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Perspectives on Medical Education
H-index 18

Perspectives on Medical Education

2212-2761

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/40037

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 132 46 109 18

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 56
Documents by Best Scientists*: 118
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 47
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.379
Impact Factor: 3.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Perspectives on medical education?

The topics of Medical education, Curriculum, MEDLINE, Health care and Knowledge management are the focal point of discussions in Perspectives on medical education. The research on Medical education tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Alternative medicine, Context (language use) and Perception. Curriculum development is a key component of Curriculum research discussed in Perspectives on medical education.

  • Medical education (53.83%)
  • Curriculum (17.94%)
  • MEDLINE (14.11%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Academic self-efficacy: from educational theory to instructional practice (161 citations)
  • How phenomenology can help us learn from the experiences of others. (161 citations)
  • Augmented reality in medical education (142 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Perspectives on medical education:

The journal publications tackle a plethora of topics, such as Medical education, MEDLINE, Knowledge management, Alternative medicine and Curriculum. Most of the works presented in the most cited articles deal with Medical education but they intersect with the subject of Health care. The most cited publications hold forums on Curriculum that merge themes from other disciplines such as Pediatrics and Data science.

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

  • Law
  • Statistics
  • Social psychology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal focuses largely on the fields of Medical education, Curriculum, Context (language use), MEDLINE and Health care. While Medical education is the focus of Perspectives on medical education, it also provided insights into the studies of Identity (social science) and Perception. The journal tackles research in Curriculum development as part of the general discipline of Curriculum, however, it also discusses concepts in Reflection (computer graphics).

Context (language use) research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Psychological intervention, Critical theory and Preceptor. The work on MEDLINE tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Mental health, Emerging technologies and Collaborative writing. The featured Health care works encompass concepts such as Health equity and examines them in conjunction with Medical decision making.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Where the rubber meets the road - An integrative review of programmatic assessment in health care professions education. (9 citations)
  • You can have both: Coaching to promote clinical competency and professional identity formation. (6 citations)
  • Scenes, symbols and social roles: raising the curtain on OSCE performances (5 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 Perspectives on medical education (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Lorelei Lingard (21 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Lauren A. Maggio (17 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Jimmie Leppink (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Erik W. Driessen (15 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Olle ten Cate (14 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 Perspectives on medical education (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Maastricht University (72 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (47 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Western Ontario (43 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Toronto (38 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of California, San Francisco (29 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, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 52.31% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.31% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.92% of all publications and 18.46% 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

  • Bibliometrics: Methods for studying academic publishing

    (2021)
    563 Citations
  • Where the rubber meets the road - An integrative review of programmatic assessment in health care professions education.

    Suzanne Schut;Lauren A. Maggio;Sylvia Heeneman;Jan van Tartwijk

    (2021)
    72 Citations
  • Writing with ChatGPT: An Illustration of its Capacity, Limitations & Implications for Academic Writers

    (2023)
    58 Citations
  • Knowledge syntheses in medical education: A bibliometric analysis.

    Lauren A. Maggio;Joseph A. Costello;Candace Norton;Erik W. Driessen

    (2021)
    44 Citations
  • The prism model: advancing a theory of practice for arts and humanities in medical education.

    Tracy Moniz;Maryam Golafshani;Carolyn M. Gaspar;Nancy E. Adams

    (2021)
    42 Citations
  • A mobile app to capture EPA assessment data: Utilizing the consolidated framework for implementation research to identify enablers and barriers to engagement.

    John Q. Young;Rebekah Sugarman;Jessica Schwartz;Matthew McClure

    (2020)
    31 Citations
  • Don't be reviewer 2! Reflections on writing effective peer review comments

    Chris Watling;Shiphra Ginsburg;Lorelei Lingard

    (2021)
    28 Citations
  • Reframing professional identity through navigating tensions during residency: A qualitative study

    (2022)
    28 Citations
  • The visual vernacular: embracing photographs in research

    Jennifer Cleland;Anna MacLeod

    (2021)
    27 Citations
  • The do’s, don’ts and don’t knows of redressing differential attainment related to race/ethnicity in medical schools

    (2021)
    27 Citations

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