Top 20 Journals in Health & Medical Sciences Ranked by h5-index (2024)
- April 26, 2024
- Posted by: IRP Academy
- Category: Journals
List of Top Journals in Health & Medical Sciences Ranked by h5-index (2024)
Publication | h5-index | h5-median | |
1 | The New England Journal of Medicine | 439 | 876 |
2 | The Lancet | 368 | 688 |
3 | Cell | 316 | 503 |
4 | JAMA | 286 | 476 |
5 | Nature Medicine | 268 | 459 |
6 | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 268 | 394 |
7 | BMJ | 218 | 356 |
8 | International Journal of Molecular Sciences | 215 | 305 |
9 | Journal of Clinical Oncology | 213 | 307 |
10 | PLoS ONE | 212 | 294 |
11 | Frontiers in Immunology | 212 | 286 |
12 | Circulation | 206 | 313 |
13 | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | 201 | 280 |
14 | The Lancet Oncology | 198 | 344 |
15 | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 193 | 305 |
16 | Nutrients | 189 | 271 |
17 | Nature Genetics | 188 | 305 |
18 | Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report | 186 | 335 |
19 | The Lancet Infectious Diseases | 176 | 339 |
20 | Gastroenterology | 172 | 268 |
What is h5-index?
The h5-index is a bibliometric indicator created by Google Scholar that measures the number of articles published in the last five years that have at least h citations each. The h is the largest number of articles that have each been cited h times. For example, an h5-index of 60 means that a journal has published 60 articles in the past five years that have 60 or more citations each.
You can find the h5-index on scholar.google.com.
The h5-median for a publication is the median number of citations for the articles that make up its h5-index.
Journal Impact in Google Scholar
- h-index of a publication is the largest number h such that at least h articles in that publication were cited at least h times each. For example, a publication with five articles cited by, respectively, 17, 9, 6, 3, and 2, has the h-index of 3.
- h-core of a publication is a set of top cited h articles from the publication. These are the articles that the h-index is based on. For example, the publication above has the h-core with three articles, those cited by 17, 9, and 6.
- h-median of a publication is the median of the citation counts in its h-core. For example, the h-median of the publication above is 9. The h-median is a measure of the distribution of citations to the articles in the h-core.
What are h5-index and h5-median
- h5-index is the h-index for articles published in the last 5 complete years. For example, h5-index for 2023 is the largest number h such that h articles published in 2018-2022 have at least h citations each.
For example,
For 2023, h5-index for Nature of 365 means that 365 articles published in Nature in 2018-2022 have received at least 365 citations each.
- h5-median for a publication is the median number of citations for the articles that make up its h5-index
Both the H5-index and H5-median are available in Google Scholar Metrics. Journals can be browsed by discipline (more information about disciplines is available in Journal Rankings) or searched by keyword.
Last update: 02-May-2024