studies Elsevier BV, ISSN 0020-7489 | 7.21 | 99.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 5/1003 | Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association Oxford University Press, ISSN 1067-5027 | 7.14 | 99.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 6/1003 | Safety Science Elsevier BV, ISSN 0925-7535 | 6.62 | 99.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 7/1003 | JMIR mhealth and uhealth JMIR Publications, ISSN 2291-5222 | 6.31 | 99.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 8/1003 | International Journal of Medical Informatics Elsevier BV, ISSN 1386-5056 | 6.23 | 99.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 9/1003 | BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making BioMed Central, ISSN 1472-6947 | 5.93 | 99.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 10/1003 | Nurse Education Today Elsevier BV, ISSN 0260-6917 | 5.28 | 99.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 11/1003 | Work & Stress Taylor & Francis, ISSN 0267-8373 | 5.12 | 99.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 12/1003 | BMC Nursing BioMed Central, ISSN 1472-6955 | 5.06 | 98.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 13/1003 | International Nursing Review Wiley, ISSN 0020-8132 | 4.79 | 98.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 14/1003 | Human Resources for Health BioMed Central, ISSN 1478-4491 | 4.58 | 98.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 15/1003 | Nurse Education in Practice Elsevier BV, ISSN 1471-5953 | 4.48 | 98.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 16/1003 | Social Science & Medicine Elsevier BV, ISSN 0277-9536 | 4.30 | 98.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 17/1003 | Journal of Healthcare Leadership Dove Medical Press, ISSN 1179-3201 | 4.28 | 98.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 18/1003 | International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances Elsevier BV, ISSN 2666-142X | 4.27 | 98.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 19/1003 | Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing Wiley, ISSN 1545-102X | 4.19 | 98.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 20/1003 | Journal of Occupational Health Psychology American Psychological Association, ISSN 1076-8998 | 4.17 | 98.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 21/1003 | JMIR Human Factors JMIR Publications, ISSN 2292-9495 | 4.07 | 98.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 22/1003 | Journal of Nursing Management Wiley, ISSN 0966-0429 | 3.99 | 97.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 23/1003 | Public health reviews Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 0301-0422 | 3.72 | 97.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 24/1003 | BMJ Quality & Safety BMJ, ISSN 1475-3898 | 3.53 | 97.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 25/1003 | Nursing Reports Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, ISSN 2039-439X | 3.52 | 97.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 26/1003 | Health Research Policy and Systems BioMed Central, ISSN 1478-4505 | 3.47 | 97.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 27/1003 | BMC Health Services Research BioMed Central, ISSN 1472-6963 | 3.43 | 97.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 28/1003 | Research Involvement and Engagement BioMed Central, ISSN 2056-7529 | 3.30 | 97.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 29/1003 | Journal of Advanced Nursing Wiley, ISSN 0309-2402 | 3.22 | 97.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 30/1003 | Health Promotion International Oxford University Press, ISSN 0957-4824 | 3.20 | 97.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 31/1003 | Healthcare Informatics Research ISSN 2093-3681 | 3.20 | 97.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 32/1003 | Journal of Nursing Scholarship Wiley, ISSN 0363-2792 | 3.13 | 96.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 33/1003 | Journal of Nursing Regulation Elsevier BV, ISSN 2155-8256 | 3.07 | 96.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 34/1003 | Implementation Science Communications BioMed Central, ISSN 2662-2211 | 3.01 | 96.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 35/1003 | Public Health Elsevier BV, ISSN 0033-3506 | 2.99 | 96.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 36/1003 | Health Expectations Wiley, ISSN 1369-6513 | 2.99 | 96.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 37/1003 | mHealth AME Publishing Company, ISSN 2306-9740 | 2.83 | 96.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 38/1003 | Qualitative Health Research SAGE Publishing, ISSN 1049-7323 | 2.81 | 96.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 39/1003 | Nursing Outlook Elsevier BV, ISSN 0029-6554 | 2.74 | 96.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 40/1003 | Journal of Professional Nursing Elsevier BV, ISSN 8755-7223 | 2.70 | 96.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 41/1003 | Nursing Open Wiley, ISSN 2054-1058 | 2.69 | 96.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 42/1003 | Nursing Inquiry Wiley, ISSN 1320-7881 | 2.68 | 95.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 43/1003 | SAGE Open Nursing SAGE Publishing, ISSN 2377-9608 | 2.66 | 95.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 44/1003 | Public Health Research & Practice Sax Institute, ISSN 2204-2091 | 2.66 | 95.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 45/1003 | BMJ Unknown, ISSN 1756-1833 | 2.62 | 95.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 46/1003 | Frontiers in Health Services Frontiers Media SA, ISSN 2813-0146 | 2.59 | 95.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 47/1003 | Journal of Participatory Medicine ISSN 2152-7202 | 2.55 | 95.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 48/1003 | International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1748-2623 | 2.55 | 95.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 49/1003 | NAM Perspectives ISSN 2578-6865 | 2.50 | 95.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 50/1003 | Applied Nursing Research Elsevier BV, ISSN 0897-1897 | 2.47 | 95.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 51/1003 | Health Informatics Journal SAGE Publishing, ISSN 1355-4743 | 2.46 | 95.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 52/1003 | Teaching and Learning in Nursing Elsevier BV, ISSN 1557-3087 | 2.42 | 94.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 53/1003 | Implementation Research and Practice SAGE Publishing, ISSN 2633-4895 | 2.41 | 94.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 54/1003 | SSM - Qualitative Research in Health Elsevier BV, ISSN 2667-3215 | 2.38 | 94.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 55/1003 | Journal of Health Organization and Management Emerald Publishing Limited, ISSN 1477-7266 | 2.36 | 94.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 56/1003 | Leadership in health services Emerald Publishing Limited, ISSN 1366-0756 | 2.33 | 94.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 57/1003 | Canadian Journal of Nursing Research SAGE Publishing, ISSN 0844-5621 | 2.33 | 94.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 58/1003 | The Journal of Rural Health Wiley, ISSN 0890-765X | 2.32 | 94.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 59/1003 | International Journal of Nursing Sciences Elsevier BV, ISSN 2352-0132 | 2.29 | 94.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 60/1003 | Journal of the Medical Library Association JMLA University Library System, University of Pittsburgh, ISSN 1536-5050 | 2.29 | 94.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 61/1003 | Applied Clinical Informatics Thieme Medical Publishers (Germany), ISSN 1869-0327 | 2.28 | 94.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 62/1003 | International Journal of Workplace Health Management Emerald Publishing Limited, ISSN 1753-8351 | 2.28 | 93.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 63/1003 | Patient Education and Counseling Elsevier BV, ISSN 0738-3991 | 2.26 | 93.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 64/1003 | Journal of Adolescent Health Elsevier BV, ISSN 1054-139X | 2.22 | 93.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 65/1003 | Nursing and Health Sciences Wiley, ISSN 1441-0745 | 2.20 | 93.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 66/1003 | Health & Social Care in the Community Wiley, ISSN 0966-0410 | 2.20 | 93.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 67/1003 | Israel Journal of Health Policy Research BioMed Central, ISSN 2045-4015 | 2.20 | 93.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 68/1003 | Policy Politics & Nursing Practice SAGE Publishing, ISSN 1527-1544 | 2.20 | 93.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 69/1003 | Health Sociology Review Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1446-1242 | 2.17 | 93.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 70/1003 | Journal of Interprofessional Care Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1356-1820 | 2.15 | 93.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 71/1003 | Revista de Saúde Pública University of São Paulo, ISSN 0034-8910 | 2.14 | 93.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 72/1003 | Evaluation and Program Planning Elsevier BV, ISSN 0149-7189 | 2.12 | 92.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 73/1003 | The Medical Journal of Australia Wiley, ISSN 0025-729X | 2.12 | 92.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 74/1003 | American Journal of Community Psychology Wiley, ISSN 0091-0562 | 2.10 | 92.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 75/1003 | The Lancet Primary Care Elsevier BV, ISSN 3050-5143 | 2.09 | 92.6 | Provisional C-Q1 | No zone | – | Provisional |
| 76/1003 | Asian Nursing Research Elsevier BV, ISSN 1976-1317 | 2.08 | 92.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 77/1003 | American Journal of Public Health American Public Health Association, ISSN 0090-0036 | 2.05 | 92.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 78/1003 | Journal of Health Services Research & Policy SAGE Publishing, ISSN 1355-8196 | 2.03 | 92.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 79/1003 | International Journal of Nursing Practice Wiley, ISSN 1322-7114 | 2.02 | 92.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 80/1003 | Occupational Health Science Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 2367-0134 | 1.99 | 92.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 81/1003 | Nursing Philosophy Wiley, ISSN 1466-7681 | 1.97 | 92.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 82/1003 | Nursing Research and Practice Hindawi Publishing Corporation, ISSN 2090-1429 | 1.97 | 91.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 83/1003 | Global Qualitative Nursing Research SAGE Publishing, ISSN 2333-3936 | 1.95 | 91.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 84/1003 | International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services SAGE Publishing, ISSN 2755-1938 | 1.94 | 91.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 85/1003 | Health Systems Taylor & Francis, ISSN 2047-6965 | 1.94 | 91.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 86/1003 | Collegian Elsevier BV, ISSN 1322-7696 | 1.94 | 91.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 87/1003 | Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine BioMed Central, ISSN 2052-4374 | 1.93 | 91.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 88/1003 | Health Education & Behavior SAGE Publishing, ISSN 1090-1981 | 1.88 | 91.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 89/1003 | Informatics for Health and Social Care Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1753-8157 | 1.82 | 91.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 90/1003 | Public Health Ethics Oxford University Press, ISSN 1754-9973 | 1.81 | 91.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 91/1003 | Medical Care Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, ISSN 0025-7079 | 1.81 | 91.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 92/1003 | Economics & Human Biology Elsevier BV, ISSN 1570-677X | 1.81 | 90.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 93/1003 | Research in Nursing & Health Wiley, ISSN 0160-6891 | 1.78 | 90.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 94/1003 | Primary Health Care Research & Development Cambridge University Press, ISSN 1463-4236 | 1.77 | 90.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 95/1003 | International Journal of Nursing Knowledge Wiley, ISSN 2047-3087 | 1.76 | 90.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 96/1003 | Curationis AOSIS, ISSN 0379-8577 | 1.76 | 90.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 97/1003 | Contemporary Nurse Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1037-6178 | 1.75 | 90.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 98/1003 | Health Care Management Review Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, ISSN 0361-6274 | 1.74 | 90.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 99/1003 | Healthcare Management Forum SAGE Publishing, ISSN 0840-4704 | 1.73 | 90.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 100/1003 | Western Journal of Nursing Research SAGE Publishing, ISSN 0193-9459 | 1.73 | 90.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
CITATION-RANK-1.0. Provisional rankings (dashed) have 10–19 eligible items or items from a single publication year, and carry no zone. 2,449 further journals in this category have citation data but no rank (too few items, incomplete citation coverage, or category too small); their PNCI is shown on their journal pages.