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Family Medicine and Community Health
H-index 10

Family Medicine and Community Health

2305-6983

Published by: Springer

https://fmch.bmj.com/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 953 12 13 5
Medicine 2719 25 25 8

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 43
Documents by Best Scientists*: 45
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 21
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.154
Impact Factor: 4.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Family Medicine and Community Health?

Family Medicine and Community Health covers a variety of subjects, including Family medicine, Health care, Nursing, China and Public health. While the journal focused on Family medicine, it was also able to explore topics like Intervention (counseling), Community health and Psychological intervention. Some problems in Health care that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Public relations and Environmental health.

Family Medicine and Community Health explores issues in China which can be linked to other research areas like Government and Medical education. The journal centers on topics in Public health, with a focus on Global health. Many of the studies tackled connect Primary care with a similar field of study like Quality management.

  • Family medicine (24.07%)
  • Health care (18.34%)
  • Nursing (12.32%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Semistructured interviewing in primary care research: a balance of relationship and rigour. (148 citations)
  • Clinicopathological characteristics of 8697 patients with COVID-19 in China: a meta-analysis. (64 citations)
  • Telemedicine, the current COVID-19 pandemic and the future: a narrative review and perspectives moving forward in the USA. (59 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Family Medicine and Community Health:

The published articles tackle a plethora of topics, such as Family medicine, Health care, Qualitative property, Medical education and Data collection. The most cited papers explore topics in Family medicine which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Psychological intervention and Social environment. The works on Data collection tackled in the published articles bring together disciplines like Health services research, Interview, Protocol (science), Rigour and Feeling.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Law
  • Disease

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The scientific interests tackled in Family Medicine and Community Health are Global health, Public health, Health care, Pandemic and Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The studies on Global health discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Development economics, Community-based participatory research, Participatory action research and Health policy. The featured Public health research is covered under the field of Nursing.

The work on Health care tackled in it brings together disciplines like Data collection, Primary care, Public relations, Low birth weight and Prenatal care. Humanism, Democracy and Family medicine are some topics wherein Pandemic research discussed in the journal have an impact. In Family Medicine and Community Health, Chlamydia, Shame, Ambulatory care, Confidentiality and Family planning are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Family medicine research.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Do statins reduce mortality in older people? Findings from a longitudinal study using primary care records. (2 citations)
  • Rationales and uncertainties for aspirin use in COVID-19: a narrative review. (2 citations)
  • Case-based audit and feedback around a decision aid improved antibiotic choice and duration for uncomplicated cystitis in primary care clinics (1 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 Family Medicine and Community Health (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Roger Zoorob (10 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Hui Yang (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Michael D. Fetters (9 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • John Murtagh (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Maria C. Mejia de Grubb (8 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 Family Medicine and Community Health (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Baylor College of Medicine (19 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Case Western Reserve University (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Michigan (15 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Monash University (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Edith Cowan University (8 papers) absent at the last 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, 6.25% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 6.67% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 36.67% of all publications and 46.67% 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.

Top Publications

  • How well did Norwegian general practice prepare to address the COVID-19 pandemic?

    (2020)
    22 Citations
  • Cash transfer during the COVID-19 pandemic: a multicentre, randomised controlled trial

    (2021)
    18 Citations
  • Communities and service providers address access to perinatal care in postconflict Northern Uganda: socialising evidence for participatory action.

    Loubna Belaid;Pamela Atim;Eunice Atim;Emmanuel Ochola

    (2021)
    13 Citations
  • Universal health information is essential for universal health coverage

    (2023)
    11 Citations
  • Tailoring lifestyle programmes for diabetes prevention for US South Asians.

    Mary Beth Weber;Monique M Hennink;K M Venkat Narayan

    (2020)
    11 Citations
  • Cultural adaptation and content validity of a Chinese translation of the 'Person-Centered Primary Care Measure': findings from cognitive debriefing.

    Emily Tsui Yee Tse;Cindy Lo Kuen Lam;Carlos King Ho Wong;Weng Yee Chin

    (2020)
    11 Citations
  • One size does not fit all: adapt and localise for effective, proportionate and equitable responses to COVID-19 in Africa.

    Hayley MacGregor;Melissa Leach;Akhona Tshangela;Tabitha A Hrynick

    (2021)
    10 Citations
  • International examples of primary care COVID-19 preparedness and response: a comparison of four countries

    (2022)
    10 Citations
  • Case-based audit and feedback around a decision aid improved antibiotic choice and duration for uncomplicated cystitis in primary care clinics

    Larissa Grigoryan;Roger Zoorob;George Germanos;Mohamad Sidani

    (2021)
    10 Citations

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