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Table 6 Most influential journals in Health Policy and Services

From: Influential journals in health research: a bibliometric study

R

Journal name

TC

TP

H

TC/TP

Year

Volume

IF

IF5

T50

T200

T200*

GR

First year

1

Health Affairs

85858

5495

106

15,62

1990

9

4,321

4,402

11

1

1

19

1981

2

Quality of Life Research

65856

2697

102

24,42

1993

2

2,864

3,270

15

3

3

28

1992

3

Health Services Research

44904

1997

82

22,49

1990

24

2,491

2,772

4

0

0

46

1967

4

Health Policy

29530

1646

53

11,16

1990

14

1,725

1,923

1

1

1

68

1980

5

Milbank Quarterly

22965

605

69

37,96

1990

68

5,391

6,513

8

3

3

78

1923

6

Health Policy and Planning

20646

1306

56

15,81

1991

6

3,442

3,703

1

0

0

89

1986

7

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

18340

1299

54

14,12

1995

7

1,584

2,296

1

0

0

98

1989

8

Value in Health

18129

1403

53

12,92

2002

5

2,891

3,174

3

0

0

100

1998

9

Community Mental Health Journal

15045

1391

49

10,82

1990

26

1,146

1,422

0

0

0

113

1965

10

Medical Care Research and Review

13328

636

55

20,96

1995

52

2,600

3,638

2

0

0

119

1944

11

Hastings Center Report

11744

2179

47

5,39

1990

20

1,080

1,131

0

0

0

132

1971

12

International Journal of Health Services

11664

1102

46

10,58

1990

20

0,988

1,236

2

0

0

133

1971

13

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

11595

1199

44

9,67

2006

4

2,099

3,152

0

0

0

135

2003

14

Journal of Aging and Health

11313

857

45

13,2

1995

7

1,832

2,057

0

0

0

136

1989

15

Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law

10243

1023

41

10,01

1990

15

0,962

1,169

0

0

0

141

1976

16

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

9865

1466

35

6,73

1995

6

0,902

1,394

0

0

0

144

1990

17

Journal of Community Health

9787

1247

39

7,85

1994

19

1,573

1,765

0

0

0

145

1975

18

Psychology Public Policy and Law

9354

508

45

18,41

1995

1

1,723

2,697

2

0

0

149

1995

19

Journal of Rural Health

8759

943

37

9,29

1996

12

1,771

1,844

0

0

0

156

1985

20

Gesundheitswesen

5518

1610

23

3,43

2000

62

0,624

0,621

0

0

0

187

1946

  1. Abbreviations: TC Total citations, TP Total papers, H Hirsch index, TC/TP Average citations per paper, IF Impact factor, IF5 5-year impact factor, T50 Number of papers among the 50 most cited of the category, T200 and T200* Number of papers among the 200 most cited in all fields of health between 1990–2014 and before 1990, GR Global ranking considering all the journals