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| Discipline name | Position | Best Scientists | Publications | D-Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences and Humanities | 111 | 60 | 73 | 19 |
| Psychology | 214 | 85 | 107 | 24 |
| Medicine | 2117 | 27 | 40 | 12 |
Transgender, Sexual minority, Sexual orientation, Lesbian and Gerontology are the subjects of interest in LGBT health. Topics in Transgender were tackled in line with various other fields like Family medicine, Mental health, Health care and Clinical psychology. The Mental health works featured in it incorporate elements from Social support, Minority stress, Depression (differential diagnoses) and Anxiety.
The studies in Substance use under the umbrella field of Clinical psychology overlap with concepts in Suicidal ideation. The studies in Sexual minority featured incorporate elements of Demography, Sexual identity and Reproductive health. It deals with Demography in conjunction with Men who have sex with men and similar fields in Gynecology.
The featured Sexual orientation studies mainly concentrate on Health equity but also cover areas of interest in Public relations. The journal explores topics in Lesbian which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Human sexuality and Queer. Many of the studies tackled connect Gerontology with a similar field of study like Alternative medicine.
The published papers investigate studies in Transgender, Sexual orientation, Gerontology, Lesbian and Health care. The published articles explore topics in Transgender which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Psychiatry and Cohort. The most cited publications focus on Sexual orientation but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Health equity, Demography, Data collection and Clinical psychology.
The journal mainly deals with areas of study such as Transgender, Mental health, Sexual minority, Sexual orientation and Clinical psychology. While Transgender is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Administration (government), Environmental health, Young adult, Race (biology) and Ethnic group. It holds forums on Mental health that merges themes from other disciplines such as Gender dysphoria, Medical diagnosis, Health equity, Stigma (botany) and Depression (differential diagnoses).
The field of Lesbian is the anchor for the Sexual minority studies presented in it. Some problems in Sexual orientation that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Lesbian gay bisexual and Gender identity. LGBT health features works in Clinical psychology, more specifically Stressor, and explores their relation to disciplines like Sample (statistics).
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 LGBT health (based on the number of publications) are:
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 LGBT health (based on the number of publications) are:
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.
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, 1.43% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 40.58% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 13.04% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.94% of all publications and 30.43% were from other institutions.
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.
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.
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:
The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.
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