Where Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Funded Research Is Published: Top 36 Journals

In shortPatient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (United States) is named as a funder in the recent research articles of 36 journals we checked, most often in Contemporary Clinical Trials (8 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 Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute funded research most often

#	Journal	Articles naming it	Indexing	Impact factor*	Median review time
1	Contemporary Clinical Trials	8 of 200	SCIE	1.82	n/a
2	Statistics in Medicine	8 of 200	SCIE	2.03	267 days
3	Research Involvement and Engagement	6 of 200	Scopus	3.54	132 days
4	American Heart Journal	5 of 200	SCIE	3.03	n/a
5	Medical Decision Making	5 of 191	SCIE SSCI	2.01	n/a
6	Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology)	4 of 200	SCIE	2.49	n/a
7	Statistical Methods in Medical Research	4 of 200	SCIE	2.06	n/a
8	American Journal of Health Education	3 of 92	ESCI	1.56	94 days
9	American Journal of Kidney Diseases	3 of 200	SCIE	1.38	n/a
10	Clinical Trials	3 of 144	SCIE	2.58	n/a
11	Implementation Science Communications	3 of 200	ESCI	2.47	152 days
12	Obesity Science & Practice	3 of 185	ESCI	2.83	149 days
13	Physical Therapy	3 of 200	SCIE	3.25	n/a
14	School Psychology	3 of 190	SSCI	1.61	n/a
15	Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research	2 of 113	SSCI	3.78	201 days
16	Behavior Analysis in Practice	2 of 200	ESCI	2.00	256 days
17	Biostatistics	2 of 63	SCIE	1.83	n/a
18	Breast Cancer Research and Treatment	2 of 200	SCIE	3.57	107 days
19	Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America	2 of 165	SSCI	0.67	n/a
20	Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology	2 of 116	ESCI	1.02	n/a
21	Fertility and Sterility	2 of 200	SCIE	1.31	n/a
22	Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities	2 of 38	SSCI	1.59	n/a
23	Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes	2 of 200	ESCI	2.31	187 days
24	Journal of Perinatology	2 of 200	SCIE	2.28	141 days
25	Lifetime Data Analysis	2 of 90	SCIE	0.82	228 days
26	Psychiatry	2 of 82	SCIE SSCI	1.69	n/a
27	Psychotherapy	2 of 165	SSCI	1.54	n/a
28	Public Health Reports	2 of 200	SCIE SSCI	1.91	n/a
29	Academic Psychiatry	1 of 200	SSCI	0.85	130 days
30	Anesthesiology Clinics	1 of 185	Scopus	0.91	n/a
31	Clinical Case Studies	1 of 66	SSCI	1.18	n/a
32	eNeurologicalSci	1 of 97	Scopus	1.79	n/a
33	Intellectual and developmental disabilities	1 of 95	SSCI	1.67	200 days
34	Pain Practice	1 of 200	SCIE	1.95	139 days
35	Perspectives on Behavior Science	1 of 98	SSCI	2.42	135 days
36	Revue du Rhumatisme	1 of 200	Scopus	0.06	n/a

"Articles naming" counts the research articles (of up to 200 from the last 24 months) whose funder list names Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. *Impact factor calculated from OpenAlex open data, not the official Clarivate value. Review time: median days from submission to acceptance, from the dates publishers deposit in Crossref.

Funders named alongside Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

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

National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute National Institute of Mental Health National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences National Natural Science Foundation of China National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Institute on Drug Abuse Medical Research Council Canadian Institutes of Health Research Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada National Science Foundation National Institute for Health and Care Research U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

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Frequently asked questions

Which journals publish the most Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute funded research?

In the recent research articles we checked, the journals that name Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute as a funder most often are Contemporary Clinical Trials, Statistics in Medicine, Research Involvement and Engagement, American Heart Journal, Medical Decision Making. In all, 36 journals name it.

Does publishing in these journals help my Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute grant?

These journals already publish work supported by Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, 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 Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute 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 Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute's open access policy and your grant terms; for country-based waivers, use the free APC waiver checker.

Where does this data come from?

From the funder information publishers deposit with each article in Crossref. For each journal, ScholarsColab looked at up to 200 research articles from the last 24 months and counted the funders they name. Not every publisher deposits funders, so a journal can be missing.

Source, method and date. Source: the funder information publishers deposit with each article in Crossref. Method: 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 Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute or these journals.