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Frontiers in Health Services

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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
563
Citations
1 908
h-index
17
Publications
556
Citations
1 902
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 organizations
Top-3 countries
USA (168 publications)
United Kingdom (48 publications)
Canada (34 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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Frontiers in Health Services
93 citations, 4.87%
Implementation Science Communications
76 citations, 3.98%
BMC Health Services Research
66 citations, 3.46%
Implementation Science
64 citations, 3.35%
Frontiers in Public Health
52 citations, 2.73%
PLoS ONE
29 citations, 1.52%
BMJ Open
28 citations, 1.47%
BMC Public Health
27 citations, 1.42%
Global Implementation Research and Applications
22 citations, 1.15%
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
20 citations, 1.05%
Health Services Research
20 citations, 1.05%
Journal of Medical Internet Research
16 citations, 0.84%
JMIR Formative Research
15 citations, 0.79%
Journal of Advanced Nursing
14 citations, 0.73%
Healthcare
13 citations, 0.68%
BMC Nursing
13 citations, 0.68%
PLOS Global Public Health
13 citations, 0.68%
International Journal for Equity in Health
10 citations, 0.52%
Implementation Research and Practice
10 citations, 0.52%
Research square
10 citations, 0.52%
Health Research Policy and Systems
9 citations, 0.47%
JMIR Research Protocols
9 citations, 0.47%
Journal of General Internal Medicine
8 citations, 0.42%
Maternal and Child Nutrition
8 citations, 0.42%
Heliyon
8 citations, 0.42%
Annual Review of Public Health
7 citations, 0.37%
BMJ Quality and Safety
7 citations, 0.37%
Scientific Reports
7 citations, 0.37%
JAMA network open
7 citations, 0.37%
Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research
7 citations, 0.37%
Age and Ageing
7 citations, 0.37%
Translational Behavioral Medicine
7 citations, 0.37%
Cureus
7 citations, 0.37%
Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment
7 citations, 0.37%
Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications
6 citations, 0.31%
Frontiers in Psychiatry
6 citations, 0.31%
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
6 citations, 0.31%
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
6 citations, 0.31%
Digital Health
6 citations, 0.31%
Value in Health
6 citations, 0.31%
BMJ Global Health
6 citations, 0.31%
Prevention Science
6 citations, 0.31%
BMC Medical Research Methodology
6 citations, 0.31%
International Journal of Medical Informatics
5 citations, 0.26%
BMC Palliative Care
5 citations, 0.26%
Nutrients
5 citations, 0.26%
BMC Psychiatry
5 citations, 0.26%
Health Promotion Practice
5 citations, 0.26%
Vaccine
5 citations, 0.26%
Trials
5 citations, 0.26%
Cancer Medicine
5 citations, 0.26%
Zeitschrift fur Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualitat im Gesundheitswesen
5 citations, 0.26%
Health Expectations
5 citations, 0.26%
Cancers
5 citations, 0.26%
JBI Evidence Implementation
5 citations, 0.26%
Community Mental Health Journal
4 citations, 0.21%
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
4 citations, 0.21%
Frontiers in Psychology
4 citations, 0.21%
BMC Cancer
4 citations, 0.21%
BMC Geriatrics
4 citations, 0.21%
Evaluation and the Health Professions
4 citations, 0.21%
BMC Medical Education
4 citations, 0.21%
The Lancet
4 citations, 0.21%
International Journal of Health Planning and Management
4 citations, 0.21%
Current Psychology
4 citations, 0.21%
Psycho-Oncology
4 citations, 0.21%
Frontiers in Medicine
4 citations, 0.21%
Nurse Education in Practice
4 citations, 0.21%
Journal of Health Organization and Management
4 citations, 0.21%
Addiction science & clinical practice
4 citations, 0.21%
F1000Research
4 citations, 0.21%
Vaccines
4 citations, 0.21%
Journal of Clinical Medicine
4 citations, 0.21%
JCO Oncology Practice
4 citations, 0.21%
Discover Health Systems
4 citations, 0.21%
Journal of Military Veteran and Family Health
4 citations, 0.21%
International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances
4 citations, 0.21%
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
3 citations, 0.16%
World Neurosurgery
3 citations, 0.16%
Pediatric Blood and Cancer
3 citations, 0.16%
International Journal of Mental Health Nursing
3 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Child and Family Studies
3 citations, 0.16%
Social Science and Medicine
3 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
3 citations, 0.16%
Qualitative Health Research
3 citations, 0.16%
Child Care in Practice
3 citations, 0.16%
Current Oncology
3 citations, 0.16%
Journal of School Health
3 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences
3 citations, 0.16%
BMJ Open Quality
3 citations, 0.16%
Frontiers in Nutrition
3 citations, 0.16%
Cognitive and Behavioral Practice
3 citations, 0.16%
PM and R
3 citations, 0.16%
European Journal of Health Economics
3 citations, 0.16%
Sustainability
3 citations, 0.16%
Drug and Alcohol Review
3 citations, 0.16%
Annals of Epidemiology
3 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Hospital Medicine
3 citations, 0.16%
American Heart Journal
3 citations, 0.16%
Behavioral Sciences
3 citations, 0.16%
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Springer Nature
555 citations, 29.09%
Elsevier
234 citations, 12.26%
Frontiers Media S.A.
186 citations, 9.75%
Wiley
160 citations, 8.39%
MDPI
94 citations, 4.93%
SAGE
85 citations, 4.45%
Taylor & Francis
80 citations, 4.19%
JMIR Publications
61 citations, 3.2%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
51 citations, 2.67%
BMJ
49 citations, 2.57%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
48 citations, 2.52%
Oxford University Press
43 citations, 2.25%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
26 citations, 1.36%
Research Square Platform LLC
22 citations, 1.15%
Emerald
17 citations, 0.89%
Cambridge University Press
15 citations, 0.79%
American Medical Association (AMA)
12 citations, 0.63%
Annual Reviews
11 citations, 0.58%
IGI Global
11 citations, 0.58%
Mary Ann Liebert
9 citations, 0.47%
F1000 Research
8 citations, 0.42%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
7 citations, 0.37%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
7 citations, 0.37%
AOSIS
7 citations, 0.37%
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
4 citations, 0.21%
American Academy of Pediatrics
4 citations, 0.21%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
4 citations, 0.21%
AMO Publisher
4 citations, 0.21%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
3 citations, 0.16%
Mark Allen Group
3 citations, 0.16%
Human Kinetics
3 citations, 0.16%
SLACK
3 citations, 0.16%
Walter de Gruyter
2 citations, 0.1%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
2 citations, 0.1%
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
2 citations, 0.1%
American Public Health Association
2 citations, 0.1%
Hindawi Limited
2 citations, 0.1%
S. Karger AG
2 citations, 0.1%
CSIRO Publishing
2 citations, 0.1%
Ubiquity Press
2 citations, 0.1%
Scientific Research Publishing
2 citations, 0.1%
American Psychiatric Association Publishing
2 citations, 0.1%
IntechOpen
2 citations, 0.1%
Society of Hospital Medicine
2 citations, 0.1%
IMR Press
1 citation, 0.05%
World Scientific
1 citation, 0.05%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
1 citation, 0.05%
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
1 citation, 0.05%
American Speech Language Hearing Association
1 citation, 0.05%
Health Affairs (Project Hope)
1 citation, 0.05%
Pan American Health Organization
1 citation, 0.05%
American Society of Hematology
1 citation, 0.05%
Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health
1 citation, 0.05%
American Geophysical Union
1 citation, 0.05%
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine
1 citation, 0.05%
Massachusetts Medical Society
1 citation, 0.05%
Technosdar Ltd
1 citation, 0.05%
LLC CPC Business Perspectives
1 citation, 0.05%
Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
1 citation, 0.05%
Hellenic Cardiological Society
1 citation, 0.05%
Istituto di Urologia
1 citation, 0.05%
Medknow
1 citation, 0.05%
American Psychological Association (APA)
1 citation, 0.05%
Akademiai Kiado
1 citation, 0.05%
Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishing
1 citation, 0.05%
PAGEPress Publications
1 citation, 0.05%
Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
1 citation, 0.05%
RCNi
1 citation, 0.05%
Bristol University Press
1 citation, 0.05%
Compuscript, Ltd.
1 citation, 0.05%
Saint-Petersburg University of Management Technologies and Economics - UMTE
1 citation, 0.05%
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
23 publications, 4.09%
Washington University in St. Louis
21 publications, 3.73%
Brown University
20 publications, 3.55%
University of Washington
18 publications, 3.2%
Harvard University
17 publications, 3.02%
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
16 publications, 2.84%
Linköping University
14 publications, 2.49%
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
14 publications, 2.49%
New York University
13 publications, 2.31%
Emory University
11 publications, 1.95%
Wake Forest University
11 publications, 1.95%
University of Toronto
10 publications, 1.78%
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
9 publications, 1.6%
Stanford University
9 publications, 1.6%
Karolinska Institute
8 publications, 1.42%
University of California, San Diego
8 publications, 1.42%
University of Manitoba
8 publications, 1.42%
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
8 publications, 1.42%
Imperial College London
7 publications, 1.24%
King's College London
7 publications, 1.24%
Johns Hopkins University
7 publications, 1.24%
Northwestern University
7 publications, 1.24%
Duke University
7 publications, 1.24%
Jönköping University
6 publications, 1.07%
University of Southampton
6 publications, 1.07%
Boston University
6 publications, 1.07%
University of Illinois at Chicago
6 publications, 1.07%
University of California, Los Angeles
6 publications, 1.07%
University of California, San Francisco
6 publications, 1.07%
McMaster University
6 publications, 1.07%
University of Pennsylvania
6 publications, 1.07%
University of Utah
6 publications, 1.07%
University of Edinburgh
5 publications, 0.89%
National University of Singapore
5 publications, 0.89%
University of Birmingham
5 publications, 0.89%
Yale University
5 publications, 0.89%
University of Stavanger
5 publications, 0.89%
Oregon Health & Science University
5 publications, 0.89%
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
5 publications, 0.89%
University of California, Irvine
5 publications, 0.89%
Erasmus University Rotterdam
5 publications, 0.89%
Western University
5 publications, 0.89%
University of Ottawa
5 publications, 0.89%
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
5 publications, 0.89%
Saint Louis University
5 publications, 0.89%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
4 publications, 0.71%
University of Gothenburg
4 publications, 0.71%
Halmstad University
4 publications, 0.71%
University of Oxford
4 publications, 0.71%
University of Manchester
4 publications, 0.71%
University of Sydney
4 publications, 0.71%
University of Queensland
4 publications, 0.71%
University of Cape Town
4 publications, 0.71%
Dalhousie University
4 publications, 0.71%
University of California, Davis
4 publications, 0.71%
Newcastle University
4 publications, 0.71%
University of Chicago
4 publications, 0.71%
McGill University
4 publications, 0.71%
Simon Fraser University
4 publications, 0.71%
University of British Columbia
4 publications, 0.71%
Dartmouth College
4 publications, 0.71%
University of Duisburg-Essen
4 publications, 0.71%
University of Leeds
4 publications, 0.71%
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
4 publications, 0.71%
University of Rochester
4 publications, 0.71%
Indiana University School of Medicine
4 publications, 0.71%
Haramaya University
4 publications, 0.71%
University of York
4 publications, 0.71%
University of Iowa
4 publications, 0.71%
Uppsala University
3 publications, 0.53%
Mälardalen University
3 publications, 0.53%
University of New South Wales
3 publications, 0.53%
University of Basel
3 publications, 0.53%
University of Lucerne
3 publications, 0.53%
University of Oslo
3 publications, 0.53%
University of Bergen
3 publications, 0.53%
University of Nottingham
3 publications, 0.53%
Stavanger University Hospital
3 publications, 0.53%
Monash University
3 publications, 0.53%
University of Western Australia
3 publications, 0.53%
University of Newcastle Australia
3 publications, 0.53%
University of the Witwatersrand
3 publications, 0.53%
Columbia University
3 publications, 0.53%
South African Medical Research Council
3 publications, 0.53%
Makerere University
3 publications, 0.53%
Uganda Ministry of Health
3 publications, 0.53%
Massachusetts General Hospital
3 publications, 0.53%
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
3 publications, 0.53%
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
3 publications, 0.53%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
3 publications, 0.53%
University of Michigan
3 publications, 0.53%
Baylor College of Medicine
3 publications, 0.53%
University of Minnesota
3 publications, 0.53%
University of Sheffield
3 publications, 0.53%
University of Calgary
3 publications, 0.53%
University of Miami
3 publications, 0.53%
University of Rochester Medical Center
3 publications, 0.53%
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
3 publications, 0.53%
University of Alabama at Birmingham
3 publications, 0.53%
Brigham Young University
3 publications, 0.53%
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USA, 168, 29.84%
USA
168 publications, 29.84%
United Kingdom, 48, 8.53%
United Kingdom
48 publications, 8.53%
Canada, 34, 6.04%
Canada
34 publications, 6.04%
Australia, 22, 3.91%
Australia
22 publications, 3.91%
Sweden, 22, 3.91%
Sweden
22 publications, 3.91%
South Africa, 13, 2.31%
South Africa
13 publications, 2.31%
Germany, 12, 2.13%
Germany
12 publications, 2.13%
Netherlands, 12, 2.13%
Netherlands
12 publications, 2.13%
Kenya, 10, 1.78%
Kenya
10 publications, 1.78%
Switzerland, 10, 1.78%
Switzerland
10 publications, 1.78%
Ethiopia, 9, 1.6%
Ethiopia
9 publications, 1.6%
Nigeria, 8, 1.42%
Nigeria
8 publications, 1.42%
Tanzania, 8, 1.42%
Tanzania
8 publications, 1.42%
Belgium, 7, 1.24%
Belgium
7 publications, 1.24%
China, 6, 1.07%
China
6 publications, 1.07%
Ghana, 6, 1.07%
Ghana
6 publications, 1.07%
India, 6, 1.07%
India
6 publications, 1.07%
Norway, 6, 1.07%
Norway
6 publications, 1.07%
Uganda, 6, 1.07%
Uganda
6 publications, 1.07%
Singapore, 5, 0.89%
Singapore
5 publications, 0.89%
Denmark, 4, 0.71%
Denmark
4 publications, 0.71%
Malawi, 4, 0.71%
Malawi
4 publications, 0.71%
France, 3, 0.53%
France
3 publications, 0.53%
Bangladesh, 3, 0.53%
Bangladesh
3 publications, 0.53%
Ireland, 3, 0.53%
Ireland
3 publications, 0.53%
Italy, 3, 0.53%
Italy
3 publications, 0.53%
Chile, 3, 0.53%
Chile
3 publications, 0.53%
Portugal, 2, 0.36%
Portugal
2 publications, 0.36%
Zambia, 2, 0.36%
Zambia
2 publications, 0.36%
Zimbabwe, 2, 0.36%
Zimbabwe
2 publications, 0.36%
Iran, 2, 0.36%
Iran
2 publications, 0.36%
Lebanon, 2, 0.36%
Lebanon
2 publications, 0.36%
Malaysia, 2, 0.36%
Malaysia
2 publications, 0.36%
Mexico, 2, 0.36%
Mexico
2 publications, 0.36%
Nepal, 2, 0.36%
Nepal
2 publications, 0.36%
New Zealand, 2, 0.36%
New Zealand
2 publications, 0.36%
Peru, 2, 0.36%
Peru
2 publications, 0.36%
Turkey, 2, 0.36%
Turkey
2 publications, 0.36%
Finland, 2, 0.36%
Finland
2 publications, 0.36%
Ukraine, 1, 0.18%
Ukraine
1 publication, 0.18%
Argentina, 1, 0.18%
Argentina
1 publication, 0.18%
Benin, 1, 0.18%
Benin
1 publication, 0.18%
Brazil, 1, 0.18%
Brazil
1 publication, 0.18%
Burkina Faso, 1, 0.18%
Burkina Faso
1 publication, 0.18%
Guatemala, 1, 0.18%
Guatemala
1 publication, 0.18%
Greenland, 1, 0.18%
Greenland
1 publication, 0.18%
Israel, 1, 0.18%
Israel
1 publication, 0.18%
Jordan, 1, 0.18%
Jordan
1 publication, 0.18%
Spain, 1, 0.18%
Spain
1 publication, 0.18%
Qatar, 1, 0.18%
Qatar
1 publication, 0.18%
Côte d'Ivoire, 1, 0.18%
Côte d'Ivoire
1 publication, 0.18%
Mali, 1, 0.18%
Mali
1 publication, 0.18%
UAE, 1, 0.18%
UAE
1 publication, 0.18%
Pakistan, 1, 0.18%
Pakistan
1 publication, 0.18%
Panama, 1, 0.18%
Panama
1 publication, 0.18%
Republic of Korea, 1, 0.18%
Republic of Korea
1 publication, 0.18%
El Salvador, 1, 0.18%
El Salvador
1 publication, 0.18%
Saudi Arabia, 1, 0.18%
Saudi Arabia
1 publication, 0.18%
Senegal, 1, 0.18%
Senegal
1 publication, 0.18%
Somalia, 1, 0.18%
Somalia
1 publication, 0.18%
Sudan, 1, 0.18%
Sudan
1 publication, 0.18%
Sierra Leone, 1, 0.18%
Sierra Leone
1 publication, 0.18%
Tunisia, 1, 0.18%
Tunisia
1 publication, 0.18%
Philippines, 1, 0.18%
Philippines
1 publication, 0.18%
Sri Lanka, 1, 0.18%
Sri Lanka
1 publication, 0.18%
Ecuador, 1, 0.18%
Ecuador
1 publication, 0.18%
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