Top 10 Health Professions Journals In The World 2026

1. MMWR Recommendations and Reports

MMWR Recommendations and Reports is a publication series by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that provides guidelines, recommendations, and expert consensus on various public health topics. These reports are designed to assist healthcare professionals, policymakers, and public health practitioners in making informed decisions to protect and improve public health. MMWR Recommendations and Reports cover a wide range of subjects, including immunizations, disease prevention strategies, screening and diagnostic guidelines, outbreak investigations, and public health interventions. These reports are often more...

2. The Lancet Digital Health

The Lancet Digital Health publishes important, innovative, and practice-changing research on any topic connected with digital technology in clinical medicine, public health, and global health. We serve the digital health, clinical, and wider health communities by promoting high-quality science and supporting the ethical use of technologies and data in practice. The journal’s open access content crosses subject boundaries, building bridges between health professionals and researchers. By bringing together the most important advances in this multidisciplinary field, The Lancet Digital Health is the most prominent more...

3. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR ) series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Often called “the voice of CDC,” the MMWR  series is the agency’s primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. MMWR  readership predominantly consists of physicians, nurses, public health practitioners, epidemiologists and other scientists, researchers, educators, and laboratorians. more...

4. MMWR Surveillance Summaries

The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR ) series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Often called “the voice of CDC,” the MMWR  series is the agency’s primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. MMWR  readership predominantly consists of physicians, nurses, public health practitioners, epidemiologists and other scientists, researchers, educators, and laboratorians. more...

5. British Journal of Sports Medicine

British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) is a multi-media portal that provides original research, reviews and debate relating to clinically-relevant aspects of sport and exercise medicine, including physiotherapy, physical therapy and rehabilitation. We contribute to innovation (research), education (teaching and learning) and knowledge translation (implementing research into practice and policy). Our web, print, video and audio material, combined with active social media, serves the international community of clinicians who treat active people. more...

6. npj Digital Medicine

npj Digital Medicine is an online open-access journal dedicated to publishing high-quality peer-reviewed research in all aspects of digital medicine including the clinical application and implementation of digital and mobile technologies, virtual healthcare, and novel applications of artificial intelligence and informatics. The journal aims to guide innovation and the transformation of health and healthcare through the incorporation of novel digital and mobile technologies. There is an emphasis on four criteria when deciding if a manuscript is in scope: novelty, clinical relevance, scientific more...

7. Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis

Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis (JPA), launched in 2011, is an official journal of Xi'an Jiaotong University. JPA is a monthly peer-reviewed open access journal that publishes significant Original research articles, Review papers, Short communications, News, Research highlight, and Editorial in the field of Analysis of Pharmacy, broadly covering Pharmaceutical analysis, Analytical techniques and methods, Pharmacology, Metabolism, Drug delivery, Cellular imaging & analysis, Natural products and Biosensing. Other analytical areas that JPA is interested in are: Biology, Nanotechnology, Pharmacognosy, Medicinal chemistry, Clinical laboratory analysis more...

8. Qualitative Research in Sport Exercise and Health

Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health is the first international journal solely dedicated to the advancement and debate of qualitative research within sport and exercise psychology, sport sociology, sports coaching, and sports and exercise medicine. Providing a forum for qualitative researchers within all the social scientific areas of sport, exercise, and health the journal offers researchers, practitioners, and students access to cutting edge empirical inquiry, scholarly dialogues, and the latest developments in qualitative methodologies and methods. more...

9. Sports Medicine and Health Science

The purpose of the Sports Medicine and Health Science (SMHS) journal is to provide a scientific, merit-based, high-quality publication platform for all relevant biomedical studies worldwide with a primary focus on sports medicine, physical activity, and the exercise-related health sciences. The primary disciplines that are covered by SMHS include but are not limited to clinical sports medicine; orthopedics; preventive medicine; rehabilitation medicine; physical therapy; basic and translational sports sciences including exercise physiology, exercise biochemistry, exercise molecular biology, and exercise immunology; biomechanics; motor more...

10. Hong Kong Physiotherapy Journal

The Hong Kong Physiotherapy Journal (HKPJ) is the official peer-reviewed, Open Access (OA) publication of the Hong Kong Physiotherapy Association. HKPJ publishes papers related to all areas of physiotherapy (education, research, practice, policies) and is committed to facilitating communication among educators, researchers and practitioners in the field with the aim of promoting evidence-based practice. We are particularly interested in publishing randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Animal studies are also welcome if the study question and findings have important relevance to more...