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SSM - Qualitative Research in Health

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SCImago
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WOS
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Impact factor
2.5
SJR
0.966
CiteScore
3.3
Categories
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Health (social science)
Areas
Social Sciences
Years of issue
2021-2025
journal names
SSM - Qualitative Research in Health
SSM-QUAL RES HEALTH
Publications
670
Citations
3 050
h-index
20
Publications
670
Citations
3 020
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 organizations
Top-3 countries
USA (185 publications)
United Kingdom (111 publications)
Canada (84 publications)

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Citing journals

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SSM - Qualitative Research in Health
120 citations, 3.93%
Social Science and Medicine
82 citations, 2.69%
Frontiers in Public Health
50 citations, 1.64%
BMC Public Health
43 citations, 1.41%
PLoS ONE
43 citations, 1.41%
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
42 citations, 1.38%
BMJ Open
38 citations, 1.25%
Qualitative Health Research
29 citations, 0.95%
Health Expectations
29 citations, 0.95%
Vaccine
26 citations, 0.85%
JAMA network open
22 citations, 0.72%
PLOS Global Public Health
22 citations, 0.72%
Healthcare
21 citations, 0.69%
Sociology of Health and Illness
21 citations, 0.69%
Vaccines
19 citations, 0.62%
Health Communication
17 citations, 0.56%
International Journal of Drug Policy
15 citations, 0.49%
Health Promotion International
15 citations, 0.49%
BMC Health Services Research
15 citations, 0.49%
Harm Reduction Journal
15 citations, 0.49%
Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities
15 citations, 0.49%
Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health
14 citations, 0.46%
Cureus
14 citations, 0.46%
Journal of Advanced Nursing
13 citations, 0.43%
Heliyon
13 citations, 0.43%
Contraception
13 citations, 0.43%
Health (United Kingdom)
12 citations, 0.39%
Journal of General Internal Medicine
12 citations, 0.39%
Frontiers in Psychology
11 citations, 0.36%
Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters
11 citations, 0.36%
Journal of Family Violence
10 citations, 0.33%
Reproductive Health
10 citations, 0.33%
Critical Public Health
10 citations, 0.33%
Disability and Rehabilitation
10 citations, 0.33%
American Journal of Public Health
10 citations, 0.33%
BMJ Global Health
10 citations, 0.33%
Culture, Health and Sexuality
10 citations, 0.33%
Frontiers in Sociology
10 citations, 0.33%
BMJ Public Health
10 citations, 0.33%
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
9 citations, 0.3%
The International Journal of Qualitative Methods
9 citations, 0.3%
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
9 citations, 0.3%
Social Sciences
9 citations, 0.3%
American Journal of Men's Health
9 citations, 0.3%
Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics
9 citations, 0.3%
International Journal of Transgender Health
9 citations, 0.3%
Global Public Health
8 citations, 0.26%
Frontiers in Psychiatry
8 citations, 0.26%
Patient Education and Counseling
8 citations, 0.26%
BMC Nursing
8 citations, 0.26%
Sexuality Research and Social Policy
7 citations, 0.23%
Women's Health Issues
7 citations, 0.23%
Journal of Homosexuality
7 citations, 0.23%
Health Promotion Practice
7 citations, 0.23%
Resuscitation
7 citations, 0.23%
Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness
7 citations, 0.23%
SSM - Population Health
7 citations, 0.23%
BMC Medical Education
7 citations, 0.23%
Current Psychology
7 citations, 0.23%
Drug and Alcohol Review
7 citations, 0.23%
Studies in Family Planning
7 citations, 0.23%
JMIR Research Protocols
7 citations, 0.23%
Discover Public Health
7 citations, 0.23%
International Journal for Equity in Health
6 citations, 0.2%
Scientific Reports
6 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Adolescent Health
6 citations, 0.2%
Appetite
6 citations, 0.2%
Medical Humanities
6 citations, 0.2%
Public Health
6 citations, 0.2%
Sustainability
6 citations, 0.2%
Addiction science & clinical practice
6 citations, 0.2%
Health and Social Care in the Community
6 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Affective Disorders
6 citations, 0.2%
Teaching and Learning in Medicine
6 citations, 0.2%
Wellcome Open Research
6 citations, 0.2%
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
6 citations, 0.2%
BMJ
6 citations, 0.2%
Children
6 citations, 0.2%
BMC Primary Care
6 citations, 0.2%
International Journal for Advancing Practice
6 citations, 0.2%
Telemedicine Journal and e-Health
5 citations, 0.16%
EClinicalMedicine
5 citations, 0.16%
Hastings Center Report
5 citations, 0.16%
JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association
5 citations, 0.16%
Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy
5 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Health Psychology
5 citations, 0.16%
Health Sociology Review
5 citations, 0.16%
Palliative Care and Social Practice
5 citations, 0.16%
AIDS and Behavior
5 citations, 0.16%
Qualitative Research
5 citations, 0.16%
Sexuality and Culture
5 citations, 0.16%
Health Promotion Journal of Australia
5 citations, 0.16%
Trauma, Violence, and Abuse
5 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Medical Internet Research
5 citations, 0.16%
Public Health Reports
5 citations, 0.16%
Health and Place
5 citations, 0.16%
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
5 citations, 0.16%
Nursing Reports
5 citations, 0.16%
Women s Reproductive Health
5 citations, 0.16%
Contraception and Reproductive Medicine
5 citations, 0.16%
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Elsevier
568 citations, 18.62%
Springer Nature
542 citations, 17.77%
Taylor & Francis
329 citations, 10.79%
Wiley
302 citations, 9.9%
SAGE
290 citations, 9.51%
MDPI
176 citations, 5.77%
Frontiers Media S.A.
116 citations, 3.8%
Oxford University Press
90 citations, 2.95%
BMJ
89 citations, 2.92%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
74 citations, 2.43%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
42 citations, 1.38%
JMIR Publications
33 citations, 1.08%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
32 citations, 1.05%
American Medical Association (AMA)
28 citations, 0.92%
Emerald
27 citations, 0.89%
Cambridge University Press
18 citations, 0.59%
Mark Allen Group
16 citations, 0.52%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
14 citations, 0.46%
Duke University Press
13 citations, 0.43%
Mary Ann Liebert
12 citations, 0.39%
IGI Global
11 citations, 0.36%
American Public Health Association
10 citations, 0.33%
Walter de Gruyter
9 citations, 0.3%
Research Square Platform LLC
9 citations, 0.3%
AOSIS
8 citations, 0.26%
EDP Sciences
7 citations, 0.23%
Annual Reviews
7 citations, 0.23%
F1000 Research
7 citations, 0.23%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
5 citations, 0.16%
CSIRO Publishing
5 citations, 0.16%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
4 citations, 0.13%
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
4 citations, 0.13%
American Academy of Pediatrics
4 citations, 0.13%
American Speech Language Hearing Association
4 citations, 0.13%
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
3 citations, 0.1%
Royal College of Psychiatrists
3 citations, 0.1%
Medknow
3 citations, 0.1%
Hindawi Limited
3 citations, 0.1%
American Psychological Association (APA)
3 citations, 0.1%
SciELO
3 citations, 0.1%
CAIRN
3 citations, 0.1%
Bristol University Press
3 citations, 0.1%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
2 citations, 0.07%
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
2 citations, 0.07%
Springer Publishing Company
2 citations, 0.07%
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2 citations, 0.07%
Health Affairs (Project Hope)
2 citations, 0.07%
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
2 citations, 0.07%
IOP Publishing
2 citations, 0.07%
Unisa Press
2 citations, 0.07%
Moffitt Cancer Center
2 citations, 0.07%
S. Karger AG
2 citations, 0.07%
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
2 citations, 0.07%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
2 citations, 0.07%
Berghahn Books
2 citations, 0.07%
Scientific Scholar
2 citations, 0.07%
IOS Press
1 citation, 0.03%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
1 citation, 0.03%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
1 citation, 0.03%
Brill
1 citation, 0.03%
American Physiological Society
1 citation, 0.03%
King Saud University
1 citation, 0.03%
The Royal Society
1 citation, 0.03%
University of Chicago Press
1 citation, 0.03%
Pensoft Publishers
1 citation, 0.03%
ifmbe proceedings
1 citation, 0.03%
Edizioni Minerva Medica
1 citation, 0.03%
IWA Publishing
1 citation, 0.03%
AME Publishing Company
1 citation, 0.03%
Duzce University
1 citation, 0.03%
American College of Physicians
1 citation, 0.03%
The Endocrine Society
1 citation, 0.03%
American Geophysical Union
1 citation, 0.03%
Lviv Polytechnic National University
1 citation, 0.03%
Ethnologia Europaea
1 citation, 0.03%
Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University
1 citation, 0.03%
Russian State Vocational Pedagogical University
1 citation, 0.03%
American Dental Education Association
1 citation, 0.03%
European Society of Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS)
1 citation, 0.03%
Florida Gulf Coast University
1 citation, 0.03%
Voronezh State University
1 citation, 0.03%
CMA Impact Inc.
1 citation, 0.03%
Federal Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology
1 citation, 0.03%
Institute of Research and Community Services Diponegoro University (LPPM UNDIP)
1 citation, 0.03%
Brieflands
1 citation, 0.03%
Consortium Erudit
1 citation, 0.03%
RCNi
1 citation, 0.03%
British Psychological Society
1 citation, 0.03%
South Florida Publishing LLC
1 citation, 0.03%
Hogrefe Publishing Group
1 citation, 0.03%
Guilford Publications
1 citation, 0.03%
SLACK
1 citation, 0.03%
Center for Strategic Studies in Business and Finance SSBFNET
1 citation, 0.03%
AACN Publishing
1 citation, 0.03%
Uniwersytet Lodzki (University of Lodz)
1 citation, 0.03%
Modestum Ltd
1 citation, 0.03%
SMW Supporting Association
1 citation, 0.03%
Kostroma State University
1 citation, 0.03%
National Research Mordovia State University MRSU
1 citation, 0.03%
Hacettepe Universitesi Hemsirelik Fakultesi Dergisi
1 citation, 0.03%
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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
30 publications, 4.48%
University of British Columbia
30 publications, 4.48%
University of Oxford
25 publications, 3.73%
University of Toronto
21 publications, 3.13%
Johns Hopkins University
19 publications, 2.84%
University of California, Los Angeles
17 publications, 2.54%
University of California, San Francisco
17 publications, 2.54%
King's College London
15 publications, 2.24%
Yale University
15 publications, 2.24%
Harvard University
15 publications, 2.24%
Simon Fraser University
15 publications, 2.24%
University College London
14 publications, 2.09%
University of New South Wales
13 publications, 1.94%
University of Melbourne
13 publications, 1.94%
Columbia University
13 publications, 1.94%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
13 publications, 1.94%
Université de Montréal
13 publications, 1.94%
University of Sydney
12 publications, 1.79%
Dalhousie University
11 publications, 1.64%
University of Michigan
11 publications, 1.64%
University of Pennsylvania
11 publications, 1.64%
Western University
11 publications, 1.64%
University of Copenhagen
10 publications, 1.49%
University of Washington
10 publications, 1.49%
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
10 publications, 1.49%
University of Ottawa
10 publications, 1.49%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
10 publications, 1.49%
Brown University
9 publications, 1.34%
University of Southern Denmark
8 publications, 1.19%
University of Queensland
8 publications, 1.19%
New York University
8 publications, 1.19%
Emory University
8 publications, 1.19%
University of Victoria
8 publications, 1.19%
University of Leicester
8 publications, 1.19%
University of Basel
7 publications, 1.04%
Queen Mary University of London
7 publications, 1.04%
University of Edinburgh
7 publications, 1.04%
University of Glasgow
7 publications, 1.04%
Deakin University
7 publications, 1.04%
Flinders University
7 publications, 1.04%
Boston University
7 publications, 1.04%
University of California, San Diego
7 publications, 1.04%
Newcastle University
7 publications, 1.04%
McMaster University
7 publications, 1.04%
University of Vienna
7 publications, 1.04%
Medical College of Wisconsin
7 publications, 1.04%
University of Alberta
7 publications, 1.04%
French Institute of Health and Medical Research
7 publications, 1.04%
University of Wollongong
6 publications, 0.9%
University of California, Berkeley
6 publications, 0.9%
Kenya Medical Research Institute
6 publications, 0.9%
University of York
6 publications, 0.9%
University of Westminster
6 publications, 0.9%
Technical University of Munich
5 publications, 0.75%
Australian National University
5 publications, 0.75%
University of Antwerp
5 publications, 0.75%
University of Nottingham
5 publications, 0.75%
University of Auckland
5 publications, 0.75%
University of Adelaide
5 publications, 0.75%
Macquarie University
5 publications, 0.75%
University of Illinois at Chicago
5 publications, 0.75%
Ohio State University
5 publications, 0.75%
San Diego State University
5 publications, 0.75%
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
5 publications, 0.75%
University of Waterloo
5 publications, 0.75%
University of Amsterdam
5 publications, 0.75%
University of Sheffield
5 publications, 0.75%
University of Exeter
5 publications, 0.75%
University of Cincinnati
5 publications, 0.75%
University of South Carolina
5 publications, 0.75%
University of Pittsburgh
5 publications, 0.75%
Ghent University
4 publications, 0.6%
Heidelberg University
4 publications, 0.6%
Karolinska Institute
4 publications, 0.6%
Imperial College London
4 publications, 0.6%
Durham University
4 publications, 0.6%
University of Dundee
4 publications, 0.6%
University of Warwick
4 publications, 0.6%
University of Cambridge
4 publications, 0.6%
City, University of London
4 publications, 0.6%
Maastricht University
4 publications, 0.6%
University of Manchester
4 publications, 0.6%
Drexel University
4 publications, 0.6%
University of Birmingham
4 publications, 0.6%
University of Otago
4 publications, 0.6%
Monash University
4 publications, 0.6%
University of KwaZulu-Natal
4 publications, 0.6%
Makerere University
4 publications, 0.6%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
4 publications, 0.6%
Duke University
4 publications, 0.6%
University of Aberdeen
4 publications, 0.6%
University of Bristol
4 publications, 0.6%
Paris Cité University
4 publications, 0.6%
McGill University
4 publications, 0.6%
University of Minnesota
4 publications, 0.6%
Leiden University Medical Center
4 publications, 0.6%
University of Groningen
4 publications, 0.6%
Amsterdam University Medical Center
4 publications, 0.6%
Cardiff University
4 publications, 0.6%
University of Manitoba
4 publications, 0.6%
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USA, 185, 27.61%
USA
185 publications, 27.61%
United Kingdom, 111, 16.57%
United Kingdom
111 publications, 16.57%
Canada, 84, 12.54%
Canada
84 publications, 12.54%
Australia, 45, 6.72%
Australia
45 publications, 6.72%
Netherlands, 22, 3.28%
Netherlands
22 publications, 3.28%
Germany, 19, 2.84%
Germany
19 publications, 2.84%
South Africa, 13, 1.94%
South Africa
13 publications, 1.94%
Denmark, 12, 1.79%
Denmark
12 publications, 1.79%
New Zealand, 10, 1.49%
New Zealand
10 publications, 1.49%
Switzerland, 10, 1.49%
Switzerland
10 publications, 1.49%
France, 8, 1.19%
France
8 publications, 1.19%
Belgium, 7, 1.04%
Belgium
7 publications, 1.04%
India, 7, 1.04%
India
7 publications, 1.04%
Austria, 6, 0.9%
Austria
6 publications, 0.9%
Kenya, 6, 0.9%
Kenya
6 publications, 0.9%
China, 5, 0.75%
China
5 publications, 0.75%
Brazil, 5, 0.75%
Brazil
5 publications, 0.75%
Ireland, 5, 0.75%
Ireland
5 publications, 0.75%
Japan, 5, 0.75%
Japan
5 publications, 0.75%
Spain, 4, 0.6%
Spain
4 publications, 0.6%
Italy, 4, 0.6%
Italy
4 publications, 0.6%
Singapore, 4, 0.6%
Singapore
4 publications, 0.6%
Sweden, 4, 0.6%
Sweden
4 publications, 0.6%
Bangladesh, 3, 0.45%
Bangladesh
3 publications, 0.45%
Ghana, 3, 0.45%
Ghana
3 publications, 0.45%
Nigeria, 3, 0.45%
Nigeria
3 publications, 0.45%
Uganda, 3, 0.45%
Uganda
3 publications, 0.45%
Philippines, 3, 0.45%
Philippines
3 publications, 0.45%
Israel, 2, 0.3%
Israel
2 publications, 0.3%
Nepal, 2, 0.3%
Nepal
2 publications, 0.3%
Norway, 2, 0.3%
Norway
2 publications, 0.3%
Sierra Leone, 2, 0.3%
Sierra Leone
2 publications, 0.3%
Tanzania, 2, 0.3%
Tanzania
2 publications, 0.3%
Finland, 2, 0.3%
Finland
2 publications, 0.3%
Russia, 1, 0.15%
Russia
1 publication, 0.15%
Portugal, 1, 0.15%
Portugal
1 publication, 0.15%
Argentina, 1, 0.15%
Argentina
1 publication, 0.15%
Botswana, 1, 0.15%
Botswana
1 publication, 0.15%
Timor-Leste, 1, 0.15%
Timor-Leste
1 publication, 0.15%
Vietnam, 1, 0.15%
Vietnam
1 publication, 0.15%
Zambia, 1, 0.15%
Zambia
1 publication, 0.15%
Zimbabwe, 1, 0.15%
Zimbabwe
1 publication, 0.15%
Indonesia, 1, 0.15%
Indonesia
1 publication, 0.15%
Colombia, 1, 0.15%
Colombia
1 publication, 0.15%
Côte d'Ivoire, 1, 0.15%
Côte d'Ivoire
1 publication, 0.15%
Latvia, 1, 0.15%
Latvia
1 publication, 0.15%
Liberia, 1, 0.15%
Liberia
1 publication, 0.15%
Malawi, 1, 0.15%
Malawi
1 publication, 0.15%
Papua New Guinea, 1, 0.15%
Papua New Guinea
1 publication, 0.15%
Trinidad and Tobago, 1, 0.15%
Trinidad and Tobago
1 publication, 0.15%
Ethiopia, 1, 0.15%
Ethiopia
1 publication, 0.15%
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