Published by: Springer
| Discipline name | Position | Best Scientists | Publications | D-Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences and Humanities | 362 | 33 | 46 | 11 |
| Psychology | 876 | 24 | 26 | 7 |
Health & Justice primarily tackles Public health, Social policy, Prison, Psychiatry and Mental health. The journal facilitates discussions on Public health that incorporate concepts from other fields like Criminal justice, Justice (ethics), Health care and Psychological intervention. Psychological intervention research featured in Health & Justice incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Clinical psychology and Medical education.
The work on Social policy tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Family medicine, Criminology, Substance abuse and Public relations. Health & Justice focuses on Substance abuse but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Intervention (counseling) and Recidivism. Some problems in Intervention (counseling) that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Randomized controlled trial and Referral.
The research on Prison tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Grounded theory, Social support, Demography and Imprisonment. The studies in Substance dependence and Addiction under the umbrella field of Psychiatry overlap with concepts in Injury prevention. The Mental illness studies presented in it fall under the field of Mental health, but it also has connections to other fields such as Suicide prevention and Suicide attempt.
The journal papers mainly deal with areas of study such as Public health, Social policy, Prison, Nursing and Intervention (counseling). The journal publications focus on Public health but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Proportional hazards model, Psychiatry, Health care and Gerontology. While work presented in the most cited publications provide substantial information on Social policy, it also covers topics in Psychological intervention and Criminology.
Health & Justice investigates studies in Public health, Social policy, Prison, Criminal justice and Health care. The journal addresses concerns in Public health which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Psychological intervention, Mental health, Psychiatry and Immigration. The journal holds forums on Social policy that merges themes from other disciplines such as Nursing, Family medicine, Justice (ethics), Criminology and Solitary confinement.
In the journal, Overcrowding and Public relations are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Prison research. While Criminal justice is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Intimidation, Secondary data, High prevalence and Substance use. While work presented in Health & Justice provided substantial information on Health care, it also covered topics in Stigma (botany), Distrust and Competence (law).
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 Health & Justice (based on the number of publications) are:
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 Health & Justice (based on the number of publications) are:
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.
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, 3.57% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 40.74% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 18.52% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.52% of all publications and 22.22% were from other institutions.
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.
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.
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:
The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.
Christy K. Scott;Michael L. Dennis;Christine E. Grella;Allison F. Mischel
(2021)Kat Ford;Mark A. Bellis;Mark A. Bellis;Karen Hughes;Karen Hughes;Emma R. Barton
(2020)Anne Bukten;Anne Bukten;Ingunn Olea Lund;Stuart A. Kinner;Eline Borger Rognli
(2020)Lauren A. Magee;J. Dennis Fortenberry;Marc Rosenman;Matthew C. Aalsma
(2021)Rodney Funk;Hannah K. Knudsen;Larkin S. McReynolds;John P. Bartkowski
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