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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Feb 23.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Qual Methods. 2022 May 31;21:10.1177/16094069221105074. doi: 10.1177/16094069221105074

Table 1.

Top-Ranking Health Sciences Journals That Publish Qualitative Research.

Discipline Journal Impact Factor

Medicine BMJ 30.313
Medicine Annals of Internal Medicine 21.317
Medicine JAMA Internal Medicine 18.652
Medicine PLoS Medicine 10.5
Medicine Mayo Clinic Proceedings 6.942
Public health The Lancet Global Health 21.597
Public health Tobacco Control 6.726
Public health American Journal of Public Health 6.464
Public health Environmental Health 4.69
Public health American Journal of Preventive Medicine 4.42
Nursing International Journal of Nursing Studies 3.783
Nursing Nursing Outlook 2.833
Nursing Birth-Issues in Perinatal Care 2.705
Nursing Journal of Nursing Scholarship 2.655
Nursing Nursing Ethics 2.597