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Best Health Policy journals

330 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Health Policy. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 83 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 The Lancet Planetary Health 31.4 99th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
2 Implementation Science 23.1 99th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
3 The Lancet Regional Health - Europe 19.9 99th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
4 American Journal of Bioethics 18.5 98th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
5 International Journal of Transgender Health 15.1 98th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
6 Alzheimer's and Dementia 13.9 98th Q1 SCIE No
7 The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific 13.8 98th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
8 The Lancet Regional Health - Americas 12.9 97th Q1 ESCI Yes
9 Health Affairs 12.1 97th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
10 EPMA Journal 11.4 97th Q1 SCIE No
11 BMJ Quality and Safety 10.8 96th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
12 European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes 10 96th Q1 SCIE No
13 Globalization and Health 9.8 96th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
14 Science in One Health 9.4 95th Q1 ESCI Yes
15 BMJ Global Health 9.3 95th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
16 PharmacoEconomics 8.5 95th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
17 BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 8.5 95th Q1 SCIE Yes
18 Value in Health 8.4 94th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
19 Global Health Research and Policy 8.4 94th Q1 ESCI Yes
20 Policy and Internet 8.3 94th Q1 SSCI No
21 Health Economics, Policy and Law 8.1 93th Q1 SSCI B Yes
22 International Journal of Health Policy and Management 8 93th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
23 JAMA Health Forum 7.9 93th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
24 Milbank Quarterly 7.8 92th Q1 SCIE, SSCI B No
25 World Journal of Men's Health 7.8 92th Q1 SCIE Yes
26 International Journal of Mental Health Systems 7.5 92th Q1 SSCI Yes
27 Informatics and Health 7.4 91th Q1 Yes
28 International Journal of Drug Policy 7.1 91th Q1 SSCI No
29 Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities 7.1 91th Q1 SSCI No
30 Health Policy 7 90th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
31 Health Information Management Journal 7 90th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
32 Science and Engineering Ethics 7 90th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
33 SSM - Population Health 7 90th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
34 European Journal of Health Economics 6.9 89th Q1 SSCI A No
35 Journal of Medical Ethics 6.9 89th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
36 Preventing Chronic Disease 6.8 89th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
37 Health and Social Care in the Community 6.7 88th Q1 SSCI No
38 Public Health Research and Practice 6.7 88th Q1 ESCI Yes
39 Health Care Science 6.6 88th Q1 ESCI Yes
40 International Journal for Equity in Health 6.6 88th Q1 SSCI Yes
41 Applied Health Economics and Health Policy 6.4 87th Q1 SCIE, SSCI C No
42 Journal of Health Economics 6.4 87th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A* No
43 JCO Oncology Practice 6.4 87th Q1 SCIE No
44 Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy 6.3 86th Q1 AHCI, SSCI No
45 Stigma and Health 6.3 86th Q1 ESCI No
46 Journal of Global Health 6.2 86th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
47 Medical Care Research and Review 6.2 85th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
48 Neuroethics 6.2 85th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
49 Pediatric Obesity 6.2 85th Q1 SCIE No
50 Health Policy and Planning 6.1 85th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
51 Health Policy and Technology 6.1 84th Q1 SSCI No
52 Health Research Policy and Systems 6.1 84th Q1 SSCI Yes
53 Health Services Research 5.9 84th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
54 Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 5.8 83th Q1 SCIE No
55 BMC Medical Ethics 5.7 83th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
56 Digital Health 5.7 83th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
57 Journal of Transport and Health 5.7 82th Q1 SSCI B No
58 HIV Medicine 5.6 82th Q1 SCIE No
59 International Journal of COPD 5.6 82th Q1 SCIE Yes
60 Journal of Health Services Research and Policy 5.6 81th Q1 SSCI B No
61 Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada : Research, Policy and Practice 5.6 81th Q1 SCIE Yes
62 Implementation Science Communications 5.6 81th Q1 ESCI Yes
63 Infectious Disease Modelling 5.6 81th Q1 ESCI Yes
64 BMC Health Services Research 5.5 80th Q1 SCIE Yes
65 Health Services Research and Managerial Epidemiology 5.5 80th Q1 ESCI Yes
66 Healthcare (Switzerland) 5.5 80th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
67 Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research 5.4 79th Q1 SSCI No
68 Sociology of Health and Illness 5.4 79th Q1 SSCI No
69 Substance Abuse: Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 5.4 79th Q1 SSCI Yes
70 International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services 5.4 78th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
71 Chronic Illness 5.3 78th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
72 Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety 5.3 78th Q1 ESCI Yes
73 American Journal of Infection Control 5.2 78th Q1 SCIE No
74 Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 5.1 77th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
75 Bioethics 5.1 77th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
76 Health Policy OPEN 5.1 77th Q1 ESCI Yes
77 International Journal of Health Planning and Management 5 76th Q1 SSCI No
78 JMIR AI 5 76th Q1 ESCI Yes
79 JMIR Infodemiology 5 76th Q1 ESCI Yes
80 Health Economics (United Kingdom) 4.9 75th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A* No
81 American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine 4.9 75th Q1 ESCI No
82 International Journal of Mental Health 4.9 75th Q1 ESCI No
83 Health Care Management Review 4.8 75th Q1 SSCI A No
84 Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology 4.8 74th Q2 ESCI No
85 Journal of Medical Screening 4.8 74th Q2 SCIE No
86 Permanente Journal 4.7 74th Q2 No
87 Medical Decision Making 4.7 73th Q2 SCIE, SSCI No
88 International Journal of Healthcare Management 4.6 73th Q2 ESCI C No
89 Contemporary Drug Problems 4.6 73th Q2 ESCI No
90 Health Technology Assessment 4.6 72th Q2 SCIE Yes
91 Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine 4.6 72th Q2 SCIE No
92 Journal of Managed Care and Specialty Pharmacy 4.6 72th Q2 SCIE No
93 Healthcare Management Forum 4.5 71th Q2 ESCI No
94 Journal of Medical Economics 4.4 71th Q2 SCIE C No
95 Community Health Equity Research and Policy 4.4 71th Q2 ESCI No
96 Global Health Action 4.4 71th Q2 SCIE, SSCI Yes
97 Health Economics Review 4.4 70th Q2 SSCI C Yes
98 Global Health Science and Practice 4.4 70th Q2 SCIE, SSCI Yes
99 Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice 4.4 70th Q2 ESCI Yes
100 Leadership in Health Services 4.3 69th Q2 ESCI C No

Rank and percentile are within the Health Policy Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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