Top 10 Open Access Health Policy & Services Journals by Impact Factor

Implementation Science is a pioneering, highly-accessed journal dedicated to publishing evidence regarding methods for promoting the uptake of consolidated research findings into routine healthcare practice and health policy. It provides a multidisciplinary pl...

JAMA Health Forum is a JAMA Network journal publishing health policy and health care research and opinion content, including Original Investigations, Research Letters, Viewpoints, Editorials, and JAMA Forum articles. Articles are labeled open access.

International Journal of Health Policy and Management (IJHPM) is an open access and peer-reviewed journal focused on health policy and management research. It serves as an international and interdisciplinary forum spanning health management, health policy, and...

Human Resources for Health disseminates policy-oriented research on the information, planning, production, management and governance of human resources for health. Published in collaboration with the World Health Organization, the journal has a global perspect...

Journal of Healthcare Leadership is an international open access journal focusing on leadership for healthcare professions. It publishes research on healthcare policy and law, healthcare systems and delivery services, interactions between healthcare and societ...

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes is an open access, peer-reviewed journal considering original manuscripts on Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL). Articles focus specifically on the assessment of medical and psychosocial interventions, including psychome...

Health Economics Review is an open-access journal covering all aspects of health economics from a micro- to macro-scale. It publishes theoretical contributions, empirical studies, and analyses of health policy with a health economic focus, including health car...

Implementation Science Communications is an official companion journal to Implementation Science that publishes research to foster the uptake of evidence based practices and policies affecting health care delivery and health outcomes in clinical, organizationa...

Health Expectations is an open access health and social care journal publishing new research and articles that promote critical thinking and informed debate about all aspects of patient and public involvement and engagement in health and social care, policy an...

Health Research Policy and Systems is published in collaboration with the World Health Organization. The journal has an international approach that specifically includes low- and middle-income countries. It explores the role of evidence-based health policy and...