BMC Health Services Research

Top Research Topics at BMC Health Services Research?

The objective of BMC Health Services Research is to combine knowledge in the areas of Health administration, Nursing research, Public health, Health informatics and Health care. Research in the field of Nursing was used to conduct the presented Health administration study. The studies on Nursing discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Service delivery framework, Service (business) and Program evaluation.

The research on Nursing research featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Health services research, Public relations, Medical education, Focus group and Thematic analysis. Public health research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Cross-sectional study, Demography, Gerontology and Environmental health. BMC Health Services Research facilitates discussions on Health informatics that incorporate concepts from other fields like MEDLINE, Medical emergency, Referral, Mental health and Quality management.

In BMC Health Services Research, Physical therapy and Quality of life (healthcare) are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Health care research. The study on Family medicine presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Patient satisfaction. Emergency medicine study tackled is connected to the field of Retrospective cohort study.

• Health administration (80.80%)
• Nursing research (66.08%)
• Public health (54.20%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• The Safety Attitudes Questionnaire: psychometric properties, benchmarking data, and emerging research (1140 citations)
• Systems for grading the quality of evidence and the strength of recommendations I: critical appraisal of existing approaches The GRADE Working Group. (737 citations)
• Patient engagement in research: a systematic review (698 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at BMC Health Services Research:

The most cited articles primarily tackle Health administration, Nursing research, Public health, Nursing and Health informatics. The Health administration research presented in the published papers falls under the domain of Health care. The journal publications with studies in Health informatics featured incorporate elements of Evidence-based medicine and Medical emergency.

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 BMC Health Services Research (based on the number of publications) are:

• Jeffrey Braithwaite (50 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
• Michel Wensing (36 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Peter P. Groenewegen (30 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Cordula Wagner (30 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Peter Bower (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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in BMC Health Services Research (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of Toronto (267 papers) published 31 papers at the last edition, 9 more than at the previous edition,
• University of London (253 papers) published 23 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
• Harvard University (208 papers) published 20 papers at the last edition, 10 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Sydney (196 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Oslo (191 papers) published 20 papers at the last edition, 10 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, 2.82% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 16.70% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.17% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.78% of all publications and 56.35% 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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