Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research

Top Research Topics at Administration and Policy in Mental Health?

The foci of Administration and Policy in Mental Health are Health administration, Public health, Health informatics, Mental health and Nursing. The Health administration works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Mental illness, Psychiatry, Evidence-based practice and Public relations. Depression (differential diagnoses) is a focus of the presented Psychiatry works and it dives deep in Depression (differential diagnoses).

It focuses on Public health but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Gerontology, Medicaid, Family medicine, Substance abuse and Clinical psychology. Issues in Health informatics were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Managed care, Intervention (counseling), Applied psychology, Service (business) and Medical education. The concepts on Mental health presented in Administration and Policy in Mental Health can also apply to other research fields, including Psychological intervention, Health services research, Public administration and Health policy.

• Health administration (87.52%)
• Public health (74.04%)
• Health informatics (73.48%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Purposeful Sampling for Qualitative Data Collection and Analysis in Mixed Method Implementation Research. (2442 citations)
• Outcomes for Implementation Research: Conceptual Distinctions, Measurement Challenges, and Research Agenda (2089 citations)
• Advancing a conceptual model of evidence-based practice implementation in public service sectors. (1368 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Administration and Policy in Mental Health:

The most cited articles aim to foster the development of research in Health administration, Health informatics, Public health, Mental health and Nursing. The most cited publications cover Health administration research under the subject of Health care. Aside from discussions in Public health, the journal papers also deal with the subject of Psychiatry which intersects with Medicaid disciplines.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

• Law
• Health care
• Mental health

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal investigates studies in Health administration, Health informatics, Public health, Mental health and Family medicine. The work on Health administration tackled in Administration and Policy in Mental Health brings together disciplines like Psychological intervention, Evidence-based practice and Agency (sociology). The studies in Health informatics featured incorporate elements of Intervention (counseling), Public relations, Medical education, Clinical psychology and Qualitative research.

Administration and Policy in Mental Health explores issues in Public health which can be linked to other research areas like Quality (business), Psychiatry, Thematic analysis and Mental illness. Administration and Policy in Mental Health deals with Mental health in conjunction with other fields like

• Odds which is related to area like Demography,
• Anxiety most often made with reference to Depression (differential diagnoses).. Some problems in Family medicine that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Justice (ethics), Outpatient commitment, Recidivism and Ethnic group.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Rates of Mental Health Service Utilization by Children and Adolescents in Schools and Other Common Service Settings: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. (22 citations)
• Therapist-Observer Concordance in Ratings of EBP Strategy Delivery: Challenges and Targeted Directions in Pursuing Pragmatic Measurement in Children’s Mental Health Services (7 citations)
• What Gets Measured Gets Done: How Mental Health Agencies can Leverage Measurement-Based Care for Better Patient Care, Clinician Supports, and Organizational Goals (5 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Administration and Policy in Mental Health (based on the number of publications) are:

• Kimberly Hoagwood (37 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Gregory A. Aarons (30 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• Gary R. Bond (26 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• Robert E. Drake (26 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
• Robert A. Rosenheck (23 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Administration and Policy in Mental Health (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of Pennsylvania (78 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Washington (74 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
• Yale University (73 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• University of California, Los Angeles (69 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• New York University (65 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 3.31% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 37.61% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.40% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.51% of all publications and 32.48% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

• Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
• Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
• Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
• Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
• Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

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