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Advances in Health Sciences Education
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Advances in Health Sciences Education

1382-4996

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/10459

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 97 51 123 20
Medicine 2436 17 27 10

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 96
Documents by Best Scientists*: 164
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 7
SCIMAGO H-index: 86
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.359
Impact Factor: 3.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Advances in Health Sciences Education?

The journal is mainly concerned with subjects like Medical education, Curriculum, Pedagogy, Social psychology and Teaching method. Advances in Health Sciences Education explores issues in Medical education which can be linked to other research areas like Higher education, Qualitative research, MEDLINE and Competence (human resources). The journal holds forums on Qualitative research that merges themes from other disciplines such as Nursing and Context (language use).

The Curriculum works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Mathematics education and Problem-based learning. The works on Mathematics education deal in particular with Academic achievement. Advances in Health Sciences Education addresses concerns in Social psychology which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Cognitive psychology and Applied psychology.

  • Medical education (40.41%)
  • Curriculum (15.45%)
  • Pedagogy (11.72%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Likert scales, levels of measurement and the "laws" of statistics. (1978 citations)
  • Reflection and reflective practice in health professions education: a systematic review (1234 citations)
  • The assessment of professional competence: Developments, research and practical implications. (863 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Advances in Health Sciences Education:

The journal papers tackle a plethora of topics, such as Medical education, Curriculum, Teaching method, Social psychology and Competence (human resources). MEDLINE, Educational measurement, Higher education and Pedagogy are some topics wherein Medical education research discussed in the journal papers has an impact. The works on Social psychology tackled in the journal articles bring together disciplines like Test (assessment), Cognitive psychology, Cognition, Applied psychology and Formative assessment.

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

  • Law
  • World War II
  • Statistics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Advances in Health Sciences Education investigates areas of study like Medical education, Health care, Context (language use), Curriculum and Qualitative research. The journal served as a forum through which researchers explored different topics like Medical education and Focus group. In Advances in Health Sciences Education, Teamwork and Educational research are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Health care research.

The tackled Context (language use) research is interrelated with Narrative which concerns subjects like Credibility, Diversity (politics) and Epistemology. Topics in Curriculum explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Learning environment, Thematic analysis and Engineering ethics. In addition to Qualitative research research, Advances in Health Sciences Education aims to explore topics under Pedagogy, Public relations and Value (ethics).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Gamification of health professions education: a systematic review (15 citations)
  • Tackling the void: the importance of addressing absences in the field of health professions education research. (12 citations)
  • "Changing the narrative": a study on professional identity formation among Black/African American physicians in the U.S. (9 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.

The top authors publishing in Advances in Health Sciences Education (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Geoff Norman (64 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Cees P. M. van der Vleuten (41 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Henk G. Schmidt (31 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Geoffrey R. Norman (29 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Kevin McLaughlin (27 papers) absent 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Advances in Health Sciences Education (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Maastricht University (139 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • McMaster University (122 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Toronto (99 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Calgary (54 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Erasmus University Rotterdam (52 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 3 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, 2.15% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 37.36% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.09% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.09% of all publications and 38.46% 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.

Career Opportunities in Health Sciences Education

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Top Publications

  • Dismantling the master's house: new ways of knowing for equity and social justice in health professions education.

    Morag Paton;Thirusha Naidu;Tasha R. Wyatt;Oluwasemipe Oni

    (2020)
    120 Citations
  • The development of competency frameworks in healthcare professions: a scoping review

    Alan M. Batt;Alan M. Batt;Walter Tavares;Walter Tavares;Brett Williams

    (2020)
    118 Citations
  • “It’s yours to take”: generating learner feedback literacy in the workplace

    Christy Noble;Stephen Billett;Lyn Armit;Leigh Collier

    (2020)
    83 Citations
  • A history of assessment in medical education.

    Cees P. M. van der Vleuten;Cees P. M. van der Vleuten

    (2020)
    78 Citations
  • Scoping reviews in health professions education: challenges, considerations and lessons learned about epistemology and methodology

    Aliki Thomas;Stuart Lubarsky;Lara Varpio;Steven J. Durning

    (2020)
    76 Citations
  • Entrustable professional activities versus competencies and skills: Exploring why different concepts are often conflated

    (2022)
    65 Citations
  • Exploring the impact of education on preclinical medical students’ tolerance of uncertainty: a qualitative longitudinal study

    Georgina C. Stephens;Charlotte E. Rees;Charlotte E. Rees;Michelle D. Lazarus

    (2021)
    49 Citations
  • Competences for implementation science: what trainees need to learn and where they learn it.

    Marie-Therese Schultes;Marie-Therese Schultes;Monisa Aijaz;Julia Klug;Dean L. Fixsen

    (2021)
    44 Citations
  • More than surgical tools: a systematic review of robots as didactic tools for the education of professionals in health sciences

    (2022)
    37 Citations
  • Fairness in human judgement in assessment: a hermeneutic literature review and conceptual framework

    Nyoli Valentine;Steven Durning;Ernst Michael Shanahan;Lambert Schuwirth

    (2021)
    36 Citations

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