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Palliative and Supportive Care
H-index 18

Palliative and Supportive Care

1478-9515

Published by: Cambridge University Press

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/palliative-and-supportive-care

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 568 43 99 12
Medicine 1573 55 123 16

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 130
Documents by Best Scientists*: 221
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 64
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.681
Impact Factor: 2.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Palliative & Supportive Care?

The journal investigates studies in Palliative care, Nursing, Family medicine, Clinical psychology and Cancer. The work on Palliative care tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Psychological intervention, Psychiatry, Health care, MEDLINE and Qualitative research. Topics in Psychological intervention explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Intervention (counseling) and Quality of life (healthcare).

Psychiatry research presented is mostly focused on the subject of Depression (differential diagnoses). While work presented in it provided substantial information on Nursing, it also covered topics in Psychosocial, Context (language use) and Focus group. The work tackled in it goes beyond the discipline of Family medicine as it also encompasses Disease.

The studies in Clinical psychology featured incorporate elements of Social support, Scale (social sciences) and Anxiety. In particular, the Anxiety works presented emphasize discussions on Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. The concepts on Cancer presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Physical therapy and Quality of life.

  • Palliative care (43.66%)
  • Nursing (27.04%)
  • Family medicine (17.75%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Breathlessness in cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: using a qualitative approach to describe the experience of patients and carers. (180 citations)
  • Care for the cancer caregiver: A systematic review (156 citations)
  • Cancer family caregivers during the palliative, hospice, and bereavement phases: a review of the descriptive psychosocial literature. (138 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Palliative & Supportive Care:

The journal publications are mainly concerned with subjects like Palliative care, Nursing, MEDLINE, Family medicine and Social support. The most cited articles explore issues in Palliative care which can be linked to other research areas like Psychological intervention, Psychosocial, Distress, Clinical psychology and Qualitative research. In addition to Nursing research, the journal papers aim to explore topics under Advanced cancer, Focus group and Health care.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Law
  • Cancer

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Palliative care, Cancer, Nursing, Family medicine and Internal medicine are the subjects of interest in the journal. In the journal, Psychological intervention, Context (language use), Qualitative research and Health care are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Palliative care research. The study on Nursing presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Thematic analysis.

While Palliative & Supportive Care focused on Family medicine, it was also able to explore topics like Intervention (counseling) and MEDLINE. The featured MEDLINE works encompass concepts such as CINAHL and PsycINFO and examines them in conjunction with Text mining. It facilitates discussions on Internal medicine that incorporate concepts from other fields like Depression (differential diagnoses), Distress, Oncology and Delirium.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • "Truly holistic?" Differences in documenting physical and psychosocial needs and hope in Portuguese palliative patients. (7 citations)
  • A review of psychosocial interventions targeting families of children with cancer. (4 citations)
  • Spirituality and quality of life in women with breast cancer: The role of hope and educational attainment. (4 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 Palliative & Supportive Care (based on the number of publications) are:

  • William Breitbart (88 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Eduardo Bruera (33 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Hideki Onishi (28 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • David W. Kissane (25 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Soenke Boettger (24 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous 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 Palliative & Supportive Care (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (126 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (41 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Harvard University (32 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Zurich (24 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Saitama Medical University (23 papers) published 3 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, 23.19% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 25.79% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 3.77% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.09% of all publications and 55.35% 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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Top Publications

  • Mental health in chronic disease patients during the COVID-19 quarantine in Greece.

    Maya Louvardi;Panagiotis Pelekasis;George P. Chrousos;Christina Darviri

    (2020)
    91 Citations
  • Voicing their choices: Advance care planning with adolescents and young adults with cancer and other serious conditions

    (2021)
    46 Citations
  • A review of psychosocial interventions targeting families of children with cancer.

    Anna Koumarianou;Artemis E Symeonidi;Antonis Kattamis;Katerina Linardatou

    (2021)
    44 Citations
  • Navigating the terrain of moral distress: Experiences of pediatric end-of-life care and bereavement during COVID-19.

    Lori Wiener;Abby R. Rosenberg;Brian Pennarola;Abigail Fry

    (2021)
    40 Citations
  • The impact of COVID-19 on palliative care workers across the world: A qualitative analysis of responses to open-ended questions.

    Tania Pastrana;Liliana De Lima;Katherine Pettus;Alison Ramsey

    (2021)
    39 Citations
  • Virtual reality for improving pain and pain-related symptoms in patients with advanced stage colorectal cancer: A pilot trial to test feasibility and acceptability

    (2022)
    37 Citations
  • A feasibility and acceptability study of an adaptation of the Mindful Self-Compassion program for adult cancer patients

    Joanne Brooker;John Julian;Jeremy Millar;H Miles Prince

    (2020)
    34 Citations
  • A qualitative exploration of the feasibility and acceptability of Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Cancer Caregivers

    (2022)
    30 Citations

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