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PharmacoEconomics
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PharmacoEconomics

1170-7690

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/40273

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 68 41 87 22
Economics and Finance 198 11 32 11
Medicine 1000 113 147 23

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 185
Documents by Best Scientists*: 247
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 8
SCIMAGO H-index: 124
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.88
Impact Factor: 4.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at PharmacoEconomics?

The journal primarily tackles Health economics, Health administration, Public health, Intensive care medicine and Internal medicine. The journal explores topics in Health economics which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Actuarial science, Quality of Life Research, Pharmacoeconomics and Economic evaluation. While it focused on Health administration, it was also able to explore topics like Reimbursement, Public economics, Quality of life (healthcare), Family medicine and Health policy.

The research on Public health tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Economic growth, Gerontology, Environmental health, Physical therapy and Indirect costs. It focuses on Intensive care medicine research which is adjacent to topics in Disease. The concepts on Internal medicine presented in PharmacoEconomics can also apply to other research fields, including Quality-adjusted life year, Surgery and Oncology.

  • Health economics (50.09%)
  • Health administration (38.98%)
  • Public health (26.84%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The Validity and Reproducibility of a Work Productivity and Activity Impairment Instrument (1580 citations)
  • The Epidemiology of Obesity: A Big Picture (1061 citations)
  • Conducting discrete choice experiments to inform healthcare decision making: a user's guide. (830 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at PharmacoEconomics:

The journal articles primarily focus on research topics in Health economics, Health administration, Public health, Pharmacoeconomics and Health care. Public economics, Quality of life (healthcare), Actuarial science, Economic evaluation and Indirect costs are some topics wherein Health economics research discussed in the journal publications has an impact. While Health administration is the focus of the most cited articles, it also provides insights into the studies of Psychological intervention, Quality of Life Research, Health policy, Intensive care medicine and Physical therapy.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Disease
  • Cancer

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

PharmacoEconomics primarily focuses on research topics in Health economics, Health administration, Public health, Actuarial science and Health care. It investigates Health economics in the context of the closely related subject of areas like

  • Total cost and related Cost estimate,
  • Psychological intervention and related Disease.. The work on Health administration tackled in it brings together disciplines like Systematic review, Quality of Life Research, Economic evaluation, Intensive care medicine and Risk analysis (engineering).

While work presented in PharmacoEconomics provided substantial information on Systematic review, it also covered topics in Checklist, Internal medicine and Nice. Economic evaluation research featured in PharmacoEconomics incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Statistics and Valuation (finance). The Public health research presented in the journal explores the relationship between Depression (differential diagnoses) and the closely related topic of Anxiety.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • An Updated Systematic Review of Cost-Effectiveness Analyses of Drugs for Osteoporosis. (17 citations)
  • Productivity-Adjusted Life-Years: A New Metric for Quantifying Disease Burden. (6 citations)
  • Overlap of Depressive Symptoms with Health-Related Quality-of-Life Measures. (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 PharmacoEconomics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Michael Drummond (38 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Werner B. F. Brouwer (36 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Greg L. Plosker (36 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Paulina V. Y. Yamlean (35 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 12 less than at the previous edition,
  • Maarten J. Postma (32 papers) published 2 papers 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 PharmacoEconomics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of York (160 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Sheffield (149 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Erasmus University Rotterdam (136 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Abu Dhabi Indian School (110 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Harvard University (80 papers) published 2 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, 30.68% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 22.95% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 25.41% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 22.13% of all publications and 29.51% 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

  • The Economic Burden of Adults with Major Depressive Disorder in the United States (2010 and 2018).

    Paul E. Greenberg;Andree-Anne Fournier;Tammy Sisitsky;Mark Simes

    (2021)
    1042 Citations
  • Perspective and Costing in Cost-Effectiveness Analysis, 1974-2018.

    David D. Kim;David D. Kim;Madison C. Silver;Natalia Kunst;Natalia Kunst;Joshua T. Cohen;Joshua T. Cohen

    (2020)
    243 Citations
  • Economic Burden of Anxiety Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Alexander Konnopka;Hannah König

    (2020)
    229 Citations
  • How Much Does It Cost to Research and Develop a New Drug? A Systematic Review and Assessment.

    Michael Schlander;Karla Hernandez-Villafuerte;Chih-Yuan Cheng;Chih-Yuan Cheng;Jorge Mestre-Ferrandiz

    (2021)
    203 Citations
  • International Valuation Protocol for the EQ-5D-Y-3L

    Juan M. Ramos-Goñi;Mark Oppe;Elly Stolk;Koonal Shah

    (2020)
    144 Citations
  • Review of Valuation Methods of Preference-Based Measures of Health for Economic Evaluation in Child and Adolescent Populations: Where are We Now and Where are We Going?

    Donna Rowen;Oliver Rivero-Arias;Nancy Devlin;Julie Ratcliffe

    (2020)
    137 Citations

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