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Top Health and Medical Sciences Journals (Pharmacology and Pharmacy)
Top Health and Medical Sciences Journals [Health and Medical Sciences (General)]
Top Health and Medical Sciences Journals (Nursing)
Top Health and Medical Sciences Journals (Primary Health Care)
Top Health and Medical Sciences Journals (Communicable Disease)
Top Health and Medical Sciences Journals (Nutrition Science)
Here is the list of Top Health and Medical Sciences Journals as per the analysis of Google Scholar Metrics. Google Scholar Metrics provide an easy way for authors to quickly gauge the visibility and influence of recent articles in scholarly publications. Scholar Metrics summarize recent citations to many publications, to help authors as they consider where to publish their new research.
Top Health and Medical Sciences Journals (Pharmacology and Pharmacy)
| S. No | Publication | h5-index | h5-median |
| 1 | Nature Reviews Drug Discovery | 123 | 270 |
| 2 | Frontiers in Pharmacology | 113 | 158 |
| 3 | Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews | 105 | 163 |
| 4 | Journal of controlled release | 99 | 133 |
| 5 | Journal of Medicinal Chemistry | 96 | 144 |
| 6 | Pharmacology & Therapeutics | 93 | 136 |
| 7 | British Journal of Pharmacology | 91 | 139 |
| 8 | International Journal of Pharmaceutics | 91 | 136 |
| 9 | Pharmacological Research | 90 | 122 |
| 10 | Neuropsychopharmacology | 89 | 127 |
| 11 | International Journal of Nanomedicine | 84 | 127 |
| 12 | Drugs | 80 | 108 |
| 13 | Trends in Pharmacological Sciences | 77 | 119 |
| 14 | Pharmaceutics | 74 | 105 |
| 15 | Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics | 73 | 110 |
| 16 | Neuropharmacology | 72 | 101 |
| 17 | Biochemical Pharmacology | 71 | 99 |
| 18 | Journal of Ethnopharmacology | 67 | 88 |
| 19 | Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B | 64 | 107 |
| 20 | Phytotherapy Research | 64 | 90 |
Top Health and Medical Sciences Journals (HIV/ AIDS)
| S. No | Publication | h5-index | h5-median |
| 1 | The Lancet HIV | 68 | 96 |
| 2 | AIDS and behavior | 63 | 85 |
| 3 | AIDS | 62 | 83 |
| 4 | Journal of the International AIDS Society | 58 | 74 |
| 5 | Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes | 56 | 74 |
| 6 | Current opinion in HIV and AIDS | 38 | 59 |
| 7 | AIDS Care | 38 | 45 |
| 8 | HIV Medicine | 36 | 57 |
| 9 | AIDS Patient Care and STDs | 36 | 49 |
| 10 | Retrovirology | 35 | 53 |
| 11 | Current HIV/AIDS Reports | 34 | 48 |
| 12 | International Journal of STD & AIDS | 30 | 49 |
| 13 | AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses | 29 | 39 |
| 14 | AIDS Research and Therapy | 28 | 34 |
| 15 | Journal of Virus Eradication | 27 | 49 |
| 16 | Antiviral Therapy | 24 | 35 |
| 17 | Journal of the Association of Nurses In AIDS Care | 23 | 31 |
| 18 | AIDS education and prevention | 21 | 27 |
| 19 | HIV/AIDS: Research and Palliative Care | 19 | 30 |
| 20 | Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (JIAPAC) | 19 | 27 |
Top Health and Medical Sciences Journals [Health and Medical Sciences (General)]
| S.No | Publication | h5-index | h5-median |
| 1 | The New England Journal of Medicine | 432 | 780 |
| 2 | The Lancet | 354 | 635 |
| 3 | JAMA | 267 | 425 |
| 4 | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 256 | 364 |
| 5 | Nature Medicine | 235 | 389 |
| 6 | PLoS ONE | 198 | 278 |
| 7 | BMJ | 190 | 307 |
| 8 | International Journal of Molecular Sciences | 183 | 253 |
| 9 | Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews | 165 | 243 |
| 10 | Cell Metabolism | 153 | 211 |
| 11 | Science Translational Medicine | 140 | 203 |
| 12 | Annals of Internal Medicine | 137 | 236 |
| 13 | The Journal of Clinical Investigation | 135 | 208 |
| 14 | JAMA Internal Medicine | 124 | 180 |
| 15 | Cell Host & Microbe | 123 | 193 |
| 16 | Nature Microbiology | 118 | 182 |
| 17 | JAMA Network Open | 118 | 181 |
| 18 | The Lancet Global Health | 115 | 216 |
| 19 | British Medical Journal Open | 115 | 149 |
| 20 | Nature Reviews Disease Primers | 111 | 271 |
Top Health and Medical Sciences Journals (Nursing)
| S.No | Publication | h5-index | h5-median |
| 1 | International Journal of Nursing Studies | 74 | 107 |
| 2 | Journal of Clinical Nursing | 74 | 107 |
| 3 | Nurse Education Today | 70 | 95 |
| 4 | Journal of Advanced Nursing | 63 | 88 |
| 5 | Journal of Nursing Management | 53 | 78 |
| 6 | Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem | 50 | 68 |
| 7 | Nursing Ethics | 48 | 74 |
| 8 | Nurse Education in Practice | 47 | 72 |
| 9 | Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem | 47 | 64 |
| 10 | Journal of Pediatric Nursing | 46 | 63 |
| 11 | Journal of Nursing Scholarship | 45 | 63 |
| 12 | BMC Nursing | 45 | 59 |
| 13 | European Journal of Cancer Care | 45 | 53 |
| 14 | International Journal of Mental Health Nursing | 44 | 61 |
| 15 | Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences | 42 | 60 |
| 16 | Nursing Outlook | 41 | 62 |
| 17 | Applied Nursing Research | 40 | 61 |
| 18 | Intensive & critical care nursing | 40 | 60 |
| 19 | Texto & Contexto-Enfermagem | 40 | 48 |
| 20 | American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine | 39 | 52 |
Top Health and Medical Sciences Journals (Primary Health Care)
| S.No | Publication | h5-index | h5-median |
| 1 | Journal of General Internal Medicine | 76 | 104 |
| 2 | American Family Physician | 60 | 92 |
| 3 | British Journal of General Practice | 49 | 77 |
| 4 | BMC Family Practice | 44 | 74 |
| 5 | The Annals of Family Medicine | 44 | 67 |
| 6 | Canadian Family Physician | 40 | 81 |
| 7 | Family Practice | 33 | 51 |
| 8 | The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine | 33 | 45 |
| 9 | Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice | 30 | 57 |
| 10 | Australian Journal of General Practice | 28 | 42 |
| 11 | African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine | 28 | 38 |
| 12 | Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care | 28 | 37 |
| 13 | Australian Prescriber | 27 | 45 |
| 14 | Journal of Primary Care & Community Health | 27 | 42 |
| 15 | Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners | 27 | 38 |
| 16 | European Journal of General Practice | 25 | 48 |
| 17 | Primary Health Care Research & Development | 25 | 34 |
| 18 | Family Medicine | 24 | 28 |
| 19 | Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants | 23 | 49 |
| 20 | Journal of Family and Community Medicine | 23 | 43 |
Top Health and Medical Sciences Journals (Communicable Diseases)
| S.No | Publication | h5-index | h5-median |
| 1 | The Lancet Infectious Diseases | 173 | 296 |
| 2 | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 153 | 278 |
| 3 | Journal of Medical Virology | 123 | 265 |
| 4 | Emerging Infectious Diseases | 106 | 173 |
| 5 | International Journal of Infectious Diseases | 103 | 190 |
| 6 | Clinical Microbiology and Infection | 98 | 150 |
| 7 | Euro surveillance: European communicable disease bulletin | 96 | 159 |
| 8 | The Journal of Infectious Diseases | 95 | 135 |
| 9 | Journal of Infection | 90 | 177 |
| 10 | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 90 | 131 |
| 11 | Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy | 88 | 125 |
| 12 | Vaccine | 87 | 129 |
| 13 | Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy | 82 | 113 |
| 14 | PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases | 82 | 106 |
| 15 | Emerging Microbes & Infections | 80 | 134 |
| 16 | Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology | 80 | 118 |
| 17 | Clinical Microbiology Reviews | 75 | 174 |
| 18 | BMC Infectious Diseases | 75 | 99 |
| 19 | International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents | 74 | 114 |
| 20 | Microbial Pathogenesis | 70 | 97 |
Top Health and Medical Sciences Journals (Nutrition Science)
| S.No | Publication | h5-index | h5-median |
| 1 | Nutrients | 159 | 214 |
| 2 | Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition | 113 | 162 |
| 3 | The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition | 90 | 126 |
| 4 | Clinical Nutrition | 87 | 117 |
| 5 | Advances in Nutrition | 72 | 109 |
| 6 | Molecular Nutrition & Food Research | 69 | 93 |
| 7 | Journal of Functional Foods | 69 | 86 |
| 8 | European Journal of Nutrition | 66 | 94 |
| 9 | The Journal of Nutrition | 64 | 93 |
| 10 | Public Health Nutrition | 64 | 85 |
| 11 | Frontiers in Nutrition | 62 | 81 |
| 12 | European Journal of Clinical Nutrition | 60 | 84 |
| 13 | Nutrition | 60 | 80 |
| 14 | The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry | 59 | 73 |
| 15 | Nutrition Reviews | 58 | 95 |
| 16 | Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics | 56 | 83 |
| 17 | British Journal of Nutrition | 55 | 78 |
| 18 | Maternal & Child Nutrition | 51 | 66 |
| 19 | Food Science & Nutrition | 51 | 65 |
| 20 | Proceedings of the Nutrition Society | 49 | 77 |
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