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Healthcare Management Forum
H-index 9

Healthcare Management Forum

0840-4704

Published by: SAGE

https://journals.sagepub.com/home/hmf

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 950 12 23 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 43
Documents by Best Scientists*: 52
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 27
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.913
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Healthcare Management Forum?

Healthcare Management Forum aims to foster the development of research in Health care, Nursing, Public relations, MEDLINE and Knowledge management. The research on Health care featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Quality (business) and Process (engineering). Nursing and Family medicine are closely related fields of research discussed in it.

  • Health care (24.80%)
  • Nursing (17.71%)
  • Public relations (16.26%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Deciding to forego life-sustaining treatment. (260 citations)
  • Mental illness-related stigma in healthcare: Barriers to access and care and evidence-based solutions. (213 citations)
  • Integrated health information systems based on the RAI/MDS series of instruments. (151 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Healthcare Management Forum:

The journal papers investigate areas of study like Health care, Nursing, MEDLINE, Public relations and Knowledge management. In addition to Health care research, the journal papers aim to explore topics under Multidisciplinary approach, Operations management and Quality management. While the journal publications focused on Nursing, they were also able to explore topics like Service delivery framework, Acute care and Family medicine.

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

  • Law
  • Health care
  • Nursing

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main research concerns discussed in Healthcare Management Forum are Health care, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), MEDLINE, Public relations and Pandemic. The concepts on Health care presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Quality (business), Context (language use), Nursing and Process management. The journal holds forums on Nursing that merges themes from other disciplines such as Mental health, Employee engagement and Patient experience.

While the journal focused on MEDLINE, it was also able to explore topics like Emergency department, Primary care, Emergency medicine, Health information and Mental illness. Healthcare Management Forum addresses concerns in Public relations which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Conflict of interest, Key (cryptography) and Position (finance). Healthcare Management Forum facilitates discussions on Pandemic that incorporate concepts from other fields like Economic growth, Public economics, Jurisdiction and Set (psychology).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Will telemedicine survive after COVID-19? (1 citations)
  • Addressing prioritization in healthcare amidst a global pandemic. (1 citations)
  • A model of an agile organization designed to better manage the COVID-19 crisis. (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.

The top authors publishing in Healthcare Management Forum (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Matthew D. Pavelich (32 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Randall R. Steffan (30 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Godwin O. Eni (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Don Juzwishin (18 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Denis Protti (17 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Healthcare Management Forum (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Toronto (115 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Alberta (94 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of British Columbia (63 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Ottawa (55 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Dalhousie University (52 papers) published 3 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, 15.52% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 48.98% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 14.29% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.41% of all publications and 16.33% 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.

Top Publications

  • Future of digital health and community care: Exploring intended positive impacts and unintended negative consequences of COVID-19

    (2022)
    27 Citations
  • Addressing prioritization in healthcare amidst a global pandemic.

    Craig Mitton;Cam Donaldson;Francois Dionne;Stuart Peacock

    (2021)
    12 Citations
  • Leadership for quality in long-term care.

    Ivy L Bourgeault;Tamara Daly;Catherine Aubrecht;Pat Armstrong

    (2021)
    9 Citations
  • Enhancing the use of technology in the long-term care sector in Canada: Insights from citizen panels and a national stakeholder dialogue

    (2022)
    8 Citations
  • The pathway from mental health, leaves of absence, and return to work of health professionals: Gender and leadership matter

    (2022)
    8 Citations
  • Implementing leading practices in regional-level primary care workforce planning: Lessons learned in Toronto

    (2022)
    3 Citations
  • Future leaders in a Learning Health System: Exploring the Health System Impact Fellowship.

    (2023)
    3 Citations
  • Social isolation and the role of AgeTech in a post-COVID world

    (2022)
    3 Citations
  • Leading practices for men to support women’s health leadership: A toolkit of resources to initiate change

    (2022)
    2 Citations
  • When information is the treatment? Precision medicine in healthcare.

    Michael Beauvais;Bartha Maria Knoppers

    (2020)
    2 Citations

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