Health Services and Delivery Research

Top Research Topics at Health Services and Delivery Research?

Nursing, Psychological intervention, Health care, Context (language use) and Mental health are the subjects of interest in the journal. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Nursing, it also covered topics in Workforce, Systematic review, Service delivery framework, Service (business) and Focus group. It holds forums on Systematic review that merges themes from other disciplines such as PsycINFO, Cochrane Library and CINAHL.

The Psychological intervention research presented in the journal also delves into studies in intersecting subjects like

• Family medicine which intersects with area such as Patient satisfaction,
• Randomized controlled trial which intersects with area such as Physical therapy.. It focuses on Health care as well as the interrelated topic of Knowledge management. It explores Context (language use) to see how it intertwines with other fields like Public relations and Quality (business).

The Public relations study featured in it draws parallels with the field of Patient safety. The Mental health works, particularly on Mental illness are tackled in Health Services and Delivery Research. Patient experience study tackled is connected to the field of Quality management.

• Nursing (35.76%)
• Psychological intervention (33.14%)
• Health care (22.97%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• A rapid synthesis of the evidence on interventions supporting self-management for people with long-term conditions (PRISMS Practical systematic Review of Self-Management Support for long-term conditions) (240 citations)
• ReseArch with Patient and Public invOlvement: a RealisT evaluation – the RAPPORT study (131 citations)
• Functionality and feedback: a realist synthesis of the collation, interpretation and utilisation of patient-reported outcome measures data to improve patient care (102 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Health Services and Delivery Research:

The journal articles facilitate discussions on Nursing, Psychological intervention, Health care, Context (language use) and Public relations. The works on Nursing tackled in the published papers bring together disciplines like Teamwork, Mental health, Service (business) and Skill mix. The research on Psychological intervention tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Service delivery framework, Palliative care and Family medicine, Referral.

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

• Health care
• Management
• Nursing

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Health Services and Delivery Research is mainly concerned with subjects like Psychological intervention, Health care, Family medicine, Nursing and Intervention (counseling). It explores issues in Psychological intervention which can be linked to other research areas like Grey literature, Mental health, Global health and Medical education. It facilitates discussions on Health care that incorporate concepts from other fields like Medical prescription, Cochrane Library, Gerontology and Referral.

Family medicine research featured in Health Services and Delivery Research incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Health economics, Surgical care, Palliative care, Urinary incontinence and Acute care. Aside from discussions in Palliative care, Health Services and Delivery Research also deals with the subject of Patient satisfaction which intersects with Systematic review disciplines. The journal is mostly focused on Nursing, specifically Family caregivers.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Developing an evidence-based online method of linking behaviour change techniques and theoretical mechanisms of action: a multiple methods study (3 citations)
• Increasing specialist intensity at weekends to improve outcomes for patients undergoing emergency hospital admission: the HiSLAC two-phase mixed-methods study (1 citations)
• Safety of reducing antibiotic prescribing in primary care: a mixed-methods study (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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Health Services and Delivery Research (based on the number of publications) are:

• Duncan Chambers (15 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Andrew Booth (14 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• Alison Eastwood (11 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Ruth McDonald (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Janette Turner (10 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 Health Services and Delivery Research (based on the number of publications) are:

• King's College London (52 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
• University of York (47 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Sheffield (45 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 11 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Oxford (42 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• University College London (41 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 6 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, 5.56% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 94.12% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.88% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 0.00% of all publications and 0.00% 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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