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Journals in General Health Professions

531 established journals that publish mainly in General Health Professions, compared by fees, open access and citation rates, updated 2026-10-14.

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531 established journals publish at least 20 % of their articles in General Health Professions. 253 of them are fully open access, and at least 3 of those charge authors nothing (diamond open access). Where open-access journals charge a fee, the median is 1 873 USD. Highest recent citation rates: The Lancet, Annual Review of Public Health, Implementation Science.

531 journals

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BMJPublisher unknown44 %3 1684.74410Subscription
Implementation ScienceBioMed Central59 %10011.392013 390 USD
Health ExpectationsWiley66 %3123.381304 190 USD
Research Involvement and EngagementBioMed Central72 %1163.52652 590 USD
Public HealthElsevier BV57 %4013.43142Subscription; open access option 3 130 USD
Health Promotion InternationalOxford University Press54 %2124.891445 123 USD
Patient Education and CounselingElsevier BV53 %4992.33215Subscription; open access option 3 830 USD
BMC Family PracticeSpringer Science+Business Media47 %3583.581282 790 USD
The LancetElsevier BV23 %1 56621.041 203Subscription; open access option 7 890 USD
Implementation Science CommunicationsBioMed Central62 %1482.48462 290 USD
Journal of Medical Internet ResearchJMIR Publications28 %1 1639.102852 950 USD
Health Research Policy and SystemsBioMed Central47 %1574.701063 590 USD
BMC Health Services ResearchBioMed Central34 %1 5773.902173 290 USD
JMIR mhealth and uhealthJMIR Publications38 %2265.381472 850 USD
Worldviews on Evidence-Based NursingWiley50 %824.3085Subscription; open access option 3 640 USD
British Journal of General PracticeRoyal College of General Practitioners53 %4201.47124Subscription
European Journal of General PracticeTaylor & Francis58 %493.34561 563 USD
American Journal of Public HealthAmerican Public Health Association36 %5052.94421Subscription
PEC InnovationElsevier BV51 %902.64191 790 USD
Health & Social Care in the CommunityWiley46 %2671.88118Subscription; open access option 2 700 USD
Frontiers in Health ServicesFrontiers Media50 %1562.00263 077 USD
Health PolicyElsevier BV35 %1804.73159Subscription; open access option 4 220 USD
Public Health NursingWiley44 %1632.6684Subscription; open access option 3 570 USD
The International Journal of Health Planning and ManagementWiley40 %1793.0674Subscription; open access option 4 030 USD
Primary Health Care Research & DevelopmentCambridge University Press60 %821.64543 550 USD
Journal of Patient ExperienceSAGE Publishing52 %1641.59431 380 USD
Journal of Public Health Management and PracticeLippincott Williams & Wilkins54 %2051.2778Subscription
Journal of Interprofessional CareTaylor & Francis47 %1062.40121Subscription
Family PracticeOxford University Press51 %1321.70149Subscription; open access option 4 892 USD
Geriatric NursingElsevier BV36 %3552.4378Subscription; open access option 3 280 USD
Journal of Dental EducationWiley43 %3371.64116Subscription; open access option 3 570 USD
The Annals of Family MedicineAmerican Academy of Family Physicians46 %1931.68161Open access, fee unknown
Implementation Research and PracticeSAGE Publishing51 %373.34301 000 USD
JMIR Formative ResearchPublisher unknown29 %7682.87531 900 USD
BMJ OpenBMJ24 %4 4992.622411 839 USD
Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health CareTaylor & Francis50 %812.04811 720 USD
Health Promotion PracticeSAGE Publishing50 %1661.4182Subscription; open access option 4 150 USD
Digital HealthSAGE Publishing26 %5604.25772 000 USD
Family Medicine and Community HealthBMJ47 %383.5933Open access, fee unknown
The Journal of the American Board of Family MedicineAmerican Board of Family Medicine41 %1712.05111Open access, fee unknown
International Journal of Health Policy and ManagementKerman Medical University43 %1651.8074Open access, fee unknown
Conflict and HealthBioMed Central32 %806.13763 290 USD
Public health reviewsSpringer Science+Business Media42 %434.19722 389 USD
Journal of Advanced NursingWiley25 %5814.30261Subscription; open access option 5 450 USD
Frontiers in Public HealthFrontiers Media20 %4 3483.591733 801 USD
Australian Journal of Primary HealthCSIRO Publishing56 %791.3353Subscription
Journal of Primary Care & Community HealthSAGE Publishing32 %2313.25612 500 USD
Human Resources for HealthBioMed Central30 %1006.951213 290 USD
BJGP OpenRoyal College of General Practitioners44 %1261.80391 226 USD
Health Economics and Management ReviewPublisher unknown40 %384.9918Open access, fee unknown
Global Implementation Research and ApplicationsSpringer Nature60 %391.6713Subscription; open access option 2 090 USD
HLRP Health Literacy Research and PracticePublisher unknown69 %311.38372 000 USD
Health Education JournalSAGE Publishing48 %731.9064Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD
mHealthAME Publishing Company39 %474.5546Open access, fee unknown
Nursing EthicsSAGE Publishing32 %1353.86115Subscription; open access option 3 900 USD
JMIR Human FactorsJMIR Publications28 %1824.44541 873 USD
Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationElsevier BV31 %5112.10173Subscription; open access option 4 370 USD
Translational Behavioral MedicineOxford University Press41 %1132.0687Subscription; open access option 4 253 USD
Journal of Clinical NursingWiley25 %4863.58173Subscription; open access option 5 450 USD
Global Health PromotionSAGE Publishing57 %930.9954Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD
BMJ Global HealthBMJ22 %5135.211413 679 USD
Canadian Family PhysicianCollege of Family Physicians Canada52 %2960.7825Open access, fee unknown
Perspectives in Public HealthSAGE Publishing54 %811.2066Subscription; open access option 3 900 USD
JMIR CancerJMIR Publications33 %863.69391 873 USD
Journal of Health Organization and ManagementEmerald Publishing Limited36 %942.7470Subscription
Journal of Public HealthOxford University Press32 %5131.63136Subscription; open access option 3 187 USD
Journal of Aging & Social PolicyTaylor & Francis45 %661.8959Subscription
Journal of Adolescent HealthElsevier BV28 %5442.15252Subscription; open access option 3 670 USD
NEJM CatalystPublisher unknown33 %1232.8834Subscription
Health Systems & ReformTaylor & Francis36 %355.10442 306 USD
Healthcare Management ForumSAGE Publishing44 %831.7241Subscription; open access option 3 200 USD
European Journal Of Dental EducationWiley38 %1202.0482Subscription; open access option 4 330 USD
Reproductive HealthBioMed Central26 %2373.721263 290 USD
American Journal of Health PromotionSAGE Publishing36 %1661.86132Subscription; open access option 4 150 USD
Journal of Health Services Research & PolicySAGE Publishing53 %371.68104Subscription; open access option 4 150 USD
Journal of Integrated CareEmerald Publishing Limited62 %391.1634Subscription
International Journal of Older People NursingWiley44 %811.6960Subscription; open access option 4 550 USD
The GerontologistOxford University Press28 %2133.07237Subscription; open access option 4 408 USD
Journal of Public Health PolicyPalgrave Macmillan41 %692.16108Subscription; open access option 2 890 USD
Health Education & BehaviorSAGE Publishing37 %902.33135Subscription; open access option 4 400 USD
Patient Experience JournalThe Beryl Institute66 %580.7931Open access, fee unknown
International Journal of Nursing StudiesElsevier BV22 %2086.60210Subscription; open access option 5 840 USD
Canadian Medical Association JournalCanadian Medical Association31 %4961.622292 553 USD
Social Science & MedicineElsevier BV20 %8383.91390Subscription; open access option 3 800 USD
Health and Social Care Delivery ResearchNIHR Journals Library39 %522.6818Open access, fee unknown
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical PracticeWiley31 %2352.02114Subscription; open access option 4 430 USD
Journal of Participatory MedicinePublisher unknown56 %202.09171 500 USD
Global Health Science and PracticeJohns Hopkins University Press27 %1054.6665Open access, fee unknown
Journal of Primary Health CareCSIRO Publishing42 %731.7238Open access, fee unknown
Ageing and SocietyCambridge University Press36 %1231.89134Subscription; open access option 3 550 USD
JMIR Research ProtocolsJMIR Publications28 %6971.59621 900 USD
Journal of Health Politics Policy and LawDuke University Press32 %484.41100Subscription
BMJ Quality & SafetyBMJ26 %1144.95219Subscription
Health CommunicationTaylor & Francis27 %2492.72129Subscription
Journal of Health CommunicationTaylor & Francis34 %842.52141Subscription
The Medical Journal of AustraliaWiley23 %4403.16259Subscription; open access option 3 400 USD
Annals of Global HealthElsevier BV28 %1004.23751 200 USD
International Journal for Quality in Health CareOxford University Press35 %1281.85144Subscription; open access option 3 686 USD
Health Promotion Journal of AustraliaWiley33 %1352.1258Subscription; open access option 3 150 USD
African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family MedicineAOSIS35 %1132.0251567 USD
Journal of General Internal MedicineSpringer Science+Business Media24 %7572.28282Subscription; open access option 5 290 USD
Cadernos de Saúde PúblicaEscola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz31 %3011.70149Open access, fee unknown
JMIR Pediatrics and ParentingPublisher unknown32 %892.87361 605 USD
Journal of Long-Term CareLSE Press54 %321.4218Open access, fee unknown
Journal of Multidisciplinary HealthcareDove Medical Press22 %4263.52782 836 USD
Health Policy and PlanningOxford University Press26 %1253.831573 195 USD
Journal of Pediatric Health CareElsevier BV37 %1511.4077Subscription; open access option 2 930 USD
JBI Evidence SynthesisLippincott Williams & Wilkins22 %1724.9239Subscription
Journal of Gerontological Social WorkTaylor & Francis40 %811.6272Subscription
Learning Health SystemsWiley38 %622.13362 500 USD
Australasian Journal on AgeingWiley36 %1341.5564Subscription; open access option 3 840 USD
Nursing OutlookElsevier BV27 %1692.91100Subscription; open access option 4 260 USD
Home Health Care Services QuarterlyTaylor & Francis52 %152.4743Subscription
Progress in community health partnershipsJohns Hopkins University Press55 %760.8244Subscription
Sociology of Health & IllnessWiley34 %1631.57155Subscription; open access option 4 330 USD
International Journal of Evidence-Based HealthcareLippincott Williams & Wilkins46 %561.3465Subscription
Journal of Communications In HealthcareTaylor & Francis48 %461.3133Subscription
The Journal for Nurse PractitionersElsevier BV42 %3180.7345Subscription; open access option 2 590 USD
Journal of Applied GerontologySAGE Publishing29 %2251.8192Subscription; open access option 4 400 USD
Bulletin of the World Health OrganizationWorld Health Organization23 %1783.91200Open access, fee unknown
Australian Health ReviewCSIRO Publishing35 %1251.4675Subscription
Canadian Journal of Public HealthSpringer Science+Business Media32 %1371.75102Subscription; open access option 3 190 USD
Pedagogy in Health PromotionSAGE Publishing49 %421.2222Subscription; open access option 3 900 USD
Delaware Journal of Public HealthPublisher unknown47 %701.0421Subscription
Milbank QuarterlyWiley31 %652.92161Subscription; open access option 4 430 USD
Journal of Gerontological NursingSlack Incorporated (United States)46 %1020.9286Subscription
Journal of School HealthWiley35 %1461.33136Subscription; open access option 3 570 USD
Sex EducationTaylor & Francis35 %642.0572Subscription
Medical CareLippincott Williams & Wilkins29 %1631.98273Subscription
Israel Journal of Health Policy Researchdiamond OABioMed Central29 %613.2744None (diamond OA)
Interactive Journal of Medical ResearchJMIR Publications23 %696.15471 750 USD
Journal of Nursing ScholarshipWiley24 %1064.15143Subscription; open access option 3 640 USD
NAM PerspectivesPublisher unknown50 %351.2748Subscription
Maternal and Child Health JournalSpringer Science+Business Media28 %2231.74140Subscription; open access option 4 590 USD
INQUIRY The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and FinancingSAGE Publishing26 %2182.23612 400 USD
International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-BeingTaylor & Francis25 %1272.95681 790 USD
Australian Journal of General PracticeRoyal Australian College of General Practitioners33 %1701.3145Subscription
International Journal of Nursing Studies AdvancesElsevier BV24 %894.51342 930 USD
Annual Review of Public HealthAnnual Reviews22 %2915.18241Subscription
BMC Digital HealthPublisher unknown28 %464.18192 090 USD
International Journal of Integrated CareUbiquity Press63 %7030.28751 839 USD
Journal of Aging StudiesElsevier BV33 %682.06109Subscription; open access option 3 340 USD
Family & Community HealthLippincott Williams & Wilkins44 %311.7070Subscription
Health Services InsightsSAGE Publishing32 %772.02372 000 USD
Health Services ResearchWiley26 %2362.01165Subscription; open access option 3 750 USD
Journal of patient-centered research and reviewsAdvocate Aurora Health34 %313.1127Open access, fee unknown
International Journal of Health GovernanceEmerald Publishing Limited41 %361.7420Subscription
Public Health ReportsSAGE Publishing29 %1431.89128Subscription; open access option 4 400 USD
Future Healthcare JournalRoyal College of Physicians25 %1682.39402 000 USD
Global Health ActionTaylor & Francis24 %1313.191101 509 USD

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Journals in CWTS Journal Indicators Core or the Directory of Open Access Journals that published at least 20 articles in the last five years, mostly in English. "In this field" is the share of a journal's articles that OpenAlex classifies in General Health Professions. Citation rate is OpenAlex's two-year mean citedness, an open measure similar to the journal impact factor. Fees are taken from OpenAlex and DOAJ and can be out of date: always check the journal's own website before you submit.