The following lists of journals have been provided as a resource to assist the Quality Improvement community in identifying high impact journals, and journals influential in specific topic areas relevant to QI efforts within health care. Identified journals publish papers by both traditional and open access publication processes.
Top 20 journals relevant to overall health care services ranked by impact factor:
Journal Name Impact Factor CA-A CANCER JOURNAL FOR CLINICIANS (supports open access) 137.578 NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 59.558 LANCET (supports open access) 44.002 JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 37.684 NATURE MEDICINE 30.357 NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE 29.298 LANCET ONCOLOGY (supports open access) 26.509 LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES (supports open access) 21.372 JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY (supports open access) 20.982 BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL (supports open access) 19.697 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (supports open access) 17.759 CIRCULATION (supports open access) 17.202 ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE 16.593 LANCENT DIABETES & ENDOCRINOLOGY (supports open access) 16.32 JAMA PSYCHIATRY 14.417 JAMA INTERNAL MEDICINE 14.00 PLOS MEDICINE (open access) 13.585 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE 13.118 INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE (supports open access) 10.125
Top 20 journals relevant to quality improvement in health care ranked by impact factor:
Journal Name Impact Factor NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 59.558 LANCET (supports open access) 44.002 JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 37.684 JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY (supports open access) 20.982 BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL (supports open access) 19.697 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (supports open access) 17.759 CIRCULATION (supports open access) 17.202 ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE 16.593 JAMA INTERNAL MEDICINE 14.00 PLOS MEDICINE (open access) 13.585 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE 13.118 INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE (supports open access) 10.125 ANNALS OF ONCOLOGY (supports open access) 9.269 DIABETES CARE 8.934 ANNALS OF SURGERY 8.569 EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL (supports open access) 8.332 THORAX (supports open access) 8.121 BMC MEDICINE (open access) 8.005 CANCER TREATMENT REVIEWS (supports open access) 7.983 JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE (supports open access) 7.803
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Top 20 journals most frequently publishing overall on QI and health care ranked by impact factor:
Journal name Impact factor JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 37.684 HEALTH AFFAIRS 5.23 PEDIATRICS* (supports open access) 5.196 BMJ QUALITY & SAFETY* (supports open access) 4.996 ACADEMIC MEDICINE (supports open access) 4.194 JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE (supports open access) 3.494 IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE (supports open access) 3.201 MEDICAL CARE (supports open access) 3.081 HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH (supports open access) 2.865 BMJ OPEN (supports open access) 2.562 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR QUALITY IN HEALTH CARE (supports open access) 2.545 ACADEMIC PEDIATRICS (supports open access) 2.438 PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES 2.335 EVALUATION & THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS 2.17 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL QUALITY 1.733 BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH (open access) 1.606 JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH MANAGEMENT AND PRACTICE (supports open 1.51 access JOURNAL FOR HEALTHCARE QUALITY (supports open access) 1.507 JOINT COMMISSION JOURNAL ON QUALITY & PATIENT SAFETY* (supports 1.13 open access) JOURNAL OF NURSING CARE QUALITY* (supports open access) 1.117
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The following lists of journals were compiled according to unique searches by the noted topic area and quality improvement to identify those journals that most frequently publish in that area. The list is arranged by topic and journals are ranked by impact factor.
*most frequent publisher of QI “projects”
ACCESS TO CARE
Journal Name Impact Factor JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY (supports open access) 20.982 BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL (supports open access) 19.967 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF KIDNEY DISEASES* (supports open access) 6.269 EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER (supports open access) 6.163 BMJ QUALITY & SAFETY* (supports open access) 4.996 ACADEMIC MEDICINE (supports open access) 4.194 ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY 3.655 JOURNAL OF PALLIATIVE MEDICINE (supports open access) 2.023
ASTHMA
Journal Name Impact Factor AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE 13.118 JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY (supports open access) 12.485 JAMA PEDIATRICS 9.528 ALLERGY (supports open access) 6.335 PEDIATRICS* (supports open access) 5.196 JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH (supports open access) 3.838 VALUE IN HEALTH (supports open access) 3.824 ANNALS OF ALLERGY, ASTHMA & IMMUNOLOGY (supports open access) 3.475 PEDIATRIC RESEARCH 2.761 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL QUALITY 1.733
CANCER
Journal Name Impact Factor JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY (supports open access) 20.982 GASTROENTEROLOGY 18.187 ANNALS OF ONCOLOGY 9.269 EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER (supports open access) 6.163 JOURNAL OF THORACIC ONCOLOGY (supports open access) 5.04 JOURNAL OF UROLOGY 4.70 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS 4.257 DISEASES OF THE COLON & RECTUM 3.739 ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY 3.655 JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY PRACTICE (supports open access) 1.85
CARDIOVASCULAR
Journal Name Impact Factor JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (supports open access) 17.759 CIRCULATION (supports open access) 17.202 BMJ QUALITY & SAFETY* (supports open access) 4.996
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AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL (supports open access) 4.332 EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO THORACIC SURGERY 2.803 JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY (supports open access) 2.57 CATHETERIZATION AND CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS (supports open access) 2.181 EVALUATION & THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS 2.17 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL QUALITY 1.733 HEART LUNG AND CIRCULATION (supports open access) 1.575
CARE TEAMS
Journal Name Impact factor JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY (supports open access) 20.982 BMJ - BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL (supports open access) 19.697 ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATOLOGY (supports open access) 8.955 CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE* (supports open access) 7.422 STROKE (supports open access) 5.787 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY (supports open access) 3.842 INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY (supports open access) 3.669 IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE (open access) 3.201 FAMILY PRACTICE (supports open access) 2.022 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL QUALITY 1.733
CHOOSING WISELY
Journal Name Impact Factor JAMA INTERNAL MEDICINE 14.00 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE 13.118 BLOOD (supports open access) 11.847 PEDIATRICS* (supports open access) 5.196 BMJ QUALITY AND SAFETY* (supports open access) 4.996 CLINICAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY (supports open access) 4.657 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE (supports open access) 4.465 JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE (supports open access) 3.494 JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL MEDICINE (supports open access) 2.143 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MANAGED CARE 1.515
COMMUNICATION
Journal Name Impact Factor BMJ QUALITY AND SAFETY* (supports open access) 4.996 JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE (supports open access) 3.494 METHODS OF INFORMATION IN MEDICINE (supports open access) 2.248 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PRACTICE (supports open access) 2.226 BMC ENDOCRINE DISORDERS (open access) 1.739 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL QUALITY 1.733 BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH (open access) 1.606 JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING (supports open access) 1.384 BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION (open access) 1.312 JOURNAL OF NURSING CARE QUALITY* (supports open access) 1.117
COMPLIANCE
Journal Name Impact Factor GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY (supports open access) 6.217
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JAMA SURGERY 5.661 SCIENTIFIC REPORTS (open access) 5.228 BMJ QUALITY AND SAFETY* (supports open access) 4.996 CRITICAL CARE (open access) 4.95 JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY (supports open access) 4.919 ACADEMIC MEDICINE (supports open access) 4.194 INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY 3.669 HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT SCIENCE (supports open access) 1.439 JOURNAL OF CHILD NEUROLOGY 1.434
COST OF CARE
Journal Name Impact Factor BMJ BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL (supports open access) 19.967 THORAX (supports open access) 8.121 CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE* (supports open access) 7.422 ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATOLOGY (supports open access) 6.009 HEALTH AFFAIRS 5.23 PEDIATRICS* (supports open access) 5.196 BMJ QUALITY AND SAFETY* (supports open access) 4.996 JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE (supports open access) 3.494 JOURNAL OF VASCULAR SURGERY (supports open access) 3.454 CLINICAL ORTHOPAEDICS AND RELATED RESEARCH (supports open access) 3.127
DIABETES
Journal Name Impact Factor DIABETES CARE 8.934 DIABETES 8.784 DIABETOLOGIA (supports open access) 6.206 DIABETES & METABOLISM (supports open access) 4.693 JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE (supports open access) 3.494 DIABETIC MEDICINE (supports open access) 3.152 DIABETES RESEARCH AND CLINICAL PRACTICE (supports open access) 3.045 PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY (supports open access) 2.85 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL QUALITY 1.733 DIABETES EDUCATOR 1.595
DOCUMENTATION
Journal Name Impact Factor JAMA SURGERY 5.661 JOURNAL OF PATIENT SAFETY (supports open access) 2.446 EMERGENCY MEDICINE JOURNAL (supports open access) 1.836 CURRENT ONCOLOGY (open access) 1.829 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL QUALITY 1.733 JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC HEALTH CARE (supports open access) 1.615 JOINT COMMISSION JOURNAL ON QUALITY & PATIENT SAFETY* (supports open access) 1.13 JOURNAL OF NURSING CARE QUALITY* (supports open access) 1.117 ANNALS OF MEDICINE & SURGERY (open access) 0.63 BMJ QUALITY IMPROVEMENT REPORTS* (open access) 0.28
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EFFICIENCY
Journal Name Impact Factor CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE* (supports open access) 7.422 BMJ QUALITY AND SAFETY* (supports open access) 4.996 JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE (supports open access) 3.494 RADIOGRAPHICS (supports open access) 2.523 PATIENT SAFETY IN SURGERY (open access) 1.59 JOURNAL FOR HEALTHCARE QUALITY (supports open access) 1.507 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS* (supports open 1.272 access) JOURNAL OF HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT 0.982
HAND HYGIENE/HAND WASHING
Journal Name Impact Factor PEDIATRICS* (supports open access) 5.196 BMJ QUALITY AND SAFETY* (supports open access) 4.996 ACADEMIC MEDICINE (supports open access) 4.194 INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY 3.669 PLOS ONE (open access) 3.057 PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL (supports open access) 2.587 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CRITICAL CARE 2.053 SURGICAL INFECTIONS (supports open access) 1.316 JOURNAL OF NURSING CARE QUALITY* (supports open access) 1.117
HEALTH LITERACY
Journal Name Impact Factor GERONTOLOGY (supports open access) 3.096 MEDICAL CARE (supports open access) 3.081 JOURNAL OF TRAUMA AND ACUTE CARE SURGERY 2.802 PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING (supports open access) 2.232 BMC PUBLIC HEALTH (open access) 2.209 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN BOARD OF FAMILY MEDICINE 1.989 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL QUALITY 1.733 BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH (open access) 1.606 JOURNAL OF AMBULATORY CARE MANAGEMENT (supports open access) 1.20 JOINT COMMISSION JOURNAL ON QUALITY & PATIENT SAFETY* (supports open access) 1.13
HIGH VALUE CARE
Journal Name Impact Factor NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 59.558 JAMA JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 37.684 ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE 16.593 JAMA INTERNAL MEDICINE 14.00 HEALTH AFFAIRS 5.23 BMJ QUALITY & SAFETY* (supports open access) 4.996 JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE (supports open access) 3.494 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL INFORMATICS ASSOCIATION (supports open access) 3.428 JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH (supports open access) 2.198 WOMEN’S HEALTH ISSUES 1.811
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HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV)
Journal Name Impact Factor ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE 16.593 AIDS 4.407 JOURNAL OF ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES (JAIDS) 3.806 AIDS PATIENT CARE AND STDS (supports open access) 3.578 PLOS ONE (open access) 3.057 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR QUALITY IN HEALTH CARE (supports open access) 2.545 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE & HYGIENE (supports open access) 2.453 BMC MEDICAL INFORMATICS AND DECISION MAKING (open access) 2.042 AIDS CARE-Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV (supports open access) 1.902 BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH (open access) 1.606
HYPERTENSION
Journal Name Impact Factor CIRCULATION (supports open access) 17.202 JOURNAL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION (supports open access) 7.509 JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION (supports open access) 5.062 CIRCULATION: CARDIOVASCULAR QUALITY AND OUTCOMES (supports open access) 4.282 JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE (supports open access) 3.494 MEDICAL CARE (supports open access) 3.081 RESPIROLOGY (supports open access) 3.078 PHARMACOTHERAPY (supports open access) 2.592 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL QUALITY 1.733 BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH (open access) 1.606
IMMUNIZATIONS/VACCINATIONS
Journal Name Impact Factor AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY (supports open access) 10.383 ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATOLOGY 8.955 PEDIATRICS* (supports open access) 5.196 JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE (supports open access) 3.494 IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE (supports open access) 3.201 PEDIATRIC RESEARCH (supports open access) 2.761 PHARMACOTHERAPY (supports open access) 2.592 ACADEMIC PEDIATRICS (supports open access) 2.438 JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE MEDICINE (supports open access) 2.085 CLINICAL PEDIATRICS 0.954
LENGTH-OF-STAY
Journal Name Impact Factor ANNALS OF SURGERY (supports open access) 8.569 CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE* (supports open access) 7.422 PEDIATRICS* (supports open access) 5.196 BMJ QUALITY AND SAFETY* (supports open access) 4.996 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS (supports open access) 4.257 ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY 3.021 ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE (supports open access) 2.537 JOURNAL OF ARTHROPLASTY (supports open access) 2.515
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SPINE (supports open access) 2.439 JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY NURSING (supports open access) 0.872
MEDICAL HOME
Journal Name Impact Factor JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY (supports open access) 20.982 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION* (supports open access) 6.616 HEALTH AFFAIRS 5.23 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY (supports open access) 3.842 JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE (supports open access) 3.494 MEDICAL CARE (supports open access) 3.081 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN BOARD OF FAMILY MEDICINE 1.989 POPULATION HEALTH MANAGEMENT (supports open access) 1.629 JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC NURSING* (supports open access) 1.006 PEDIATRIC ANNALS 0.714
OBESITY
Journal Name Impact Factor ANNALS OF SURGERY (supports open access) 8.569 PEDIATRICS* (supports open access) 5.196 ANNALS OF MEDICINE (supports open access) 3.763 SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES (supports open access) 3.54 JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE (supports open access) 3.494 SURGERY (supports open access) 3.309 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY (supports open access) 2.403 QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN HEALTH CARE (supports open access) 0.848
PATIENT SAFETY
Journal Name Impact Factor JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY (supports open access) 20.982 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (supports open access) 17.759 CHEST (supports open access) 6.136 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (supports open access) 5.61 PEDIATRICS* (supports open access) 5.196 BMJ QUALITY & SAFETY* (supports open access) 4.996 ACADEMIC MEDICINE (supports open access) 4.194 ANAESTHESIA (supports open access) 3.794 JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE (supports open access) 3.494 HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH (supports open access) 2.865
PRESCRIPTIONS/PRESCRIBING
Journal Name Impact Factor AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY (supports open access) 10.383 PEDIATRICS* (supports open access) 5.196 JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY (supports open access) 4.919 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY (supports open access) 3.842 JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE (supports open access) 3.494 IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE (supports open access) 3.201 JOURNAL OF MANAGED CARE & SPECIALTY PHARMACY 2.70
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BMJ OPEN (supports open access) 2.562 JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL MEDICINE (supports open access) 2.143 TRIALS (open access) 1.859
PREVENTIVE CARE
Journal Name Impact factor JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (supports open access) 17.759 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 5.61 PEDIATRICS* (supports open access) 5.196 ANNALS OF FAMILY MEDICINE 5.087 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE (supports open access) 4.465 JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS (supports open access) 3.89 JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE (supports open access) 3.494 PREVENTIVE MEDICINE (supports open access) 2.893 JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING (supports open access) 1.917 PERMANENTE JOURNAL* (open access) .33
READMISSIONS
Journal Name Impact Factor JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (supports open access) 17.759 CIRCULATION (supports open access) 17.202 INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE (supports open access) 10.125 ANNALS OF SURGERY (supports open access) 8.569 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (supports open access) 5.61 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION* (supports open access) 5.51 LIVER TRANSPLANTATION (supports open access) 3.951 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY (supports open access) 3.842 SURGERY FOR OBESITY AND RELATED DISEASES (supports open access) 3.54 JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY 3.443
RESOURCES/RESOURCE STEWARDSHIP/RESOURCE UTILIZATION
Journal Name Impact factor ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATOLOGY (supports open access) 8.955 CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE* (supports open access) 7.422 MIS QUARTERLY 5.384 RHEUMATOLOGY (supports open access) 4.524 CIRCULATION: CARDIOVASCULAR QUALITY AND OUTCOMES (supports open access) 4.282 REGIONAL ANESTHESIA AND PAIN MEDICINE (supports open access) 3.459 BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH (open access) 1.606 PLOS ONE (open access) 3.057 INFECTION (supports open access) 2.294 CLINICAL DRUG INVESTIGATION (supports open access) 1.806
PATIENT SATISFACTION
Journal Name Impact Factor ANNALS OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE 5.008 MEDICAL CARE (supports open access) 3.081 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY* (supports open access) 2.929 HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH (supports open access) 2.865 JAMA OTOLARYNGOLOGY – HEAD & NECK SURGERY 2.705 JOURNAL OF PAIN AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT* (supports open access) 2.649 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR QUALITY IN HEALTH CARE (supports open access) 2.545
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PLOS ONE (supports open access) 3.057 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL QUALITY 1.733 JOURNAL OF NURSING CARE QUALITY* (supports open access) 1.117
PHYSICIAN SATISFACTION
Journal Name Impact Factor JAMA PEDIATRICS 9.528 MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS (supports open access) 5.92 JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE (supports open access) 3.494 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL INFORMATICS ASSOCIATION (supports open access) 3.428 MEDICAL CARE (supports open access) 3.081 HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH (supports open access) 2.865 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL QUALITY 1.733 HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT REVIEW (supports open access) 1.515 JOURNAL FOR HEALTHCARE QUALITY (supports open access) 1.507 JOURNAL OF FAMILY PRACTICE 0.658
SEPSIS/BLOOD INFECTION
Journal Name Impact Factor JAMA JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 37.684 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE 13.118 CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE* (supports open access) 7.422 JAMA SURGERY 5.661 BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY (supports open access) 5.596 PEDIATRICS* (supports open access) 5.196 BMJ QUALITY & SAFETY* (supports open access) 4.996 ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA (supports open access) 3.827 IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE (open access) 3.201 INFECTION (supports open access) 2.294
SURGICAL SITE INFECTIONS
Journal Name Impact Factor JAMA SURGERY 5.661 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS (supports open access) 4.257 DISEASES OF THE COLON & RECTUM 3.739 SURGERY (supports open access) 3.309 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY (supports open access) 2.403 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL (supports open access) 1.995 JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY (supports open access) 1.733 SURGICAL INFECTIONS (supports open access) 1.316 ANNALS OF VASCULAR SURGERY (supports open access) 1.045 AMERICAN SURGEON 0.769
TEAMWORK AND INTERPROFESSIONAL CARE
Journal Name Impact Factor JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY (supports open access) 20.982 JOURNAL OF PAIN (supports open access) 4.463 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY (supports open access) 3.842 ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY (supports open access) 3.655 JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE (supports open access) 3.494
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PLOS ONE (open access) 3.057 BRITISH JOURNAL OF GENERAL PRACTICE (supports open access) 2.741 CRITICAL CARE CLINICS (supports open access) 1.782 BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH (open access) 1.606 JOURNAL OF NURSING ADMINISTRATION (supports open access) 1.14
TRANSITIONS OF CARE
Journal Name Impact Factor JAMA JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 37.684 JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY (supports open access) 20.982 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION* (supports open access) 6.616 HEALTH AFFAIRS 5.23 JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE (supports open access) 3.494 PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY (supports open access) 2.85 BMJ OPEN (open access) 2.562 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH-SYSTEM PHARMACY (supports open access) 2.451 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL QUALITY 1.733 POPULATION HEALTH MANAGEMENT (supports open access) 1.629
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