According to Washington & Lee University’s 2009 law journal rankings, the Houston Journal of Health Law & Policy is among the top ten journals in the country in the category of Health, Medicine, Psychology, and Psychiatry -- 3rd overall. This is part of the continuously upward trend for the journal since it was established in 2001. The Washington & Lee rankings examine health law related journals worldwide and rank according to several factors discussed on their website.

  In the Washington & Lee ranking of Health, Medicine, Psychology, and Psychiatry journals, we ranked first in 'currency factor."  This factor aims to compare journals on how rapidly their articles become cited.  Based on "impact factor," which is a ratio of the number of times other journals cite to our journal compared with the number of articles published in a ranking period, the Houston Journal of Health Law & Policy is second, behind only the Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics. The rankings can be found at http://lawlib.wlu.edu/LJ/index.aspx.

  The Houston Journal of Health Law and Policy is affiliated with the University’s of Houston’s Health Law and Policy Institute, the #2 health law program in the country according to the 2009 U.S. News and World Report rankings.

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