The format shows citation velocity, journal integrity, and combined journal integrity factors side by side.
The IJS leaderboard reports the elite tier for a specific research category as the True Impact Function™ or TIF, together with its Journal Integrity Score™ or JIS, and Σ JIS, so that scholars can note both how quickly work is being cited and to what degree of friction or fairness accompanies publication in that venue. The JIS code indicates favorable/unfavorable conditions to authors (1/0) for Retractions, Formatting, Limits, Forms, Speed, Copyright, Cost. See Methodology for info. Scores are based on publicly available information and standardized evaluation criteria defined by Ignatius Journal Services™. Values are subject to refinement as additional data become available.
Index year = 2024 | Analysis date = April 13, 2026 | Source = Harzing's Publish or Perish polling OpenAlex
| Rank | Journal | Articles | Cites | 2026 TIF | 2026 JIS | Σ JIS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | npj Digital Medicine | 370 | 11272 | 17.09 | 1110100 | 4 |
| 2 | Lancet Digital Health | 140 | 3208 | 12.86 | 1000000 | 1 |
| 3 | International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications | 5 | 95 | 10.66 | 1000000 | 1 |
| 4 | Journal Of Medical Systems | 106 | 1784 | 9.44 | 1100100 | 3 |
| 5 | Journal of The American Medical Informatics Association | 315 | 4906 | 8.74 | 1000000 | 1 |
| 6 | Artificial Intelligence in Medicine | 235 | 3256 | 7.77 | 1100000 | 2 |
| 7 | Journal Of Medical Internet Research AI | 72 | 906 | 7.06 | 1001010 | 3 |
| 8 | Journal Of Medical Internet Research | 1116 | 13628 | 6.85 | 0000000 | 0 |
| 9 | Informatics in Medicine Unlocked | 166 | 1884 | 6.26 | 1100100 | 3 |
| 10 | BMJ Health & Care Informatics | 56 | 610 | 6.11 | 1000000 | 1 |
| 11 | JMIR Medical Informatics | 205 | 2184 | 5.98 | 1100000 | 2 |
| 12 | Journal Of Biomedical Informatics | 155 | 1633 | 5.91 | 1100000 | 2 |
| 13 | PLOS Digital Health | 239 | 2488 | 5.84 | 1110010 | 4 |
| 14 | Journal of Healthcare Informatics Research | 28 | 290 | 5.81 | 1100100 | 3 |
| 15 | Frontiers in Digital Health | 219 | 2193 | 5.62 | 1110010 | 4 |
| 16 | Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine | 434 | 4161 | 5.38 | 1100000 | 2 |
| 17 | BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making | 415 | 3962 | 5.36 | 1010000 | 2 |
| 18 | IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics | 827 | 7787 | 5.28 | 0000000 | 0 |
| 19 | JMIR mHealth and uHealth | 168 | 1477 | 4.93 | 1000000 | 1 |
| 20 | Health Information Science and System | 62 | 539 | 4.88 | 1110000 | 3 |
| 21 | International Journal Of Medical Informatics | 333 | 2844 | 4.79 | 1000000 | 1 |
| 22 | JMIR Aging | 137 | 995 | 4.08 | 1000000 | 1 |
| 23 | JMIR Serious Games | 111 | 747 | 3.78 | 1000010 | 2 |
| 24 | npj mHealth | 36 | 238 | 3.71 | 1000001 | 2 |
| 25 | JMIR Human Factors | 218 | 1348 | 3.47 | 1000000 | 1 |
| - | Journal of Biomedical Informatics & AI | - | - | - | 1111111 | 7 |
These values are presented based on the model descrnbed in the accompanying documentation. All public posting use the audited values and exact source notes (Leaderboard source: Harzing's Publish or Perish polling OpenAlex for 2024 articles). Comparison is shown with JBIAI.
A journal with moderate or emerging velocity but a JIS binary code of 1111111 may be more attractive to authors than a higher-velocity journal that imposes major fees, long delays, or restrictive policies.
The JIS makes visible the price authors pay in forms, delays, copyright transfer, retractions, and APCs, even when a journal’s citation profile is strong.
Each leaderboard entry can link to a journal-specific page showing the seven JIS pillars, the TIF analysis window, and the evidence supporting the posted score.
For each journal, the seven individual pillar values are shown so readers can see where a score is won or lost.
Methods - Index year: 2024, Retrieval date: April 13, 2026, Article pool: Hazing's Publish or Perish polling OpenAlex. All computations were done using SigmaPlot for Windows Ver. 15 (2022).
