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Journal of Community Health
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Journal of Community Health

0094-5145

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/10900

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 150 62 83 17

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 158
Documents by Best Scientists*: 159
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 82
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.131
Impact Factor: 2.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Community Health?

Family medicine, Health care, Gerontology, Demography and Nursing are the subjects of interest in Journal of Community Health. The Family medicine works featured in Journal of Community Health incorporate elements from Intervention (counseling), MEDLINE, Public health and Vaccination. The study of Public health encompasses disciplines such as Environmental health, as well as fields such as Occupational safety and health, all of which overlap with one another.

Journal of Community Health encompasses presentations on Health care, specifically Community health, Health policy and Health equity. Topics in Gerontology explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Psychological intervention, Body mass index and Obesity. The majority of Obesity studies are focused on the issues of Overweight.

The studies in Demography featured incorporate elements of Logistic regression, Cross-sectional study, Young adult, Socioeconomic status and Ethnic group. The studies on Nursing discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Public relations and Medical education. Research on Health promotion addressed in Journal of Community Health frequently intersections with the field of Health education.

  • Family medicine (24.53%)
  • Health care (18.26%)
  • Gerontology (17.00%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Traveling Towards Disease: Transportation Barriers to Health Care Access (563 citations)
  • Strategies for enhancing patient compliance (322 citations)
  • EXPLORING MEDIATORS OF FOOD INSECURITY AND OBESITY: A REVIEW OF RECENT LITERATURE (309 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Community Health:

The journal papers primarily tackle Family medicine, Gerontology, Demography, Health care and Environmental health. Aside from discussions in Gerontology, the journal articles also deal with the subject of Psychological intervention which intersects with Social psychology and Social support disciplines. Issues in Environmental health were discussed in the most cited publications, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Injury prevention and Occupational safety and health.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Law
  • World War II

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Journal of Community Health aims to foster the development of research in Family medicine, Demography, Public health, Pandemic and Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). It facilitates discussions on Family medicine that incorporate concepts from other fields like Psychological intervention, Cervical cancer, Health care and Vaccination. The featured Health care works encompass concepts such as Community health and Medicaid and examines them in conjunction with Vietnamese.

The subject of Ethnic group, which is connected to the field of Health equity, serves as the foundation of the Demography research featured in the journal. The journal focuses on Public health research as part of the broader topic of Nursing. The work on Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) tackled in Journal of Community Health brings together disciplines like Cross-sectional study, Environmental health and 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • COVID-19 Vaccination Hesitancy in the United States: A Rapid National Assessment. (155 citations)
  • Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Towards COVID-19: An Epidemiological Survey in North-Central Nigeria. (112 citations)
  • The Nature and Extent of COVID-19 Vaccination Hesitancy in Healthcare Workers. (32 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 Journal of Community Health (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Pascal James Imperato (45 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • James H. Price (38 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Corey H. Basch (33 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Pascal James Imperato (32 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Robert L. Kane (21 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 Journal of Community Health (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (70 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Columbia University (66 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Johns Hopkins University (63 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of California, Los Angeles (62 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • SUNY Downstate Medical Center (59 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more 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, 5.06% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 10.65% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.47% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 22.49% of all publications and 57.40% 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.

Career Prospects in Community Health: Substance Abuse Counseling

A career in Community Health offers a wide range of possibilities for specialization. Among these, there's a growing need for professionals in the field of Substance Abuse Counseling. As explored in numerous articles published in the Journal of Community Health, Substance Abuse Counseling plays a vital role in community health initiatives, addressing the ever-increasing need to combat addiction in various populations.

Substance Abuse Counselors lend their expertise to aid individuals grappling with drug addiction, alcoholism, and other types of substance use disorders. In addition to providing therapeutic interventions, they play a crucial role in public health policy and health education campaigns, and their input can greatly influence the success of community-wide prevention efforts.

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Top Publications

  • COVID-19 Vaccination Hesitancy in the United States: A Rapid National Assessment.

    Jagdish Khubchandani;Sushil Sharma;James H. Price;Michael J. Wiblishauser

    (2021)
    1036 Citations
  • The Nature and Extent of COVID-19 Vaccination Hesitancy in Healthcare Workers.

    Nirbachita Biswas;Toheeb Mustapha;Jagdish Khubchandani;James H. Price

    (2021)
    579 Citations
  • Short Sleep Duration in Working American Adults, 2010–2018

    Jagdish Khubchandani;James H Price

    (2020)
    74 Citations
  • Effectiveness of Community-Based Health Promotion Interventions in Urban Areas: A Systematic Review.

    Stefan Nickel;Olaf von dem Knesebeck

    (2020)
    68 Citations
  • COVID-19 Awareness, Adoption of COVID-19 Preventive Measures, and Effects of COVID-19 Lockdown Among Adolescent Boys and Young Men in Kampala, Uganda.

    Joseph K. B. Matovu;Joseph K. B. Matovu;Stephen N. Kabwama;Tonny Ssekamatte;John Ssenkusu

    (2021)
    67 Citations
  • Strategies that Promote Equity in COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake for Undocumented Immigrants: A Review

    (2022)
    55 Citations
  • The Nutrition Benefits Participation Gap: Barriers to Uptake of SNAP and WIC Among Latinx American Immigrant Families.

    Debra J Pelto;Alex Ocampo;Olga Garduño-Ortega;Claudia Teresa Barraza López

    (2020)
    43 Citations
  • Use of Smartphone to Seek Sexual Health Information Online Among Malaysian Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM): Implications for mHealth Intervention to Increase HIV Testing and Reduce HIV Risks.

    Roman Shrestha;Sin How Lim;Frederick L Altice;Frederick L Altice;Michael Copenhaver

    (2020)
    43 Citations
  • An Intersectional Approach to Understanding Barriers to Healthcare for Women

    (2022)
    39 Citations
  • Factors Associated with Perceived Susceptibility to COVID-19 Among Urban and Rural Adults in Alabama.

    Isabel C. Scarinci;Vishruti N. Pandya;Young il Kim;Sejong Bae

    (2021)
    34 Citations

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