Globalization and Health

Top Research Topics at Globalization and Health?

The journal primarily focuses on research topics in Health services research, Public health, Social policy, Economic growth and Global health. Globalization and Health explores the study of Health services research to improve our understanding of the broader topic of Health care. The journal explores issues in Health care which can be linked to other research areas like Nursing and Family medicine.

Topics in Public health explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Mental health, Development economics, Epidemiology and Environmental health. The research on Epidemiology featured in Globalization and Health combines topics in other fields like Demography, Disease and Gerontology. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Social policy, it also covered topics in Corporate governance, Globalization, Public administration, Government and Social determinants of health.

The journal focused on Social determinants of health research but expanded to cover Health equity. The work on Public relations tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Qualitative research and General partnership. It connects the study in Health policy with the closely related area of Health promotion.

• Health services research (71.39%)
• Public health (64.06%)
• Social policy (50.49%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Prevalence of stress, anxiety, depression among the general population during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis. (668 citations)
• Uneven dietary development: linking the policies and processes of globalization with the nutrition transition, obesity and diet-related chronic diseases (579 citations)
• Can the ubiquitous power of mobile phones be used to improve health outcomes in developing countries (410 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Globalization and Health:

The most cited publications are organized to address concerns in the fields of Health services research, Public health, Social policy, Global health and Development economics. The published papers explore issues in Health services research which can be linked to other research areas like Psychological intervention, Public relations and Health policy. While the published articles focused on Public health, they were also able to explore topics like Epidemiology, Gerontology, Environmental health, Globalization and Disease.

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

• Law
• China
• Public health

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The topics of Health services research, Public health, Social policy, Global health and Economic growth are the focal point of discussions in the journal. Research in Health services research tackled falls within the umbrella of Health care. The Public health works featured in it incorporate elements from Psychological intervention, Mental health, Demography and Epidemiology.

Corporate governance, Public relations, Government, Development economics and Pandemic are some topics wherein Social policy research discussed in the journal have an impact. The journal deals with Global health in conjunction with Health equity and similar fields in Poverty. Economic growth research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Humanitarian crisis, General partnership, Sustainability and Strategic planning.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Mental health consequences of COVID-19 media coverage: the need for effective crisis communication practices. (60 citations)
• Psychiatric symptoms, risk, and protective factors among university students in quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic in China. (29 citations)
• Mental burden and its risk and protective factors during the early phase of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: systematic review and meta-analyses. (13 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 Globalization and Health (based on the number of publications) are:

• Ronald Labonté (31 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Matthew Chersich (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Jillian Clare Kohler (14 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Kelley Lee (12 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
• Greg Martin (11 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 Globalization and Health (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of London (86 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• Johns Hopkins University (53 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• World Health Organization (51 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Ottawa (49 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
• Harvard University (47 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 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, 1.59% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 17.74% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.10% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.16% of all publications and 50.00% 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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