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Frontiers in Health Services

Frontiers Media S.A.
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SCImago
Q1
WOS
Q2
Impact factor
2.7
SJR
0.956
CiteScore
2.5
Years of issue
2024-2025
journal names
Frontiers in Health Services
FRONT HEALTH SERV
Publications
721
Citations
2 627
h-index
18
Publications
714
Citations
2 556
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 organizations
Top-3 countries
USA (169 publications)
United Kingdom (48 publications)
Canada (35 publications)

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Citing journals

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Frontiers in Health Services
114 citations, 4.34%
Implementation Science Communications
93 citations, 3.54%
BMC Health Services Research
89 citations, 3.39%
Implementation Science
74 citations, 2.82%
Frontiers in Public Health
71 citations, 2.7%
BMJ Open
39 citations, 1.48%
PLoS ONE
37 citations, 1.41%
BMC Public Health
32 citations, 1.22%
Global Implementation Research and Applications
30 citations, 1.14%
Health Services Research
21 citations, 0.8%
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
20 citations, 0.76%
Journal of Advanced Nursing
20 citations, 0.76%
Journal of Medical Internet Research
20 citations, 0.76%
Healthcare
19 citations, 0.72%
PLOS Global Public Health
17 citations, 0.65%
BMC Nursing
16 citations, 0.61%
JMIR Formative Research
16 citations, 0.61%
Scientific Reports
13 citations, 0.49%
BMJ Quality and Safety
11 citations, 0.42%
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
11 citations, 0.42%
Research square
11 citations, 0.42%
Journal of General Internal Medicine
10 citations, 0.38%
International Journal for Equity in Health
10 citations, 0.38%
Health Research Policy and Systems
10 citations, 0.38%
JBI Evidence Implementation
10 citations, 0.38%
JMIR Research Protocols
10 citations, 0.38%
Implementation Research and Practice
10 citations, 0.38%
Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research
9 citations, 0.34%
Maternal and Child Nutrition
8 citations, 0.3%
JAMA network open
8 citations, 0.3%
BMJ Global Health
8 citations, 0.3%
Health Expectations
8 citations, 0.3%
Heliyon
8 citations, 0.3%
BMC Medical Research Methodology
8 citations, 0.3%
Cureus
8 citations, 0.3%
Annual Review of Public Health
7 citations, 0.27%
BMC Palliative Care
7 citations, 0.27%
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
7 citations, 0.27%
Value in Health
7 citations, 0.27%
Psycho-Oncology
7 citations, 0.27%
Prevention Science
7 citations, 0.27%
Cancer Medicine
7 citations, 0.27%
Age and Ageing
7 citations, 0.27%
Translational Behavioral Medicine
7 citations, 0.27%
Vaccines
7 citations, 0.27%
BMC Primary Care
7 citations, 0.27%
Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment
7 citations, 0.27%
Advances in Computational Intelligence and Robotics
7 citations, 0.27%
Nutrients
6 citations, 0.23%
BMC Psychiatry
6 citations, 0.23%
Frontiers in Psychology
6 citations, 0.23%
Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications
6 citations, 0.23%
Frontiers in Psychiatry
6 citations, 0.23%
Health Promotion Practice
6 citations, 0.23%
BMC Geriatrics
6 citations, 0.23%
Trials
6 citations, 0.23%
Digital Health
6 citations, 0.23%
International Nursing Review
6 citations, 0.23%
Frontiers in Medicine
6 citations, 0.23%
Cancers
6 citations, 0.23%
F1000Research
6 citations, 0.23%
Journal of Clinical Medicine
6 citations, 0.23%
JCO Oncology Practice
6 citations, 0.23%
Health Services Insights
6 citations, 0.23%
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
5 citations, 0.19%
International Journal of Medical Informatics
5 citations, 0.19%
The Lancet Global Health
5 citations, 0.19%
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
5 citations, 0.19%
International Journal of Mental Health Nursing
5 citations, 0.19%
Social Science and Medicine
5 citations, 0.19%
Vaccine
5 citations, 0.19%
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
5 citations, 0.19%
BMC Medical Education
5 citations, 0.19%
The Lancet
5 citations, 0.19%
International Journal of Health Planning and Management
5 citations, 0.19%
Journal of Health Organization and Management
5 citations, 0.19%
Zeitschrift fur Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualitat im Gesundheitswesen
5 citations, 0.19%
Journal of the International AIDS Society
5 citations, 0.19%
Frontiers in Digital Health
5 citations, 0.19%
Discover Health Systems
5 citations, 0.19%
JMIR Mental Health
5 citations, 0.19%
International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances
5 citations, 0.19%
World Neurosurgery
4 citations, 0.15%
Community Mental Health Journal
4 citations, 0.15%
BMC Cancer
4 citations, 0.15%
Qualitative Health Research
4 citations, 0.15%
Evaluation and the Health Professions
4 citations, 0.15%
Learning Health Systems
4 citations, 0.15%
Journal of School Health
4 citations, 0.15%
BMJ Open Quality
4 citations, 0.15%
Current Psychology
4 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Cancer Survivorship
4 citations, 0.15%
Disability and Rehabilitation
4 citations, 0.15%
Sustainability
4 citations, 0.15%
Nurse Education in Practice
4 citations, 0.15%
Addiction science & clinical practice
4 citations, 0.15%
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
4 citations, 0.15%
Medicine (United States)
4 citations, 0.15%
Nutrition in Clinical Practice
4 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Military Veteran and Family Health
4 citations, 0.15%
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Springer Nature
734 citations, 27.94%
Elsevier
318 citations, 12.11%
Frontiers Media S.A.
244 citations, 9.29%
Wiley
227 citations, 8.64%
MDPI
122 citations, 4.64%
Taylor & Francis
116 citations, 4.42%
SAGE
115 citations, 4.38%
JMIR Publications
78 citations, 2.97%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
71 citations, 2.7%
BMJ
71 citations, 2.7%
Oxford University Press
64 citations, 2.44%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
62 citations, 2.36%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
43 citations, 1.64%
Emerald
24 citations, 0.91%
Research Square Platform LLC
22 citations, 0.84%
Cambridge University Press
18 citations, 0.69%
IGI Global
15 citations, 0.57%
American Medical Association (AMA)
14 citations, 0.53%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
14 citations, 0.53%
F1000 Research
12 citations, 0.46%
Mary Ann Liebert
11 citations, 0.42%
Annual Reviews
11 citations, 0.42%
AOSIS
9 citations, 0.34%
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
8 citations, 0.3%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
8 citations, 0.3%
Mark Allen Group
8 citations, 0.3%
American Speech Language Hearing Association
5 citations, 0.19%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
5 citations, 0.19%
American Academy of Pediatrics
4 citations, 0.15%
American Psychiatric Association Publishing
4 citations, 0.15%
SLACK
4 citations, 0.15%
AMO Publisher
4 citations, 0.15%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
3 citations, 0.11%
Royal College of Psychiatrists
3 citations, 0.11%
American Public Health Association
3 citations, 0.11%
Medknow
3 citations, 0.11%
Human Kinetics
3 citations, 0.11%
Walter de Gruyter
2 citations, 0.08%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
2 citations, 0.08%
AME Publishing Company
2 citations, 0.08%
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
2 citations, 0.08%
Sociedad Brasileira De Cardiologia
2 citations, 0.08%
Hindawi Limited
2 citations, 0.08%
S. Karger AG
2 citations, 0.08%
CSIRO Publishing
2 citations, 0.08%
Ubiquity Press
2 citations, 0.08%
PAGEPress Publications
2 citations, 0.08%
Scientific Research Publishing
2 citations, 0.08%
IntechOpen
2 citations, 0.08%
Society of Hospital Medicine
2 citations, 0.08%
IMR Press
1 citation, 0.04%
World Scientific
1 citation, 0.04%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
1 citation, 0.04%
Medpharm Publications Ltd.
1 citation, 0.04%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
1 citation, 0.04%
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
1 citation, 0.04%
Health Affairs (Project Hope)
1 citation, 0.04%
Pan American Health Organization
1 citation, 0.04%
IOP Publishing
1 citation, 0.04%
American Society of Hematology
1 citation, 0.04%
Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health
1 citation, 0.04%
American Geophysical Union
1 citation, 0.04%
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine
1 citation, 0.04%
Massachusetts Medical Society
1 citation, 0.04%
LLC CPC Business Perspectives
1 citation, 0.04%
Diabetes Technology Society
1 citation, 0.04%
Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
1 citation, 0.04%
American Psychological Association (APA)
1 citation, 0.04%
Akademiai Kiado
1 citation, 0.04%
Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishing
1 citation, 0.04%
CABI Publishing
1 citation, 0.04%
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
1 citation, 0.04%
Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
1 citation, 0.04%
Brieflands
1 citation, 0.04%
RCNi
1 citation, 0.04%
Bristol University Press
1 citation, 0.04%
Center for Strategic Studies in Business and Finance SSBFNET
1 citation, 0.04%
Compuscript, Ltd.
1 citation, 0.04%
Scientific Scholar
1 citation, 0.04%
Saint-Petersburg University of Management Technologies and Economics - UMTE
1 citation, 0.04%
Apex Publishing
1 citation, 0.04%
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
26 publications, 3.61%
University of Washington
23 publications, 3.19%
Washington University in St. Louis
22 publications, 3.05%
Brown University
22 publications, 3.05%
Harvard University
19 publications, 2.64%
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
17 publications, 2.36%
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
16 publications, 2.22%
Linköping University
14 publications, 1.94%
New York University
14 publications, 1.94%
University of California, San Diego
14 publications, 1.94%
University of Toronto
13 publications, 1.8%
Wake Forest University
13 publications, 1.8%
Imperial College London
12 publications, 1.66%
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
12 publications, 1.66%
University of Sydney
12 publications, 1.66%
University of Manitoba
12 publications, 1.66%
Northwestern University
11 publications, 1.53%
Emory University
11 publications, 1.53%
University of Utah
11 publications, 1.53%
Johns Hopkins University
10 publications, 1.39%
Stanford University
10 publications, 1.39%
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
10 publications, 1.39%
Karolinska Institute
9 publications, 1.25%
King's College London
9 publications, 1.25%
Duke University
9 publications, 1.25%
University of California, San Francisco
9 publications, 1.25%
National University of Singapore
8 publications, 1.11%
University of Birmingham
8 publications, 1.11%
University of Gothenburg
7 publications, 0.97%
Jönköping University
7 publications, 0.97%
University of Oxford
7 publications, 0.97%
University of Edinburgh
7 publications, 0.97%
Boston University
7 publications, 0.97%
University of California, Los Angeles
7 publications, 0.97%
Dartmouth College
7 publications, 0.97%
University of Leeds
7 publications, 0.97%
University of Pittsburgh
7 publications, 0.97%
University College London
6 publications, 0.83%
University of Southampton
6 publications, 0.83%
University of Stavanger
6 publications, 0.83%
University of Pretoria
6 publications, 0.83%
Dalhousie University
6 publications, 0.83%
University of Nigeria
6 publications, 0.83%
Makerere University
6 publications, 0.83%
University of Illinois at Chicago
6 publications, 0.83%
Oregon Health & Science University
6 publications, 0.83%
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
6 publications, 0.83%
University of California, Irvine
6 publications, 0.83%
Baylor College of Medicine
6 publications, 0.83%
Simon Fraser University
6 publications, 0.83%
University of British Columbia
6 publications, 0.83%
McMaster University
6 publications, 0.83%
Erasmus University Rotterdam
6 publications, 0.83%
University of Pennsylvania
6 publications, 0.83%
Western University
6 publications, 0.83%
University of Ottawa
6 publications, 0.83%
Indiana University School of Medicine
6 publications, 0.83%
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
6 publications, 0.83%
University of York
6 publications, 0.83%
Saint Louis University
6 publications, 0.83%
Lund University
5 publications, 0.69%
Sahlgrenska University Hospital
5 publications, 0.69%
University of Cambridge
5 publications, 0.69%
University of Bergen
5 publications, 0.69%
University of Southern Denmark
5 publications, 0.69%
Yale University
5 publications, 0.69%
University of Melbourne
5 publications, 0.69%
University of Queensland
5 publications, 0.69%
Translational Research Institute
5 publications, 0.69%
University of Cape Town
5 publications, 0.69%
Georgetown University
5 publications, 0.69%
University of California, Davis
5 publications, 0.69%
University of Chicago
5 publications, 0.69%
University of Michigan
5 publications, 0.69%
University of Minnesota
5 publications, 0.69%
University of Calgary
5 publications, 0.69%
University of New Mexico
5 publications, 0.69%
University of Iowa
5 publications, 0.69%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
4 publications, 0.55%
Nanjing Medical University
4 publications, 0.55%
Halmstad University
4 publications, 0.55%
University of New South Wales
4 publications, 0.55%
Nanyang Technological University
4 publications, 0.55%
University of Manchester
4 publications, 0.55%
University of Nottingham
4 publications, 0.55%
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
4 publications, 0.55%
University of Western Australia
4 publications, 0.55%
University of the Witwatersrand
4 publications, 0.55%
University of the Free State
4 publications, 0.55%
Massachusetts General Hospital
4 publications, 0.55%
Newcastle University
4 publications, 0.55%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
4 publications, 0.55%
McGill University
4 publications, 0.55%
University of Duisburg-Essen
4 publications, 0.55%
Leeds Beckett University
4 publications, 0.55%
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
4 publications, 0.55%
University of Leicester
4 publications, 0.55%
University of Miami
4 publications, 0.55%
University of Rochester
4 publications, 0.55%
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
4 publications, 0.55%
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USA, 169, 23.44%
USA
169 publications, 23.44%
United Kingdom, 48, 6.66%
United Kingdom
48 publications, 6.66%
Canada, 35, 4.85%
Canada
35 publications, 4.85%
Sweden, 23, 3.19%
Sweden
23 publications, 3.19%
Australia, 22, 3.05%
Australia
22 publications, 3.05%
Netherlands, 13, 1.8%
Netherlands
13 publications, 1.8%
South Africa, 13, 1.8%
South Africa
13 publications, 1.8%
Germany, 12, 1.66%
Germany
12 publications, 1.66%
Kenya, 11, 1.53%
Kenya
11 publications, 1.53%
Switzerland, 10, 1.39%
Switzerland
10 publications, 1.39%
Ethiopia, 9, 1.25%
Ethiopia
9 publications, 1.25%
China, 8, 1.11%
China
8 publications, 1.11%
Nigeria, 8, 1.11%
Nigeria
8 publications, 1.11%
Tanzania, 8, 1.11%
Tanzania
8 publications, 1.11%
Belgium, 7, 0.97%
Belgium
7 publications, 0.97%
Ghana, 6, 0.83%
Ghana
6 publications, 0.83%
India, 6, 0.83%
India
6 publications, 0.83%
Norway, 6, 0.83%
Norway
6 publications, 0.83%
Uganda, 6, 0.83%
Uganda
6 publications, 0.83%
Singapore, 5, 0.69%
Singapore
5 publications, 0.69%
Denmark, 4, 0.55%
Denmark
4 publications, 0.55%
Malawi, 4, 0.55%
Malawi
4 publications, 0.55%
France, 3, 0.42%
France
3 publications, 0.42%
Bangladesh, 3, 0.42%
Bangladesh
3 publications, 0.42%
Ireland, 3, 0.42%
Ireland
3 publications, 0.42%
Italy, 3, 0.42%
Italy
3 publications, 0.42%
Chile, 3, 0.42%
Chile
3 publications, 0.42%
Portugal, 2, 0.28%
Portugal
2 publications, 0.28%
Zambia, 2, 0.28%
Zambia
2 publications, 0.28%
Zimbabwe, 2, 0.28%
Zimbabwe
2 publications, 0.28%
Iran, 2, 0.28%
Iran
2 publications, 0.28%
Spain, 2, 0.28%
Spain
2 publications, 0.28%
Lebanon, 2, 0.28%
Lebanon
2 publications, 0.28%
Malaysia, 2, 0.28%
Malaysia
2 publications, 0.28%
Mexico, 2, 0.28%
Mexico
2 publications, 0.28%
Nepal, 2, 0.28%
Nepal
2 publications, 0.28%
New Zealand, 2, 0.28%
New Zealand
2 publications, 0.28%
Peru, 2, 0.28%
Peru
2 publications, 0.28%
Turkey, 2, 0.28%
Turkey
2 publications, 0.28%
Finland, 2, 0.28%
Finland
2 publications, 0.28%
Ukraine, 1, 0.14%
Ukraine
1 publication, 0.14%
Argentina, 1, 0.14%
Argentina
1 publication, 0.14%
Benin, 1, 0.14%
Benin
1 publication, 0.14%
Brazil, 1, 0.14%
Brazil
1 publication, 0.14%
Burkina Faso, 1, 0.14%
Burkina Faso
1 publication, 0.14%
Guatemala, 1, 0.14%
Guatemala
1 publication, 0.14%
Greenland, 1, 0.14%
Greenland
1 publication, 0.14%
Israel, 1, 0.14%
Israel
1 publication, 0.14%
Jordan, 1, 0.14%
Jordan
1 publication, 0.14%
Qatar, 1, 0.14%
Qatar
1 publication, 0.14%
Côte d'Ivoire, 1, 0.14%
Côte d'Ivoire
1 publication, 0.14%
Mali, 1, 0.14%
Mali
1 publication, 0.14%
UAE, 1, 0.14%
UAE
1 publication, 0.14%
Pakistan, 1, 0.14%
Pakistan
1 publication, 0.14%
Panama, 1, 0.14%
Panama
1 publication, 0.14%
Republic of Korea, 1, 0.14%
Republic of Korea
1 publication, 0.14%
El Salvador, 1, 0.14%
El Salvador
1 publication, 0.14%
Saudi Arabia, 1, 0.14%
Saudi Arabia
1 publication, 0.14%
Senegal, 1, 0.14%
Senegal
1 publication, 0.14%
Somalia, 1, 0.14%
Somalia
1 publication, 0.14%
Sudan, 1, 0.14%
Sudan
1 publication, 0.14%
Sierra Leone, 1, 0.14%
Sierra Leone
1 publication, 0.14%
Tajikistan, 1, 0.14%
Tajikistan
1 publication, 0.14%
Tunisia, 1, 0.14%
Tunisia
1 publication, 0.14%
Philippines, 1, 0.14%
Philippines
1 publication, 0.14%
Sri Lanka, 1, 0.14%
Sri Lanka
1 publication, 0.14%
Ecuador, 1, 0.14%
Ecuador
1 publication, 0.14%
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