Health Professions journals

1,061 journals whose published work sits mainly in health professions, with what each charges and how it is indexed.

Journals

1,061

Median charge

$2,900

Across 245 journals that publish a fee.

Free to publish

140

No article processing charge recorded in DOAJ.

Offer waivers

Journals that say they will waive the fee on request.

Health Professions journals that charge nothing

140 of these journals record no article processing charge. Most are funded by a society, university or national body.

Lowest publication charges

Journal	Charge	Weeks	h-index
Cadernos de Saúde PúblicaEscola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz	No charge	17	151
Salud Pública de MéxicoInstituto Nacional de Salud Pública	No charge	34	82
Rural and Remote HealthDeakin University	No charge	8	72
Journal of the Medical Library Association JMLAUniversity Library System, University of Pittsburgh	No charge	26	75
Epidemiologia e Serviços de SaúdeMinistry of Health of Brasil	No charge	21	73
Saúde e SociedadeUniversity of São Paulo	No charge	12	59
Future Healthcare JournalRoyal College of Physicians	No charge	26	40
Israel Journal of Health Policy ResearchBioMed Central	No charge	28	44
Revista de Pesquisa Cuidado é Fundamental OnlineFederal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro	No charge	20	26
Journal of Primary Health CareCSIRO Publishing	No charge	28	39
Family Medicine and Community HealthBMJ	No charge	20	33
Investigación y Educación en EnfermeríaUniversidad de Antioquia	No charge	20	38
Cadernos Saúde ColetivaInstituto de Estudos em Saúde Coletiva da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	No charge	11	35
Revista Brasileira de Saúde OcupacionalFundacentro	No charge	53	38
Revista de Enfermagem ReferênciaHealth Sciences Research Unit: Nursing (UICISA: E)	No charge	48	29

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Most-cited health professions journals

Journal	h-index	Citedness	Access	Charge
American Journal of Public HealthAmerican Public Health Association	421	2.7	Subscription	—
BMJ—	414	4.4	Subscription	—
Social Science & MedicineElsevier BV	392	3.6	Subscription	$3,800
Journal of Medical Internet ResearchJMIR Publications	295	8.3	Open	$2,950
Medical CareLippincott Williams & Wilkins	274	1.9	Subscription	—
Journal of Advanced NursingWiley	263	3.7	Subscription	$5,450
Journal of Adolescent HealthElsevier BV	253	2.0	Subscription	$3,670
Annual Review of Public HealthAnnual Reviews	242	13.1	Subscription	—
Journal of the American Medical Informatics AssociationOxford University Press	237	10.8	Subscription	$4,332
Canadian Medical Association JournalCanadian Medical Association	231	1.5	Open	$2,553
BMJ Quality & SafetyBMJ	222	4.4	Subscription	—
BMC Health Services ResearchBioMed Central	219	3.7	Open	$3,290
Patient Education and CounselingElsevier BV	217	2.1	Subscription	$3,830
International Journal of Nursing StudiesElsevier BV	212	5.9	Subscription	$5,840
American Journal of Community PsychologyWiley	208	1.7	Subscription	$3,620
Implementation ScienceBioMed Central	207	10.7	Open	$3,390
Qualitative Health ResearchSAGE Publishing	188	3.5	Subscription	$4,400
Nursing ResearchLippincott Williams & Wilkins	175	1.3	Subscription	—
International Journal of Medical InformaticsElsevier BV	173	5.9	Subscription	$3,150
Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & HealthNordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health	170	3.0	Open	$2,480
Journal of Occupational and Environmental MedicineLippincott Williams & Wilkins	166	1.0	Subscription	—
Health Services ResearchWiley	166	1.9	Subscription	$3,750
Journal of the Royal Society of MedicineSAGE Publishing	164	1.5	Subscription	$4,400
The Annals of Family MedicineAmerican Academy of Family Physicians	162	1.5	Open	—
AJN American Journal of NursingLippincott Williams & Wilkins	161	0.7	Subscription	—

Ranked by h-index, an OpenAlex citation statistic. This is not a Journal Impact Factor and the two are not interchangeable — see our methodology.

Health Professions journals that charge nothing

Lowest publication charges

Most-cited health professions journals

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