Journal of Interprofessional Care

Top Research Topics at Journal of Interprofessional Care?

Journal of Interprofessional Care focuses on Nursing, Interprofessional education, Medical education, Health care and Teamwork. The concepts on Nursing presented in Journal of Interprofessional Care can also apply to other research fields, including MEDLINE, Family medicine, Social work, Qualitative research and Focus group. While it focused on Interprofessional education, it was also able to explore topics like Pedagogy, Curriculum, Scale (social sciences), Pharmacy and Health professionals.

Journal of Interprofessional Care explores issues in Medical education which can be linked to other research areas like Health professions and Perception. Topics in Health care explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Quality (business) and Public relations. The Teamwork research dealing mostly with Interprofessional teamwork is the focus of Journal of Interprofessional Care.

• Nursing (49.55%)
• Interprofessional education (38.20%)
• Medical education (33.37%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Interprofessional teamwork: Professional cultures as barriers (955 citations)
• The conceptual basis for interprofessional collaboration: Core concepts and theoretical frameworks (910 citations)
• Interprofessionality as the field of interprofessional practice and interprofessional education: An emerging concept (611 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Interprofessional Care:

The most cited publications primarily tackle Nursing, Interprofessional education, Health care, Medical education and Teamwork. The journal publications deal with Nursing in conjunction with MEDLINE and similar fields in Family medicine. While the primary focus in the journal articles is Interprofessional education, they also dissect topics surrounding Pedagogy and Engineering ethics, Social care and Process (engineering) as a whole.

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 Journal of Interprofessional Care are Medical education, Interprofessional education, Health care, Nursing and Teamwork. Journal of Interprofessional Care facilitates discussions on Medical education that incorporate concepts from other fields like Qualitative research, Thematic analysis, Perception and Patient care. Journal of Interprofessional Care explores research in Interprofessional education alongside concepts in Curriculum and other areas of study in Pharmacy.

While Health care is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Quality (business), Psychological intervention, Public relations, Focus group and Content analysis. Nursing research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Mental health and Primary care. Cronbach's alpha is a focus of the presented Scale (social sciences) works and it dives deep in Cronbach's alpha.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Interprofessional education and collaboration among healthcare students and professionals: a systematic review and call for action. (8 citations)
• A scoping review of community paramedicine: evidence and implications for interprofessional practice. (6 citations)
• "We went as a team closer to the truth": impacts of interprofessional education on trauma- and violence- informed care for staff in primary care settings. (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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Journal of Interprofessional Care (based on the number of publications) are:

• Scott Reeves (122 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• Hugh Barr (53 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Simon Kitto (23 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
• Fiona Ross (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Jill Manthorpe (20 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 Journal of Interprofessional Care (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of Toronto (125 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• King's College London (68 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• St George's, University of London (60 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
• University of Ottawa (54 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Western Ontario (46 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 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, 2.42% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 14.85% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.89% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.84% of all publications and 58.42% 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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