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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
2024-2026
journal names
Frontiers in Health Services
FRONT HEALTH SERV
Publications
775
Citations
2 963
h-index
20
Publications
768
Citations
2 819
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 organizations
Top-3 countries
USA (170 publications)
United Kingdom (48 publications)
Canada (35 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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Frontiers in Health Services
120 citations, 4.05%
Implementation Science Communications
98 citations, 3.31%
BMC Health Services Research
93 citations, 3.14%
Implementation Science
81 citations, 2.73%
Frontiers in Public Health
79 citations, 2.67%
BMJ Open
42 citations, 1.42%
PLoS ONE
41 citations, 1.38%
BMC Public Health
36 citations, 1.21%
Global Implementation Research and Applications
32 citations, 1.08%
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
21 citations, 0.71%
Health Services Research
21 citations, 0.71%
Healthcare
20 citations, 0.67%
Journal of Advanced Nursing
20 citations, 0.67%
Journal of Medical Internet Research
20 citations, 0.67%
JMIR Formative Research
17 citations, 0.57%
PLOS Global Public Health
17 citations, 0.57%
BMC Nursing
16 citations, 0.54%
Scientific Reports
14 citations, 0.47%
BMJ Quality and Safety
13 citations, 0.44%
JBI Evidence Implementation
13 citations, 0.44%
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
12 citations, 0.4%
International Journal for Equity in Health
11 citations, 0.37%
Health Research Policy and Systems
11 citations, 0.37%
Research square
11 citations, 0.37%
Journal of General Internal Medicine
10 citations, 0.34%
Cureus
10 citations, 0.34%
JMIR Research Protocols
10 citations, 0.34%
Implementation Research and Practice
10 citations, 0.34%
BMJ Global Health
9 citations, 0.3%
Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research
9 citations, 0.3%
Health Expectations
9 citations, 0.3%
BMC Medical Research Methodology
9 citations, 0.3%
BMC Primary Care
9 citations, 0.3%
Maternal and Child Nutrition
8 citations, 0.27%
JAMA network open
8 citations, 0.27%
Frontiers in Medicine
8 citations, 0.27%
Prevention Science
8 citations, 0.27%
Age and Ageing
8 citations, 0.27%
Heliyon
8 citations, 0.27%
Annual Review of Public Health
7 citations, 0.24%
BMC Palliative Care
7 citations, 0.24%
Frontiers in Psychology
7 citations, 0.24%
Frontiers in Psychiatry
7 citations, 0.24%
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
7 citations, 0.24%
BMC Geriatrics
7 citations, 0.24%
Value in Health
7 citations, 0.24%
Psycho-Oncology
7 citations, 0.24%
Cancer Medicine
7 citations, 0.24%
Translational Behavioral Medicine
7 citations, 0.24%
F1000Research
7 citations, 0.24%
Vaccines
7 citations, 0.24%
JCO Oncology Practice
7 citations, 0.24%
Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment
7 citations, 0.24%
Advances in Computational Intelligence and Robotics
7 citations, 0.24%
Health Services Insights
7 citations, 0.24%
Nutrients
6 citations, 0.2%
BMC Psychiatry
6 citations, 0.2%
Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications
6 citations, 0.2%
Health Promotion Practice
6 citations, 0.2%
Vaccine
6 citations, 0.2%
Trials
6 citations, 0.2%
Learning Health Systems
6 citations, 0.2%
Digital Health
6 citations, 0.2%
International Nursing Review
6 citations, 0.2%
Cancers
6 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Clinical Medicine
6 citations, 0.2%
JMIR Mental Health
6 citations, 0.2%
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
5 citations, 0.17%
International Journal of Medical Informatics
5 citations, 0.17%
The Lancet Global Health
5 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
5 citations, 0.17%
International Journal of Mental Health Nursing
5 citations, 0.17%
Social Science and Medicine
5 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
5 citations, 0.17%
BMC Medical Education
5 citations, 0.17%
The Lancet
5 citations, 0.17%
Journal of School Health
5 citations, 0.17%
International Journal of Health Planning and Management
5 citations, 0.17%
Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA
5 citations, 0.17%
Disability and Rehabilitation
5 citations, 0.17%
Sustainability
5 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Health Organization and Management
5 citations, 0.17%
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
5 citations, 0.17%
Zeitschrift fur Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualitat im Gesundheitswesen
5 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Clinical Nursing
5 citations, 0.17%
Journal of the International AIDS Society
5 citations, 0.17%
Frontiers in Digital Health
5 citations, 0.17%
Discover Health Systems
5 citations, 0.17%
International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances
5 citations, 0.17%
Discover Public Health
5 citations, 0.17%
World Neurosurgery
4 citations, 0.13%
Community Mental Health Journal
4 citations, 0.13%
The International Journal of Qualitative Methods
4 citations, 0.13%
Cancer Causes and Control
4 citations, 0.13%
Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz
4 citations, 0.13%
BMC Cancer
4 citations, 0.13%
Qualitative Health Research
4 citations, 0.13%
Evaluation and the Health Professions
4 citations, 0.13%
Value in Health Regional Issues
4 citations, 0.13%
BMJ Open Quality
4 citations, 0.13%
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Springer Nature
802 citations, 27.07%
Elsevier
358 citations, 12.08%
Frontiers Media S.A.
265 citations, 8.94%
Wiley
252 citations, 8.5%
MDPI
132 citations, 4.45%
SAGE
131 citations, 4.42%
Taylor & Francis
130 citations, 4.39%
JMIR Publications
84 citations, 2.83%
BMJ
81 citations, 2.73%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
78 citations, 2.63%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
68 citations, 2.29%
Oxford University Press
67 citations, 2.26%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
45 citations, 1.52%
Emerald
28 citations, 0.94%
Research Square Platform LLC
22 citations, 0.74%
Cambridge University Press
19 citations, 0.64%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
17 citations, 0.57%
IGI Global
15 citations, 0.51%
American Medical Association (AMA)
14 citations, 0.47%
F1000 Research
13 citations, 0.44%
Mary Ann Liebert
11 citations, 0.37%
Annual Reviews
11 citations, 0.37%
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
10 citations, 0.34%
AOSIS
10 citations, 0.34%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
9 citations, 0.3%
Mark Allen Group
8 citations, 0.27%
American Academy of Pediatrics
5 citations, 0.17%
American Speech Language Hearing Association
5 citations, 0.17%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
5 citations, 0.17%
American Psychiatric Association Publishing
5 citations, 0.17%
Royal College of Psychiatrists
4 citations, 0.13%
IntechOpen
4 citations, 0.13%
SLACK
4 citations, 0.13%
AMO Publisher
4 citations, 0.13%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
3 citations, 0.1%
American Public Health Association
3 citations, 0.1%
Medknow
3 citations, 0.1%
Hindawi Limited
3 citations, 0.1%
CSIRO Publishing
3 citations, 0.1%
Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishing
3 citations, 0.1%
Scientific Research Publishing
3 citations, 0.1%
Human Kinetics
3 citations, 0.1%
Walter de Gruyter
2 citations, 0.07%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
2 citations, 0.07%
AME Publishing Company
2 citations, 0.07%
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
2 citations, 0.07%
IOP Publishing
2 citations, 0.07%
Sociedad Brasileira De Cardiologia
2 citations, 0.07%
S. Karger AG
2 citations, 0.07%
Ubiquity Press
2 citations, 0.07%
PAGEPress Publications
2 citations, 0.07%
Society of Hospital Medicine
2 citations, 0.07%
IMR Press
1 citation, 0.03%
World Scientific
1 citation, 0.03%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
1 citation, 0.03%
Medpharm Publications Ltd.
1 citation, 0.03%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
1 citation, 0.03%
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
1 citation, 0.03%
Health Affairs (Project Hope)
1 citation, 0.03%
PeerJ
1 citation, 0.03%
Pan American Health Organization
1 citation, 0.03%
American Society of Hematology
1 citation, 0.03%
Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health
1 citation, 0.03%
American Geophysical Union
1 citation, 0.03%
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine
1 citation, 0.03%
Massachusetts Medical Society
1 citation, 0.03%
European Respiratory Society (ERS)
1 citation, 0.03%
LLC CPC Business Perspectives
1 citation, 0.03%
Moffitt Cancer Center
1 citation, 0.03%
Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
1 citation, 0.03%
Science in China Press
1 citation, 0.03%
American Psychological Association (APA)
1 citation, 0.03%
Akademiai Kiado
1 citation, 0.03%
CABI Publishing
1 citation, 0.03%
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
1 citation, 0.03%
Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
1 citation, 0.03%
Brieflands
1 citation, 0.03%
RCNi
1 citation, 0.03%
Bristol University Press
1 citation, 0.03%
Center for Strategic Studies in Business and Finance SSBFNET
1 citation, 0.03%
Compuscript, Ltd.
1 citation, 0.03%
Scientific Scholar
1 citation, 0.03%
Bashkir State Medical University
1 citation, 0.03%
Saint-Petersburg University of Management Technologies and Economics - UMTE
1 citation, 0.03%
Apex Publishing
1 citation, 0.03%
Innovative Scholars and Researchers Alliance
1 citation, 0.03%
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University of Washington
27 publications, 3.48%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
27 publications, 3.48%
Washington University in St. Louis
24 publications, 3.1%
Brown University
23 publications, 2.97%
Harvard University
21 publications, 2.71%
University of California, San Diego
18 publications, 2.32%
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
18 publications, 2.32%
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
17 publications, 2.19%
University of Toronto
16 publications, 2.06%
Linköping University
14 publications, 1.81%
New York University
14 publications, 1.81%
Wake Forest University
14 publications, 1.81%
Stanford University
13 publications, 1.68%
Northwestern University
13 publications, 1.68%
University of Manitoba
13 publications, 1.68%
Imperial College London
12 publications, 1.55%
King's College London
12 publications, 1.55%
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
12 publications, 1.55%
University of Sydney
12 publications, 1.55%
Emory University
12 publications, 1.55%
University of Calgary
12 publications, 1.55%
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
12 publications, 1.55%
University of Utah
11 publications, 1.42%
University of Oxford
10 publications, 1.29%
Johns Hopkins University
10 publications, 1.29%
Karolinska Institute
9 publications, 1.16%
University College London
9 publications, 1.16%
Duke University
9 publications, 1.16%
University of California, San Francisco
9 publications, 1.16%
University of Pennsylvania
9 publications, 1.16%
University of Southern Denmark
8 publications, 1.03%
National University of Singapore
8 publications, 1.03%
University of Birmingham
8 publications, 1.03%
Boston University
8 publications, 1.03%
University of Nigeria
8 publications, 1.03%
University of Leeds
8 publications, 1.03%
University of Gothenburg
7 publications, 0.9%
Jönköping University
7 publications, 0.9%
University of Edinburgh
7 publications, 0.9%
University of Southampton
7 publications, 0.9%
Translational Research Institute
7 publications, 0.9%
University of Pretoria
7 publications, 0.9%
Dalhousie University
7 publications, 0.9%
Makerere University
7 publications, 0.9%
University of Illinois at Chicago
7 publications, 0.9%
Oregon Health & Science University
7 publications, 0.9%
University of California, Los Angeles
7 publications, 0.9%
University of British Columbia
7 publications, 0.9%
McMaster University
7 publications, 0.9%
Dartmouth College
7 publications, 0.9%
Indiana University School of Medicine
7 publications, 0.9%
University of York
7 publications, 0.9%
University of New Mexico
7 publications, 0.9%
Saint Louis University
7 publications, 0.9%
University of Pittsburgh
7 publications, 0.9%
University of Bergen
6 publications, 0.77%
University of Stavanger
6 publications, 0.77%
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
6 publications, 0.77%
University of California, Irvine
6 publications, 0.77%
University of Chicago
6 publications, 0.77%
Baylor College of Medicine
6 publications, 0.77%
Simon Fraser University
6 publications, 0.77%
Erasmus University Rotterdam
6 publications, 0.77%
Western University
6 publications, 0.77%
University of Ottawa
6 publications, 0.77%
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
6 publications, 0.77%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
5 publications, 0.65%
Lund University
5 publications, 0.65%
Nanjing Medical University
5 publications, 0.65%
Sahlgrenska University Hospital
5 publications, 0.65%
University of New South Wales
5 publications, 0.65%
Nanyang Technological University
5 publications, 0.65%
University of Cambridge
5 publications, 0.65%
University of Oslo
5 publications, 0.65%
Zealand University Hospital
5 publications, 0.65%
University of Nottingham
5 publications, 0.65%
Yale University
5 publications, 0.65%
University of Melbourne
5 publications, 0.65%
University of Queensland
5 publications, 0.65%
Macquarie University
5 publications, 0.65%
University of Cape Town
5 publications, 0.65%
Columbia University
5 publications, 0.65%
Georgetown University
5 publications, 0.65%
University of the Free State
5 publications, 0.65%
Uganda Ministry of Health
5 publications, 0.65%
University of California, Davis
5 publications, 0.65%
Newcastle University
5 publications, 0.65%
University of Michigan
5 publications, 0.65%
McGill University
5 publications, 0.65%
University of Minnesota
5 publications, 0.65%
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
5 publications, 0.65%
University of Alberta
5 publications, 0.65%
University of Leicester
5 publications, 0.65%
University of Miami
5 publications, 0.65%
National Cancer Institute
5 publications, 0.65%
University of Nairobi
5 publications, 0.65%
Ethiopian Public Health Institute
5 publications, 0.65%
University of Iowa
5 publications, 0.65%
Halmstad University
4 publications, 0.52%
University of Basel
4 publications, 0.52%
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USA, 170, 21.94%
USA
170 publications, 21.94%
United Kingdom, 48, 6.19%
United Kingdom
48 publications, 6.19%
Canada, 35, 4.52%
Canada
35 publications, 4.52%
Sweden, 23, 2.97%
Sweden
23 publications, 2.97%
Australia, 22, 2.84%
Australia
22 publications, 2.84%
Netherlands, 14, 1.81%
Netherlands
14 publications, 1.81%
South Africa, 13, 1.68%
South Africa
13 publications, 1.68%
Germany, 12, 1.55%
Germany
12 publications, 1.55%
Kenya, 11, 1.42%
Kenya
11 publications, 1.42%
Switzerland, 10, 1.29%
Switzerland
10 publications, 1.29%
Ethiopia, 9, 1.16%
Ethiopia
9 publications, 1.16%
China, 8, 1.03%
China
8 publications, 1.03%
Nigeria, 8, 1.03%
Nigeria
8 publications, 1.03%
Tanzania, 8, 1.03%
Tanzania
8 publications, 1.03%
Belgium, 7, 0.9%
Belgium
7 publications, 0.9%
Ghana, 6, 0.77%
Ghana
6 publications, 0.77%
India, 6, 0.77%
India
6 publications, 0.77%
Norway, 6, 0.77%
Norway
6 publications, 0.77%
Uganda, 6, 0.77%
Uganda
6 publications, 0.77%
Singapore, 5, 0.65%
Singapore
5 publications, 0.65%
Denmark, 4, 0.52%
Denmark
4 publications, 0.52%
Malawi, 4, 0.52%
Malawi
4 publications, 0.52%
France, 3, 0.39%
France
3 publications, 0.39%
Bangladesh, 3, 0.39%
Bangladesh
3 publications, 0.39%
Ireland, 3, 0.39%
Ireland
3 publications, 0.39%
Italy, 3, 0.39%
Italy
3 publications, 0.39%
Chile, 3, 0.39%
Chile
3 publications, 0.39%
Portugal, 2, 0.26%
Portugal
2 publications, 0.26%
Zambia, 2, 0.26%
Zambia
2 publications, 0.26%
Zimbabwe, 2, 0.26%
Zimbabwe
2 publications, 0.26%
Iran, 2, 0.26%
Iran
2 publications, 0.26%
Spain, 2, 0.26%
Spain
2 publications, 0.26%
Lebanon, 2, 0.26%
Lebanon
2 publications, 0.26%
Malaysia, 2, 0.26%
Malaysia
2 publications, 0.26%
Mexico, 2, 0.26%
Mexico
2 publications, 0.26%
Nepal, 2, 0.26%
Nepal
2 publications, 0.26%
New Zealand, 2, 0.26%
New Zealand
2 publications, 0.26%
Peru, 2, 0.26%
Peru
2 publications, 0.26%
Turkey, 2, 0.26%
Turkey
2 publications, 0.26%
Finland, 2, 0.26%
Finland
2 publications, 0.26%
Ukraine, 1, 0.13%
Ukraine
1 publication, 0.13%
Argentina, 1, 0.13%
Argentina
1 publication, 0.13%
Benin, 1, 0.13%
Benin
1 publication, 0.13%
Brazil, 1, 0.13%
Brazil
1 publication, 0.13%
Burkina Faso, 1, 0.13%
Burkina Faso
1 publication, 0.13%
Guatemala, 1, 0.13%
Guatemala
1 publication, 0.13%
Greenland, 1, 0.13%
Greenland
1 publication, 0.13%
Greece, 1, 0.13%
Greece
1 publication, 0.13%
Israel, 1, 0.13%
Israel
1 publication, 0.13%
Jordan, 1, 0.13%
Jordan
1 publication, 0.13%
Qatar, 1, 0.13%
Qatar
1 publication, 0.13%
Côte d'Ivoire, 1, 0.13%
Côte d'Ivoire
1 publication, 0.13%
Mali, 1, 0.13%
Mali
1 publication, 0.13%
UAE, 1, 0.13%
UAE
1 publication, 0.13%
Pakistan, 1, 0.13%
Pakistan
1 publication, 0.13%
Panama, 1, 0.13%
Panama
1 publication, 0.13%
Republic of Korea, 1, 0.13%
Republic of Korea
1 publication, 0.13%
El Salvador, 1, 0.13%
El Salvador
1 publication, 0.13%
Saudi Arabia, 1, 0.13%
Saudi Arabia
1 publication, 0.13%
Senegal, 1, 0.13%
Senegal
1 publication, 0.13%
Somalia, 1, 0.13%
Somalia
1 publication, 0.13%
Sudan, 1, 0.13%
Sudan
1 publication, 0.13%
Sierra Leone, 1, 0.13%
Sierra Leone
1 publication, 0.13%
Tajikistan, 1, 0.13%
Tajikistan
1 publication, 0.13%
Tunisia, 1, 0.13%
Tunisia
1 publication, 0.13%
Philippines, 1, 0.13%
Philippines
1 publication, 0.13%
Sri Lanka, 1, 0.13%
Sri Lanka
1 publication, 0.13%
Ecuador, 1, 0.13%
Ecuador
1 publication, 0.13%
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