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Health Expectations

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 61 132 196 22
Medicine 1313 147 171 18

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 419
Documents by Best Scientists*: 445
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 6
SCIMAGO H-index: 100
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.371
Impact Factor: 3.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Health Expectations?

Health Expectations mostly deals with topics like Nursing, Qualitative research, Family medicine, Health care and Patient participation. While Nursing is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Quality (business), Public relations and MEDLINE. CINAHL is a major topic of MEDLINE research presented in it.

The work on Qualitative research tackled in Health Expectations brings together disciplines like Mental health, Social psychology, Focus group and Medical education. Issues in Family medicine were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Cancer, Breast cancer and Randomized controlled trial. It features studies on Health care, including topics such as Health policy.

The work tackled in Health Expectations goes beyond the discipline of Psychological intervention as it also encompasses Intervention (counseling).

  • Nursing (33.73%)
  • Qualitative research (25.14%)
  • Family medicine (20.33%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Mapping the impact of patient and public involvement on health and social care research: a systematic review (620 citations)
  • A measure of informed choice. (550 citations)
  • The OPTION scale: measuring the extent that clinicians involve patients in decision-making tasks. (357 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Health Expectations:

The most cited papers generally zeroe in on subjects such as Nursing, Patient participation, MEDLINE, Health care and Family medicine. The journal articles deal with Nursing in conjunction with Qualitative research and similar fields in Medical education and Feeling. Empirical evidence, Public relations and Patient education are some topics wherein Health care research discussed in the published papers has an impact.

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

  • Law
  • Internal medicine
  • Health care

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The topics of Qualitative research, Health care, Family medicine, Medical education and Mental health are the focal point of discussions in Health Expectations. In addition to Qualitative research research, Health Expectations aims to explore topics under Nursing, Focus group, Content analysis and Qualitative property. Psychological intervention is part of Nursing studies tackled in Health Expectations.

Health care research is the primary subject tackled in the journal with a focus on Patient participation. It holds forums on Family medicine that merges themes from other disciplines such as Cancer, Pandemic and Disease. The research on Mental health presented in it often intersects with areas of study such as

  • Intervention (counseling), which have a strong connection to Randomized controlled trial,
  • Public relations together with Power (social and political)..

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Public attitudes towards COVID-19 contact tracing apps: A UK-based focus group study. (22 citations)
  • Understanding COVID-19 misinformation and vaccine hesitancy in context: Findings from a qualitative study involving citizens in Bradford, UK. (10 citations)
  • Reflections, impact and recommendations of a co-produced qualitative study with young people who have experience of mental health difficulties. (6 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 Health Expectations (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Glyn Elwyn (27 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Vikki Entwistle (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Carolyn Chew-Graham (23 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Phyllis Butow (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jonathan Tritter (16 papers) published 1 paper 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 Health Expectations (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Sydney (78 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Manchester (76 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition, 9 more than at the previous edition,
  • King's College London (75 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Leeds (52 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Toronto (52 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 1 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, 2.15% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 30.70% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.46% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 19.30% of all publications and 42.54% 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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Top Publications

  • Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs): A review of generic and condition-specific measures and a discussion of trends and issues.

    Kate Churruca;Chiara Pomare;Louise A. Ellis;Janet C. Long

    (2021)
    602 Citations
  • Understanding COVID-19 misinformation and vaccine hesitancy in context: Findings from a qualitative study involving citizens in Bradford, UK.

    Bridget Lockyer;Shahid Islam;Aamnah Rahman;Josie Dickerson

    (2021)
    311 Citations
  • Evaluating the “return on patient engagement initiatives” in medicines research and development: A literature review

    Lidewij Eva Vat;Teresa Finlay;Tjerk Jan Schuitmaker-Warnaar;Nick Fahy

    (2020)
    160 Citations
  • Mapping definitions of co‐production and co‐design in health and social care: A systematic scoping review providing lessons for the future

    (2022)
    127 Citations
  • The challenges of caring for children who require complex medical care at home: 'The go between for everyone is the parent and as the parent that's an awful lot of responsibility'.

    Bethan F. Page;Lisa Hinton;Emily Harrop;Charles Vincent

    (2020)
    97 Citations
  • Beyond translation: Engaging with culturally and linguistically diverse consumers

    Reema Harrison;Merrilyn Walton;Upma Chitkara;Elizabeth Manias;Elizabeth Manias

    (2020)
    83 Citations
  • The psychological burden of waiting for procedures and patient-centred strategies that could support the mental health of wait-listed patients and caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review.

    Anna R Gagliardi;Cindy Y Y Yip;Jonathan Irish;Frances C Wright

    (2021)
    71 Citations
  • Patient and Public Involvement of young people with a chronic condition in projects in health and social care: A scoping review.

    Femke van Schelven;Hennie Boeije;Veerle Mariën;Jany Rademakers

    (2020)
    48 Citations

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