American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Top Research Topics at The American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education?

The journal is mainly concerned with subjects like Pharmacy, Medical education, Curriculum, Pharmacy practice and Nursing. The discussions emphasized the topic of Pharmacy in an attempt to further explore the field of Family medicine. Issues in Medical education were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Higher education, Pedagogy, Pharmacy education and Educational measurement.

Higher education research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Mathematics education and Curriculum development. Pharmacy school, Active learning, Program evaluation, Accreditation and Problem-based learning are some topics wherein Curriculum research discussed in the journal have an impact. The journal focuses on Pharmacy practice but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Experiential education, Experiential learning and Preceptor.

More specifically, the research on Nursing in The American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education is related to Pharmaceutical care. The work on Health care addressed in the journal expands to the thematically related Public relations.

• Pharmacy (58.82%)
• Medical education (57.19%)
• Curriculum (23.28%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Presenting and Evaluating Qualitative Research (585 citations)
• Center for the Advancement of Pharmacy Education 2013 Educational Outcomes (574 citations)
• Response rates and responsiveness for surveys, standards, and the Journal. (471 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at The American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education:

The journal papers primarily focus on research topics in Pharmacy, Medical education, Curriculum, Nursing and Pharmacy practice. While Pharmacy is the key highlight in the published articles, thet also covered some subjects on Health care and Public relations. The most cited publications with studies in Medical education featured incorporate elements of Pedagogy, Active learning, Program evaluation and Educational measurement.

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

• Law
• Internal medicine
• Education

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education focuses largely on the fields of Pharmacy, Medical education, Curriculum, Pharmacy practice and Health care. The American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education explores studies in Pharmacy as part of the wider topic of Family medicine. The Medical education research presented in The American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education explores the relationship between Focus group and the closely related topic of Qualitative research.

The Curriculum works featured in The American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education incorporate elements from Diversity (politics), Cultural competence, Best practice and Pharmacy curriculum. The journal connects research in Pharmacy practice with the related topic of Experiential education. The Health care research dealing mostly with Interprofessional education is the focus of the journal.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Protecting the integrity of the virtual objective structured clinical examination (4 citations)
• Viability of Virtual Skills-based Assessments Focused on Communication. (3 citations)
• The Need for New Guidelines and Training for Remote/Online Testing and Proctoring. (3 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 The American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education (based on the number of publications) are:

• Lucinda L. Maine (67 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Adam M. Persky (62 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Joseph T. DiPiro (50 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• JoLaine R. Draugalis (50 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Jacqueline E. McLaughlin (49 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous 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 The American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (196 papers) published 25 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (188 papers) published 16 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• University of Minnesota (127 papers) published 17 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Kentucky (121 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
• Purdue University (104 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 7 less 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, 0.50% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 41.41% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.12% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.18% of all publications and 28.28% 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.