| # | Journal | Articles | Citations | R ARank | R CRank |
|---|
| 1 | Lancet, The | 26 | 4,964 | 98 | 138 |
| 2 | PLoS ONE | 42 | 1,572 | 630 | 647 |
| 3 | Obesity Reviews | 11 | 1,329 | 14 | 9 |
| 4 | BMC Health Services Research | 26 | 1,134 | 29 | 5 |
| 5 | The Lancet Global Health | 9 | 1,023 | 15 | 28 |
| 6 | The Cochrane Library | 10 | 934 | 181 | 109 |
| 7 | BMC Public Health | 25 | 756 | 71 | 92 |
| 8 | BMJ Global Health | 28 | 730 | 4 | 3 |
| 9 | New England Journal of Medicine | 1 | 679 | 634 | 714 |
| 10 | Human Resources for Health | 15 | 668 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Public Health Nutrition | 13 | 535 | 41 | 55 |
| 12 | Bulletin of the World Health Organization | 7 | 532 | 7 | 16 |
| 13 | BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making | 3 | 440 | 76 | 11 |
| 14 | Health Research Policy and Systems | 18 | 435 | 3 | 5 |
| 15 | BMJ Open | 32 | 420 | 86 | 171 |
| 16 | International Journal for Equity in Health | 19 | 417 | 3 | 12 |
| 17 | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 1 | 405 | 1.9K | 554 |
| 18 | PLoS Medicine | 3 | 327 | 203 | 388 |
| 19 | Health Policy and Planning | 16 | 324 | 3 | 9 |
| 20 | Journal of the International AIDS Society | 7 | 322 | 41 | 25 |
| 21 | Tropical Medicine and International Health | 9 | 311 | 25 | 33 |
| 22 | Globalization and Health | 10 | 297 | 6 | 17 |
| 23 | Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy | 3 | 287 | 928 | 591 |
| 24 | AIDS and Behavior | 10 | 283 | 103 | 120 |
| 25 | Global Health Action | 16 | 265 | 10 | 23 |
| 26 | Scientific World Journal, The | 1 | 250 | 1.0K | 42 |
| 27 | Lancet Psychiatry,the | 2 | 216 | 142 | 200 |
| 28 | BMJ, The | 4 | 215 | 144 | 480 |
| 28 | Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine | 13 | 215 | 7 | 4 |
| 30 | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | 26 | 206 | 201 | 654 |
| 31 | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 6 | 200 | 146 | 885 |
| 32 | Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology,the | 1 | 198 | 251 | 300 |
| 33 | AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV | 7 | 195 | 91 | 88 |
| 34 | African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine | 17 | 174 | 9 | 8 |
| 35 | Aids | 3 | 167 | 240 | 246 |
| 36 | South African Medical Journal | 18 | 162 | 44 | 38 |
| 37 | Safety and Health at Work | 2 | 160 | 35 | 3 |
| 38 | Journal of Hypertension | 2 | 138 | 800 | 273 |
| 39 | Injury Prevention | 2 | 137 | 168 | 144 |
| 40 | Social Science and Medicine | 3 | 136 | 569 | 807 |
| 41 | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 3 | 135 | 154 | 128 |
| 42 | Lancet Public Health, The | 1 | 134 | 90 | 118 |
| 43 | South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition | 6 | 127 | 9 | 5 |
| 44 | Health Systems and Reform | 2 | 124 | 6 | 3 |
| 45 | Environmental Health Perspectives | 2 | 119 | 394 | 744 |
| 46 | Conflict and Health | 2 | 113 | 19 | 7 |
| 47 | Journal of Global Health | 7 | 110 | 5 | 19 |
| 48 | Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health | 2 | 109 | 296 | 238 |
| 49 | Maternal and Child Nutrition | 5 | 108 | 31 | 67 |
| 50 | American Journal of Clinical Nutrition | 2 | 102 | 658 | 951 |
| 51 | Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics | 2 | 97 | 608 | 375 |
| 52 | Ethnicity and Disease | 2 | 96 | 100 | 35 |
| 53 | Global Public Health | 7 | 92 | 14 | 38 |
| 54 | BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | 5 | 89 | 185 | 371 |
| 54 | Australian Journal of Primary Health | 2 | 89 | 54 | 22 |
| 56 | Health Promotion International | 5 | 86 | 18 | 54 |
| 56 | Qualitative Research | 1 | 86 | 6 | 4 |
| 58 | International Journal of Medical Informatics | 3 | 85 | 55 | 179 |
| 58 | International Journal of Health Policy and Management | 11 | 85 | 5 | 27 |
| 60 | Nutrients | 6 | 82 | 647 | 1.3K |
| 61 | Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999) | 4 | 79 | 177 | 315 |
| 62 | Journal of Urban Health | 2 | 72 | 103 | 146 |
| 63 | BMC Infectious Diseases | 6 | 71 | 202 | 702 |
| 64 | JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing | 3 | 70 | 56 | 90 |
| 65 | Lancet Respiratory Medicine,the | 1 | 68 | 271 | 542 |
| 66 | BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine | 2 | 67 | 290 | 442 |
| 66 | BMC International Health and Human Rights | 2 | 67 | 25 | 36 |
| 68 | Food Security | 1 | 63 | 49 | 54 |
| 68 | AIDS Research and Therapy | 3 | 63 | 21 | 45 |
| 70 | International Breastfeeding Journal | 2 | 62 | 37 | 51 |
| 71 | Curationis | 4 | 58 | 25 | 18 |
| 72 | Global Heart | 2 | 57 | 47 | 64 |
| 73 | Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy | 1 | 56 | 1.0K | 963 |
| 74 | Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health | 1 | 54 | 80 | 48 |
| 75 | BMC Medical Research Methodology | 2 | 53 | 161 | 275 |
| 76 | Frontiers in Public Health | 5 | 51 | 169 | 548 |
| 77 | Culture, Health and Sexuality | 4 | 48 | 27 | 125 |
| 77 | Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies | 1 | 48 | 23 | 14 |
| 77 | American Journal of Public Health | 1 | 48 | 378 | 539 |
| 80 | Environmental Pollution | 1 | 47 | 1.6K | 1.8K |
| 80 | Pan African Medical Journal | 5 | 47 | 78 | 96 |
| 80 | International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease | 4 | 47 | 91 | 227 |
| 80 | Expert Opinion on Drug Safety | 1 | 47 | 174 | 158 |
| 84 | Sustainability | 3 | 46 | 2.7K | 2.9K |
| 84 | Open Forum Infectious Diseases | 1 | 46 | 892 | 295 |
| 86 | Behaviour Research and Therapy | 1 | 43 | 417 | 551 |
| 86 | Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases | 1 | 43 | 156 | 262 |
| 86 | Reproductive Health | 3 | 43 | 73 | 190 |
| 89 | BMC Research Notes | 2 | 42 | 437 | 580 |
| 89 | Health Affairs | 1 | 42 | 220 | 331 |
| 91 | Journal of Public Health Policy | 1 | 40 | 53 | 55 |
| 92 | Implementation Science | 1 | 39 | 331 | 419 |
| 92 | AIDS Research and Treatment | 1 | 39 | 39 | 25 |
| 94 | International Journal for Quality in Health Care | 1 | 37 | 157 | 150 |
| 95 | African Journal of AIDS Research | 8 | 36 | 2 | 30 |
| 96 | Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition | 2 | 35 | 36 | 42 |
| 97 | BMC Family Practice | 2 | 33 | 186 | 396 |
| 97 | Environment and Urbanization | 2 | 33 | 6 | 26 |
| 99 | Archives of Public Health | 1 | 31 | 126 | 102 |
| 100 | Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine | 1 | 30 | 1.4K | 1.2K |
| 100 | Journal of Community Health | 1 | 30 | 322 | 346 |
| 102 | Journal of Adolescent Health | 4 | 29 | 206 | 1.0K |
| 102 | Journal of Human Lactation | 2 | 29 | 62 | 180 |
| 102 | International Wound Journal | 1 | 29 | 212 | 259 |
| 102 | Tropical Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology | 1 | 29 | 126 | 62 |
| 106 | Health Education Research | 1 | 28 | 119 | 231 |
| 106 | BMC Obesity | 1 | 28 | 25 | 36 |
| 108 | Environmental Research Letters | 1 | 27 | 459 | 696 |
| 108 | Critical Public Health | 2 | 27 | 40 | 100 |
| 108 | Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health | 1 | 27 | 99 | 49 |
| 111 | Journal of Nutrition | 1 | 26 | 1.2K | 1.9K |
| 112 | Frontiers in Psychology | 2 | 25 | 2.0K | 2.7K |
| 113 | Journal of Public Health | 1 | 24 | 204 | 264 |
| 113 | Drug Safety | 1 | 24 | 220 | 510 |
| 115 | Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology | 1 | 23 | 279 | 446 |
| 115 | International Journal of Health Planning and Management | 2 | 23 | 67 | 134 |
| 117 | International Journal of Public Health | 1 | 22 | 157 | 254 |
| 117 | African Health Sciences | 2 | 22 | 113 | 205 |
| 117 | Current HIV Research | 1 | 22 | 75 | 94 |
| 117 | Health and Human Rights | 2 | 22 | 8 | 7 |
| 121 | International Journal of Health Services | 1 | 21 | 66 | 97 |
| 121 | Psychology, Health and Medicine | 2 | 21 | 109 | 346 |
| 121 | South African Family Practice: Official Journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care | 2 | 21 | 78 | 44 |
| 121 | Translational Behavioral Medicine | 2 | 21 | 103 | 212 |
| 121 | South African Journal of Information Management | 1 | 21 | 21 | 10 |
| 126 | BMC Pediatrics | 3 | 20 | 180 | 893 |
| 126 | Annals of Global Health | 2 | 20 | 62 | 120 |
| 126 | Reproductive Health Matters | 1 | 20 | 31 | 91 |
| 126 | Health Promotion Journal of Australia | 1 | 20 | 58 | 45 |
| 130 | Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences | 1 | 19 | 3.2K | 4.3K |
| 130 | Midwifery | 1 | 19 | 251 | 386 |
| 132 | Journal of Human Hypertension | 1 | 18 | 487 | 732 |
| 133 | Sahara J | 3 | 17 | 5 | 55 |
| 133 | Smart Health | 1 | 17 | 10 | 19 |
| 135 | International Journal of STD and AIDS | 1 | 16 | 399 | 498 |
| 135 | Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities | 2 | 16 | 112 | 264 |
| 135 | Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters | 2 | 16 | 4 | 12 |
| 135 | International Journal of MCH and AIDS | 1 | 16 | 34 | 24 |
| 139 | AIDS Patient Care and STDs | 1 | 15 | 266 | 555 |
| 140 | Scandinavian Journal of Public Health | 1 | 14 | 196 | 350 |
| 140 | Systematic Reviews | 2 | 14 | 188 | 505 |
| 140 | Harm Reduction Journal | 1 | 14 | 122 | 221 |
| 140 | International Journal of Qualitative Methods, The | 1 | 14 | 98 | 161 |
| 140 | International Journal of Hypertension | 1 | 14 | 65 | 162 |
| 140 | Obesity Science and Practice | 1 | 14 | 50 | 103 |
| 146 | Cardiovascular Journal of Africa | 2 | 13 | 64 | 121 |
| 147 | International Journal of Obesity | 1 | 12 | 961 | 2.1K |
| 147 | Global Health, Science and Practice | 2 | 12 | 14 | 89 |
| 147 | Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies | 2 | 12 | 15 | 70 |
| 150 | Higher Education | 1 | 11 | 126 | 393 |
| 150 | Global Health Promotion | 2 | 11 | 13 | 79 |
| 150 | HIV/AIDS - Research and Palliative Care | 1 | 11 | 61 | 83 |
| 150 | Hygiea Internationalis | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 |
| 154 | BJOG: an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology | 1 | 10 | 1.1K | 2.1K |
| 155 | Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology | 1 | 9 | 1.6K | 2.9K |
| 155 | Heart | 1 | 9 | 803 | 1.4K |
| 155 | Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy | 1 | 9 | 1.5K | 3.3K |
| 155 | Sexually Transmitted Infections | 1 | 9 | 289 | 523 |
| 155 | Annals of Medicine and Surgery | 1 | 9 | 389 | 348 |
| 155 | Journal of Public Health in Africa | 1 | 9 | 40 | 42 |
| 155 | Journal of Endocrinology Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa | 1 | 9 | 31 | 35 |
| 155 | JMIR Public Health and Surveillance | 1 | 9 | 94 | 304 |
| 163 | Health Education | 1 | 8 | 46 | 103 |
| 163 | Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia | 1 | 8 | 32 | 27 |
| 163 | BMC Psychology | 1 | 8 | 147 | 365 |
| 166 | Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice | 1 | 7 | 84 | 135 |
| 166 | Annals of Medical and Health Sciences Research | 1 | 7 | 47 | 127 |
| 166 | Public Health in Practice | 1 | 7 | 26 | 54 |
| 169 | Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 1 | 6 | 485 | 1.0K |
| 169 | Trials | 1 | 6 | 1.3K | 2.6K |
| 169 | American Journal of Men's Health | 1 | 6 | 106 | 300 |
| 169 | Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care | 2 | 6 | 38 | 206 |
| 169 | Advances in Integrative Medicine | 1 | 6 | 11 | 31 |
| 169 | Nursing Open | 1 | 6 | 180 | 377 |
| 169 | African Journal of Disability | 1 | 6 | 22 | 53 |
| 169 | PLOS Global Public Health | 4 | 6 | 10 | 116 |
| 177 | Development Southern Africa | 1 | 5 | 71 | 147 |
| 177 | South African Journal of Psychology | 1 | 5 | 59 | 107 |
| 177 | Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health | 1 | 5 | 25 | 60 |
| 180 | Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety | 1 | 4 | 427 | 1.1K |
| 180 | Sport in Society | 1 | 4 | 79 | 191 |
| 180 | Health SA Gesondheid | 1 | 4 | 44 | 49 |
| 180 | Gender Issues | 1 | 4 | 20 | 75 |
| 180 | BJPsych Open | 1 | 4 | 165 | 429 |
| 180 | Women's Reproductive Health | 1 | 4 | 9 | 25 |
| 180 | Health Systems and Policy Research | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 187 | Journal of Integrative Medicine | 1 | 3 | 55 | 260 |
| 187 | BMC Nutrition | 1 | 3 | 85 | 283 |
| 187 | The Southern African Journal of Epidemiology & Infection: Official Journal of the Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Infectious Diseases and Epidemiological Societies of Southern Africa | 1 | 3 | 31 | 49 |
| 187 | Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease | 1 | 3 | 32 | 94 |
| 187 | International Journal of Healthcare | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 187 | Advances in Epidemiology | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 187 | Africa Journal of Nursing and Midwifery | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| 187 | International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being | 1 | 3 | 102 | 283 |
| 195 | African Journal of Emergency Medicine | 1 | 2 | 90 | 201 |
| 195 | Studies in Health Technology and Informatics | 1 | 2 | 611 | 754 |
| 197 | Journal of Advanced Nursing | 1 | 1 | 689 | 1.8K |
| 197 | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 1 | 1 | 469 | 1.4K |
| 197 | Tropical Doctor | 1 | 1 | 213 | 558 |
| 197 | Journal of Public Health Research | 1 | 1 | 42 | 213 |
| 197 | International Journal of Integrated Care | 1 | 1 | 116 | 229 |
| 197 | Science Across Cultures | 1 | 1 | 5 | 21 |
| 197 | Women | 1 | 1 | 8 | 21 |
| 204 | European Journal of Public Health | 1 | 0 | 779 | 1.3K |
| 204 | American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 1 | 0 | 862 | 2.1K |
| 204 | BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care | 1 | 0 | 179 | 795 |
| 204 | Ghana Medical Journal | 2 | 0 | 26 | 101 |
| 204 | Journal of Life Sciences | 1 | 0 | 14 | 38 |
| 204 | Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal | 2 | 0 | 132 | 568 |
| 204 | International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health | 1 | 0 | 178 | 269 |
| 204 | SN Social Sciences | 1 | 0 | 14 | 125 |
| 204 | Frontiers in Reproductive Health | 1 | 0 | 27 | 130 |
