Impact Factors of the top 20 journals in the Health Care Sciences

The following is a chart showing the impact factors of the top 20 journals in the Health Care Sciences and Services Field in the JCR Science Edition and in the Health Policy & Services in the JRC Social Sciences Edition.

Health Care Sciences & Services
	Journal Rank
		2004
	Top 20 in 2004	Impact
	(out of 52)	Factor

1	Value in Health	3.657
2	Health Affair	3.369
3	Milbank Q	3.000
4	Med Care	2.907
5	Stat Methods Med Res	2.583
6	J Health Econ	2.495
7	Acad Med	2.304
8	Health Serv Res	2.220
9	Qual Sag Health Care	2.213
10	J Pain Symptom Manag	2.187
11	Med Educ	1.919
12	Qual Life Res	1.820
13	Med Decis Making	1.680
14	Med Care Res Rev	1.600
15	Health Econ	1.591
16	J Eval Clin Pract	1.562
17	Cancer Pract	1.553
18	Am J Manag Care	1.480
19	Support Care Cancer	1.360
20	Health Policy Plann	1.343

Health Policy & Services
	Journal Rank
		2004
	Top 20 in 2004	Impact
	(out of 52)	Factor

1	Value in Health	3.657
2	Health Affair	3.369
3	Milbank Q	3.000
4	Med Care	2.907
5	J Health Econ	2.495
6	Psychiatric Serv	2.279
7	Health Serv Res	2.220
8	Future Child	2.000
9	Med Care Res Rev	1.600
10	Health Econ	1.591
11	AIDS Care	1.559
12	Am J Manag Care	1.480
13	Health Policy Plann	1.343
14	Psychol Public Pol L	1.296
15	Health Policy	1.201
16	Community Ment Hlt J	1.117
17	Health Care Manage R	1.107
18	J Aging Health	1.091
19	Health Promot Int	1.039
20	Int J Qual Health C	1.034