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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 CA-A CANCER JOURNAL FOR CLINICIANS (supports open access) NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE LANCET (supports open access) JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION NATURE MEDICINE NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE LANCET ONCOLOGY (supports open access) LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES (supports open access) JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY (supports open access) BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL (supports open access) JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (supports open access) CIRCULATION (supports open access) ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE LANCENT DIABETES & ENDOCRINOLOGY (supports open access) JAMA PSYCHIATRY JAMA INTERNAL MEDICINE PLOS MEDICINE (open access) AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE (supports open access)

Impact Factor 137.578 59.558 44.002 37.684 30.357 29.298 26.509 21.372 20.982 19.697 17.759 17.202 16.593 16.32 14.417 14.00 13.585 13.118 10.125

Top 20 journals relevant to quality improvement in health care ranked by impact factor:

Journal Name NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE LANCET (supports open access) JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY (supports open access) BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL (supports open access) JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (supports open access) CIRCULATION (supports open access) ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE JAMA INTERNAL MEDICINE PLOS MEDICINE (open access) AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE (supports open access) ANNALS OF ONCOLOGY (supports open access) DIABETES CARE ANNALS OF SURGERY EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL (supports open access) THORAX (supports open access) BMC MEDICINE (open access) CANCER TREATMENT REVIEWS (supports open access) JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE (supports open access)

Impact Factor 59.558 44.002 37.684 20.982 19.697 17.759 17.202 16.593 14.00 13.585 13.118 10.125 9.269 8.934 8.569 8.332 8.121 8.005 7.983 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

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY (supports open access) BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL (supports open access) AMERICAN JOURNAL OF KIDNEY DISEASES* (supports open access) EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER (supports open access) BMJ QUALITY & SAFETY* (supports open access) ACADEMIC MEDICINE (supports open access) ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY JOURNAL OF PALLIATIVE MEDICINE (supports open access)

Impact Factor 20.982 19.967 6.269 6.163 4.996 4.194 3.655 2.023

ASTHMA

Journal Name

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY (supports open access) JAMA PEDIATRICS ALLERGY (supports open access) PEDIATRICS* (supports open access) JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH (supports open access) VALUE IN HEALTH (supports open access) ANNALS OF ALLERGY, ASTHMA & IMMUNOLOGY (supports open access) PEDIATRIC RESEARCH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL QUALITY

Impact Factor 13.118 12.485 9.528 6.335 5.196 3.838 3.824 3.475 2.761 1.733

CANCER

Journal Name

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY (supports open access) GASTROENTEROLOGY ANNALS OF ONCOLOGY EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER (supports open access) JOURNAL OF THORACIC ONCOLOGY (supports open access) JOURNAL OF UROLOGY JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS DISEASES OF THE COLON & RECTUM ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY PRACTICE (supports open access)

CARDIOVASCULAR

Journal Name

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (supports open access) CIRCULATION (supports open access) BMJ QUALITY & SAFETY* (supports open access)

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Impact Factor 20.982 18.187 9.269 6.163 5.04 4.70 4.257 3.739 3.655 1.85

Impact Factor 17.759 17.202 4.996

AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL (supports open access) EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO THORACIC SURGERY JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY (supports open access) CATHETERIZATION AND CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS (supports open access) EVALUATION & THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL QUALITY HEART LUNG AND CIRCULATION (supports open access)

4.332 2.803 2.57 2.181 2.17 1.733 1.575

CARE TEAMS

Journal Name JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY (supports open access) BMJ - BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL (supports open access) ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATOLOGY (supports open access) CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE* (supports open access) STROKE (supports open access) JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY (supports open access) INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY (supports open access) IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE (open access) FAMILY PRACTICE (supports open access) AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL QUALITY

Impact factor 20.982 19.697 8.955 7.422 5.787 3.842 3.669 3.201 2.022 1.733

CHOOSING WISELY

Journal Name

JAMA INTERNAL MEDICINE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE BLOOD (supports open access) PEDIATRICS* (supports open access) BMJ QUALITY AND SAFETY* (supports open access) CLINICAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY (supports open access) AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE (supports open access) JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE (supports open access) JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL MEDICINE (supports open access) AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MANAGED CARE

Impact Factor 14.00 13.118 11.847 5.196 4.996 4.657 4.465 3.494 2.143 1.515

COMMUNICATION

Journal Name

BMJ QUALITY AND SAFETY* (supports open access) JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE (supports open access) METHODS OF INFORMATION IN MEDICINE (supports open access) INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PRACTICE (supports open access) BMC ENDOCRINE DISORDERS (open access) AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL QUALITY BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH (open access) JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING (supports open access) BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION (open access) JOURNAL OF NURSING CARE QUALITY* (supports open access)

COMPLIANCE

Journal Name

GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY (supports open access)

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Impact Factor 4.996 3.494 2.248 2.226 1.739 1.733 1.606 1.384 1.312 1.117

Impact Factor 6.217

JAMA SURGERY SCIENTIFIC REPORTS (open access) BMJ QUALITY AND SAFETY* (supports open access) CRITICAL CARE (open access) JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY (supports open access) ACADEMIC MEDICINE (supports open access) INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT SCIENCE (supports open access) JOURNAL OF CHILD NEUROLOGY

COST OF CARE

Journal Name

BMJ BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL (supports open access) THORAX (supports open access) CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE* (supports open access) ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATOLOGY (supports open access) HEALTH AFFAIRS PEDIATRICS* (supports open access) BMJ QUALITY AND SAFETY* (supports open access) JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE (supports open access) JOURNAL OF VASCULAR SURGERY (supports open access) CLINICAL ORTHOPAEDICS AND RELATED RESEARCH (supports open access)

DIABETES

Journal Name

DIABETES CARE DIABETES DIABETOLOGIA (supports open access) DIABETES & METABOLISM (supports open access) JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE (supports open access) DIABETIC MEDICINE (supports open access) DIABETES RESEARCH AND CLINICAL PRACTICE (supports open access) PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY (supports open access) AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL QUALITY DIABETES EDUCATOR

5.661 5.228 4.996 4.95 4.919 4.194 3.669 1.439 1.434

Impact Factor 19.967 8.121 7.422 6.009 5.23 5.196 4.996 3.494 3.454 3.127

Impact Factor 8.934 8.784 6.206 4.693 3.494 3.152 3.045 2.85 1.733 1.595

DOCUMENTATION

Journal Name

JAMA SURGERY JOURNAL OF PATIENT SAFETY (supports open access) EMERGENCY MEDICINE JOURNAL (supports open access) CURRENT ONCOLOGY (open access) AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL QUALITY JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC HEALTH CARE (supports open access) JOINT COMMISSION JOURNAL ON QUALITY & PATIENT SAFETY* (supports open access) JOURNAL OF NURSING CARE QUALITY* (supports open access) ANNALS OF MEDICINE & SURGERY (open access) BMJ QUALITY IMPROVEMENT REPORTS* (open access)

Impact Factor 5.661 2.446 1.836 1.829 1.733 1.615 1.13 1.117 0.63 0.28

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EFFICIENCY

Journal Name

CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE* (supports open access) BMJ QUALITY AND SAFETY* (supports open access) JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE (supports open access) RADIOGRAPHICS (supports open access) PATIENT SAFETY IN SURGERY (open access) JOURNAL FOR HEALTHCARE QUALITY (supports open access) JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS* (supports open access) JOURNAL OF HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT

HAND HYGIENE/HAND WASHING

Journal Name

PEDIATRICS* (supports open access) BMJ QUALITY AND SAFETY* (supports open access) ACADEMIC MEDICINE (supports open access) INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY PLOS ONE (open access) PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL (supports open access) AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CRITICAL CARE SURGICAL INFECTIONS (supports open access) JOURNAL OF NURSING CARE QUALITY* (supports open access)

Impact Factor 7.422 4.996 3.494 2.523 1.59 1.507 1.272

0.982

Impact Factor 5.196 4.996 4.194 3.669 3.057 2.587 2.053 1.316 1.117

HEALTH LITERACY

Journal Name

GERONTOLOGY (supports open access) MEDICAL CARE (supports open access) JOURNAL OF TRAUMA AND ACUTE CARE SURGERY PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING (supports open access) BMC PUBLIC HEALTH (open access) JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN BOARD OF FAMILY MEDICINE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL QUALITY BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH (open access) JOURNAL OF AMBULATORY CARE MANAGEMENT (supports open access) JOINT COMMISSION JOURNAL ON QUALITY & PATIENT SAFETY* (supports open access)

Impact Factor 3.096 3.081 2.802 2.232 2.209 1.989 1.733 1.606 1.20 1.13

HIGH VALUE CARE

Journal Name

NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE JAMA JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE JAMA INTERNAL MEDICINE HEALTH AFFAIRS BMJ QUALITY & SAFETY* (supports open access) JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE (supports open access) JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL INFORMATICS ASSOCIATION (supports open access) JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH (supports open access) WOMEN'S HEALTH ISSUES

Impact Factor 59.558 37.684 16.593 14.00 5.23 4.996 3.494 3.428 2.198 1.811

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HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV)

Journal Name

ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE AIDS JOURNAL OF ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES (JAIDS) AIDS PATIENT CARE AND STDS (supports open access) PLOS ONE (open access) INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR QUALITY IN HEALTH CARE (supports open access) AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE & HYGIENE (supports open access) BMC MEDICAL INFORMATICS AND DECISION MAKING (open access) AIDS CARE-Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV (supports open access) BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH (open access)

HYPERTENSION

Journal Name

CIRCULATION (supports open access) JOURNAL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION (supports open access) JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION (supports open access) CIRCULATION: CARDIOVASCULAR QUALITY AND OUTCOMES (supports open access) JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE (supports open access) MEDICAL CARE (supports open access) RESPIROLOGY (supports open access) PHARMACOTHERAPY (supports open access) AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL QUALITY BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH (open access)

IMMUNIZATIONS/VACCINATIONS

Journal Name

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY (supports open access) ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATOLOGY PEDIATRICS* (supports open access) JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE (supports open access) IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE (supports open access) PEDIATRIC RESEARCH (supports open access) PHARMACOTHERAPY (supports open access) ACADEMIC PEDIATRICS (supports open access) JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE MEDICINE (supports open access) CLINICAL PEDIATRICS

LENGTH-OF-STAY

Journal Name

ANNALS OF SURGERY (supports open access) CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE* (supports open access) PEDIATRICS* (supports open access) BMJ QUALITY AND SAFETY* (supports open access) JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS (supports open access) ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE (supports open access) JOURNAL OF ARTHROPLASTY (supports open access)

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Impact Factor 16.593 4.407 3.806 3.578 3.057 2.545 2.453 2.042 1.902 1.606

Impact Factor 17.202 7.509 5.062 4.282 3.494 3.081 3.078 2.592 1.733 1.606

Impact Factor 10.383 8.955 5.196 3.494 3.201 2.761 2.592 2.438 2.085 0.954

Impact Factor 8.569 7.422 5.196 4.996 4.257 3.021 2.537 2.515

SPINE (supports open access) JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY NURSING (supports open access)

2.439 0.872

MEDICAL HOME

Journal Name

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY (supports open access) JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION* (supports open access) HEALTH AFFAIRS JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY (supports open access) JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE (supports open access) MEDICAL CARE (supports open access) JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN BOARD OF FAMILY MEDICINE POPULATION HEALTH MANAGEMENT (supports open access) JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC NURSING* (supports open access) PEDIATRIC ANNALS

Impact Factor 20.982 6.616 5.23 3.842 3.494 3.081 1.989 1.629 1.006 0.714

OBESITY

Journal Name

ANNALS OF SURGERY (supports open access) PEDIATRICS* (supports open access) ANNALS OF MEDICINE (supports open access) SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES (supports open access) JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE (supports open access) SURGERY (supports open access) AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY (supports open access) QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN HEALTH CARE (supports open access)

Impact Factor 8.569 5.196 3.763 3.54 3.494 3.309 2.403 0.848

PATIENT SAFETY

Journal Name

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY (supports open access) JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (supports open access) CHEST (supports open access) AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (supports open access) PEDIATRICS* (supports open access) BMJ QUALITY & SAFETY* (supports open access) ACADEMIC MEDICINE (supports open access) ANAESTHESIA (supports open access) JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE (supports open access) HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH (supports open access)

Impact Factor 20.982 17.759 6.136 5.61 5.196 4.996 4.194 3.794 3.494 2.865

PRESCRIPTIONS/PRESCRIBING

Journal Name

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY (supports open access)

PEDIATRICS* (supports open access)

JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY (supports open access) JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY (supports open access) JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE (supports open access) IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE (supports open access) JOURNAL OF MANAGED CARE & SPECIALTY PHARMACY

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Impact Factor 10.383 5.196

4.919 3.842 3.494 3.201 2.70

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