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title: "Health and Quality of Life Outcomes: impact and top papers"
description: "Health and Quality of Life Outcomes has a 2-year mean citedness of 3.39 and an h-index of 180 in OpenAlex, #14 of 28 tracked health economics and policy journals by citedness. In 2025 it published 141 papers, and its papers received 18,644 citations."
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# Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

- 3 papers in the last 7 days
- category: Health Economics and Policy
- publisher: BioMed Central
- ISSN 1477-7525
- Journal website: https://link.springer.com/journal/12955
- ISSN portal: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/1477-7525
- OpenAlex: https://openalex.org/S77368557

Back to the ranking: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/journals.md

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## Key findings

- Health and Quality of Life Outcomes has a 2-year mean citedness of 3.39 and an h-index of 180 in OpenAlex, #14 of 28 tracked health economics and policy journals by citedness.
- In 2025 it published 141 papers, and its papers received 18,644 citations.
- Health and Quality of Life Outcomes published 18 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-05 to 2026-11-03), ranking #63 of 480 journals.
- Leading institutions: Guiyang Medical University (3), The University of Melbourne (3) and University of Cape Town (3).
- Countries: Australia (5), China (5) and South Africa (3).
- From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, Health and Quality of Life Outcomes published 19 papers (1 a month on average, by publication date in OpenAlex).
- Its most frequent keywords over that period were “health-related quality of life” (10), “psychometric validation” (6) and “anxiety and depression” (4).

## Citation metrics

*Citation metrics (OpenAlex)*

| Metric | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2-year mean citedness | 3.39 |
| h-index | 180 |
| i10-index | 3,004 |
| Papers in OpenAlex | 3,924 |
| Citations in OpenAlex | 219,048 |
| Rank among tracked health economics and policy journals | [#14 of 28](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/journal-metrics/health-economics-and-policy.md) |

*Papers per year and the citations the journal's papers received that year (OpenAlex)*

| Year | Papers | Citations received |
|---|---:|---:|
| 2026 (so far) | 184 | 13,368 |
| 2025 | 141 | 18,644 |
| 2024 | 113 | 20,575 |
| 2023 | 134 | 20,051 |
| 2022 | 171 | 20,679 |
| 2021 | 273 | 20,129 |
| 2020 | 376 | 16,571 |
| 2019 | 192 | 12,773 |
| 2018 | 241 | 10,946 |
| 2017 | 252 | 10,152 |
| 2016 | 172 | 9,585 |

2-year mean citedness is OpenAlex's count of citations per paper a journal published in the two previous years, an open counterpart to the journal impact factor (which counts only Web of Science citations); the h-index and i10-index cover all its papers. The figures come from OpenAlex (CC0) and are read again monthly.

Official metrics such as the Journal Impact Factor (Clarivate) and CiteScore (Scopus) are licensed by their owners and not copied here; the publisher shows them on the journal's website. Journal website: https://link.springer.com/journal/12955

## The last 36 months

*Papers by publication date, Nov 2023 to Oct 2026*

| Nov 23–Oct 24 | Nov 24–Oct 25 | Nov 25–Oct 26 | 36 months |
|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 0 | 0 | 19 | 19 |

*Most frequent keywords, Nov 2023 to Oct 2026*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [health-related quality of life](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/health-related-quality-of-life.md) | 10 |
| 2 | psychometric validation | 6 |
| 3 | anxiety and depression | 4 |
| 4 | content validity | 3 |
| 5 | known-groups validity | 3 |
| 6 | measurement invariance | 3 |
| 7 | pain and discomfort | 3 |
| 8 | patient-reported outcomes | 3 |
| 9 | psychometric properties | 3 |
| 10 | COSMIN | 2 |

*Papers, newest first.*

| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-31 | [Health-related quality of life in lebanon: a cross-sectional population-level assessment and psychometric evaluation of the EQ-5D-5L in a crisis-affected context](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-026-02610-z) | [Health and Quality of Life Outcomes](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-and-quality-of-life-outcomes.md) | Fatima Al Sayah, Lea Ghajar, Rouba Ballout et al. | American University of Beirut |
| 2026-10-31 | [Validation of the Italian version of the HOOS-12 in people with total hip arthroplasty](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-026-02663-0) | [Health and Quality of Life Outcomes](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-and-quality-of-life-outcomes.md) | Ilaria Arcolin, Marica Giardini, Marco Caligari et al. | Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri |
| 2026-10-30 | [Psychometric performance of the Chinese version of Experimental EQ-TIPS-5L against PedsQL in young children with functional constipation: response distributions and construct validity](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-026-02657-y) | [Health and Quality of Life Outcomes](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-and-quality-of-life-outcomes.md) | Ziyu Liu, Qi Xu, Meiying Gao et al. | Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University; Zhejiang University; University of Cape Town; … |
| 2026-10-26 | [Assessment of the content validity of the EQ-HWB in caregivers of children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-026-02661-2) | [Health and Quality of Life Outcomes](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-and-quality-of-life-outcomes.md) | Yuanshuo Xu, Tessa Peasgood, Fanni Rencz et al. | Hong Kong Polytechnic University; University of Sheffield; Corvinus University of Budapest |
| 2026-10-21 | [Assessing the content validity of EQ-5D-5L in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors: cognitive interviewing and comparative concept mapping with HUI3 and SF-36](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-026-02644-3) | [Health and Quality of Life Outcomes](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-and-quality-of-life-outcomes.md) | Pin Pin Pek, Phyo Thet Naing Win, Rahul Malhotra et al. | SingHealth; National University of Singapore; Singapore General Hospital; … |
| 2026-10-20 | [Psychometric validation of the Chinese version of the Social Integration in Later Life Scale among older adults with disability](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-026-02651-4) | [Health and Quality of Life Outcomes](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-and-quality-of-life-outcomes.md) | Qing Wang, Xiaoting Huang, Huang Chongmei et al. | Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine; Central South University; Ningxia Medical University |
| 2026-10-17 | [Development and COSMIN-based psychometric evaluation of the activities of daily living questionnaire for elderly iranian patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (ADLEC): a sequential exploratory mixed-methods study using hybrid concept analysis](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-026-02655-0) | [Health and Quality of Life Outcomes](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-and-quality-of-life-outcomes.md) | Fateme Monjazebi, Asghar Dalvandi, Fereshteh Najafi et al. | Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences; University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences; Zahedan University of Medical Sciences |
| 2026-10-17 | [The impact of chemotherapy-induced menopause on quality of life 30 months following treatment among young women with non-metastatic breast cancer: results from the prospective multicentre MENOCOR clinical trial](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-026-02641-6) | [Health and Quality of Life Outcomes](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-and-quality-of-life-outcomes.md) | Mélanie Godiveau, Alexia Giro, Judith Passildas et al. | Inserm; Université Clermont Auvergne; Centre Jean Perrin; … |
| 2026-10-16 | [Quality of measurement instruments assessing Planetary and One Health Literacy related constructs: a systematic review](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-026-02652-3) | [Health and Quality of Life Outcomes](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-and-quality-of-life-outcomes.md) | Lydia Reismann, Jennifer Kallenbach, Christian Apfelbacher et al. | University of Bayreuth; MSH Medical School Hamburg – University of Applied Sciences and Medical University; Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg; … |
| 2026-10-16 | [Responsiveness of the Brazilian version of the dentine hypersensitivity experience questionnaire (DHEQ-15): a triple-blind randomized controlled clinical trial](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-026-02654-1) | [Health and Quality of Life Outcomes](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-and-quality-of-life-outcomes.md) | Isaac Portes Leão, Lara Camila Andrade, Brender Leonan da Silva et al. | Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri |
| 2026-10-15 | [Engaging experts on valuation of toddler and infant health: the case of EQ-TIPS](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-026-02650-5) | [Health and Quality of Life Outcomes](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-and-quality-of-life-outcomes.md) | Stefan A. Lipman, Rahma C. Putri, Janine Verstraete et al. | Erasmus University Rotterdam; University of Cape Town; The University of Melbourne |
| 2026-10-14 | [Health-related quality of life and its determinants in adults with myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease: a nationwide study](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-026-02647-0) | [Health and Quality of Life Outcomes](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-and-quality-of-life-outcomes.md) | Rongjie Shao, Chang Luo, Xiaonan Wang et al. | Tianjin University |
| 2026-10-13 | [Cross-language invariance and item-level differences in the SWEMWBS: a CFA and IRT study in English-, French-, and Spanish-speaking adolescents](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-026-02601-0) | [Health and Quality of Life Outcomes](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-and-quality-of-life-outcomes.md) | Wanying Zhou, José Márquez, Leoni Boyle et al. | University of Oxford; University of Manchester |
| 2026-10-10 | [Does EQ-5D measure the most relevant aspects of health across cultures? Findings from a multi-country qualitative and card-sorting study](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-026-02612-x) | [Health and Quality of Life Outcomes](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-and-quality-of-life-outcomes.md) | Zoe Jane‐Lara Hildon, Michael Herdman, Rachel Lee-Yin Tan et al. | National University of Singapore; National University Health System; Office Of Health Economics; … |
| 2026-10-09 | [Latent clinical trajectories in chronic spontaneous urticaria identified via mobile health monitoring](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-026-02645-2) | [Health and Quality of Life Outcomes](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-and-quality-of-life-outcomes.md) | Lāsma Lapiņa, Maksims Zolovs, Sophia Neisinger et al. | Pauls Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital; Riga Stradiņš University; Daugavpils University; … |
| 2026-10-09 | [Africa’s first standard measure for child and adolescent health: The Nigerian EQ-5D-Y-3L value set using composite time trade-off and discrete choice experiments](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-026-02628-3) | [Health and Quality of Life Outcomes](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-and-quality-of-life-outcomes.md) | Abdulmuminu Isah, Iheomimichineke Ojiakor, Chinelo Obi et al. | University of Nigeria; Kenya Medical Research Institute; KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme; … |
| 2026-10-08 | [Estimation of a valuation function for the Health and Self-Management in Diabetes Questionnaire (HASMID) in Hong Kong SAR, China](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-026-02646-1) | [Health and Quality of Life Outcomes](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-and-quality-of-life-outcomes.md) | Richard Huan Xu, Chenxi Yang, Thao Thai et al. | Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Monash University; University of Hong Kong; … |
| 2026-10-05 | [Psychometric performance of the experimental EuroQol Toddler and Infant Populations (EQ-TIPS EV2.0) against developmental functioning evaluated by Bayley-III in rural Chinese infants and toddlers](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-026-02629-2) | [Health and Quality of Life Outcomes](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-and-quality-of-life-outcomes.md) | Guannan Bai, Tianxin Pan, Jie Shao et al. | Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University; Zhejiang University; The University of Melbourne; … |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-and-quality-of-life-outcomes

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