Where Health Canada Funded Research Is Published: Top 11 Journals

In shortHealth Canada (Canada) is named as a funder in the recent research articles of 11 journals we checked, most often in The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry (5 of 200 recent articles). The journals below publish its funded work most often; open a journal for its indexing, review time, reviewer comments and fee waivers.

Journals that publish Health Canada funded research most often

#	Journal	Articles naming it	Indexing	Impact factor*	Median review time
1	The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry	5 of 200	SCIE SSCI	3.84	n/a
2	Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism	4 of 200	SCIE	2.96	n/a
3	Canadian Journal of Public Health	4 of 200	SSCI	1.75	212 days
4	International Journal of Mental Health Systems	4 of 94	SSCI	4.53	238 days
5	Journal of Palliative Care	4 of 88	SCIE SSCI	1.46	n/a
6	Environmental Health	3 of 200	SCIE	6.29	115 days
7	BMC Palliative Care	2 of 200	SCIE SSCI	3.82	124 days
8	Healthcare Management Forum	2 of 190	Scopus	1.73	n/a
9	The Canadian Journal of Addiction	2 of 67	ESCI	0.64	134 days
10	Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes	1 of 63	SSCI	0.84	138 days
11	Health Psychology Open	1 of 35	ESCI	2.14	n/a

"Articles naming" counts the research articles (of up to 200 from the last 24 months) whose funder list names Health Canada. *Impact factor calculated by ScholarsColab, not the official Clarivate value. Review time: median days from submission to acceptance.

Funders named alongside Health Canada

Other funders that appear in the same journals. Their pages show where their funded research is published.

Canadian Institutes of Health Research Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada National Institute of Mental Health Mitacs Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior Public Health Agency of Canada National Institute for Health and Care Research National Institutes of Health Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Michael Smith Health Research BC Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Santé Canada Research Chairs Fogarty International Center

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Frequently asked questions

Which journals publish the most Health Canada funded research?

In the recent research articles we checked, the journals that name Health Canada as a funder most often are The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism, Canadian Journal of Public Health, International Journal of Mental Health Systems, Journal of Palliative Care. In all, 11 journals name it.

Does publishing in these journals help my Health Canada grant?

These journals already publish work supported by Health Canada, so editors and reviewers know this kind of research. Whether a journal suits your paper still depends on its scope, indexing and review time, shown for each journal in the table.

Does Health Canada pay the article processing charge (APC)?

Many funders pay or reimburse open access fees under their open access policy, but the rules differ by funder and by grant. Check Health Canada's open access policy and your grant terms; for country-based waivers, use the free APC waiver checker.

How is this counted?

For each journal, ScholarsColab looked at up to 200 research articles from the last 24 months and counted the funders they name. Not every article lists its funders, so a journal can be missing.

For each journal, ScholarsColab looked at up to 200 research articles from the last 24 months and counted the funders they name; spelling variants of a funder are combined. Updated: 29 October 2026. ScholarsColab is not affiliated with Health Canada or these journals.