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A hybrid ranking method based on the Borda count approach, the Standardized Average Index (SA index), was introduced to solve this problem. The paper aims to discuss these issues. <\/jats:p>\n            <\/jats:sec>\n            <jats:sec>\n               <jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title>\n               <jats:p> \u2013 Citations received by the articles published in 85 Health Care Sciences and Services (HCSS) journals in the period of 2009-2013 were analyzed with the use of the JIF, the <jats:italic>h<\/jats:italic>-index, and the SA index. <\/jats:p>\n            <\/jats:sec>\n            <jats:sec>\n               <jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Findings<\/jats:title>\n               <jats:p> \u2013 The SA index exhibits a high correlation with the JIF and the <jats:italic>h<\/jats:italic>-index (<jats:italic>\u03b3<\/jats:italic>\n\t\t\t\t\t&gt;\n\t\t\t\t0.9, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n\t\t\t\t\t&lt;\n\t\t\t\t0.01) and yields results with higher accuracy than the <jats:italic>h<\/jats:italic>-index. The new, comprehensive citation impact analysis of the 85 HCSS journals shows that the SA index can help researchers to find journals with both high JIFs and high <jats:italic>h<\/jats:italic>-indices more easily, thereby harvesting references for paper submissions and research directions. <\/jats:p>\n            <\/jats:sec>\n            <jats:sec>\n               <jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title>\n               <jats:p> \u2013 The contribution of this study is the application of the Borda count approach to combine the HCSS journal rankings produced by the two widely accepted indices of the JIF and the <jats:italic>h<\/jats:italic>-index. 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