Health Affairs

Top Research Topics at Health Affairs?

The journal is organized to address concerns in the fields of Health care, Health policy, Nursing, Family medicine and Economic growth. Health Affairs focuses on Health care but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Actuarial science, MEDLINE and Public relations. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Actuarial science, it also covered topics in Payment and Self-insurance.

Health Affairs facilitates discussions on Health policy that incorporate concepts from other fields like Public administration, Health education and Health promotion. Issues in Public administration were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Government, Prologue and Politics. Primary care is a focus of the Family medicine works in the journal.

The study on Medicaid presented in the journal intersects with the topics under Health insurance. The Health insurance works, particularly on Health reform are tackled in the journal.

• Health care (27.47%)
• Health policy (15.50%)
• Nursing (14.01%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• The Triple Aim: Care, Health, And Cost (3268 citations)
• Improving Chronic Illness Care: Translating Evidence Into Action (2702 citations)
• Annual Medical Spending Attributable To Obesity: Payer-And Service-Specific Estimates (2396 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Health Affairs:

The published papers facilitate discussions on Health care, Nursing, Health policy, Family medicine and MEDLINE. The featured Health care studies in the most cited articles mainly concentrate on Public relations but also cover areas of interest in Information technology. The studies on Family medicine discussed at the journal articles can also contribute to research in the domains of Ambulatory care and Medicaid.

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

• Law
• World War II
• Internal medicine

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal focuses largely on the fields of MEDLINE, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), Health care and 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak. Health Affairs addresses concerns in MEDLINE which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Nursing, Medicaid, Family medicine, Intensive care medicine and Medical emergency. Most of the works presented in the journal deals with Medicaid but it intersects with the subject of Health insurance.

The research on Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Health equity, Nursing homes, Demography and Emergency medicine. The studies in Health care featured incorporate elements of Emergency department, Immigration, Equity (finance) and Demographic economics. Health Affairs explores topics in Pandemic which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Economic growth, Ethnic group and Public health.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Clinical Outcomes Of A COVID-19 Vaccine: Implementation Over Efficacy. (65 citations)
• COVID-19 Vaccine To Vaccination: Why Leaders Must Invest In Delivery Strategies Now. (24 citations)
• Variation In Telemedicine Use And Outpatient Care During The COVID-19 Pandemic In The United States. (23 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 Health Affairs (based on the number of publications) are:

• John K. Iglehart (143 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Alan R. Weil (91 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Robert J. Blendon (64 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Susan Dentzer (59 papers) absent at the last edition,
• James C. Robinson (58 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 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 Health Affairs (based on the number of publications) are:

• Harvard University (843 papers) published 51 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
• Johns Hopkins University (270 papers) published 15 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• University of California, San Francisco (241 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Michigan (219 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Pennsylvania (208 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 3 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, 11.43% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 53.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 16.59% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 14.75% of all publications and 15.67% 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.

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