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Population Health Metrics
H-index 19

Population Health Metrics

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Published by: Springer

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Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Medicine 1300 45 57 19

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 83
Documents by Best Scientists*: 79
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 5
SCIMAGO H-index: 67
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.453
Impact Factor: 2.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Population Health Metrics?

Population Health Metrics primarily focuses on research topics in Public health, Epidemiology, Health services research, Environmental health and Gerontology. More specifically, the research on Public health in it is related to Population health. While work presented in Population Health Metrics provided substantial information on Epidemiology, it also covered topics in Incidence (epidemiology), Mortality rate, Disease, Cause of death and Pediatrics.

The journal connects research in Cause of death with the related topic of Medical record. Some problems in Health services research that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Data quality, Verbal autopsy, Statistics and Family medicine. Population Health Metrics holds forums on Environmental health that merges themes from other disciplines such as Occupational safety and health, Disease burden and Risk factor.

In addition to Gerontology research, the journal aims to explore topics under Body mass index, Obesity, Diabetes mellitus and Cohort. The Life expectancy study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Expectancy theory.

  • Public health (62.38%)
  • Epidemiology (60.59%)
  • Health services research (44.75%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Projection of the year 2050 burden of diabetes in the US adult population: dynamic modeling of incidence, mortality, and prediabetes prevalence. (1022 citations)
  • Comparative quantification of health risks: Conceptual framework and methodological issues (641 citations)
  • National, regional, and global trends in adult overweight and obesity prevalences (624 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Population Health Metrics:

Public health, Epidemiology, Health services research, Gerontology and Environmental health are the main subjects of interest in the journal papers. The published Public health works encompass concepts such as Population health and examines them in conjunction with Context (language use). The studies on Epidemiology discussed at the published articles can also contribute to research in the domains of Incidence (epidemiology), Disease, Cause of death, Developing country and Pediatrics.

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

  • Statistics
  • Internal medicine
  • Disease

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The objective of the journal is to combine knowledge in the areas of Epidemiology, Public health, Health services research, Mortality rate and Data quality. The work on Epidemiology tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Gestational age, Cause of death, Confidence interval, Life expectancy and Disease burden. The journal is focused mainly on Public health, particularly Population health.

Health services research research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Quality (business), Population based and Family medicine. The study of Survey data collection and how it intertwines with concepts under Relative risk and Smoking cessation were explored in the presented Mortality rate research. The Data quality works featured in it incorporate elements from Age specific mortality, Pregnancy History and Mark and recapture.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Barriers and enablers to reporting pregnancy and adverse pregnancy outcomes in population-based surveys: EN-INDEPTH study. (7 citations)
  • Birthweight data completeness and quality in population-based surveys: EN-INDEPTH study (4 citations)
  • Termination of pregnancy data completeness and feasibility in population-based surveys: EN-INDEPTH study (3 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 Population Health Metrics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Christopher J L Murray (35 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Alan D. Lopez (35 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Mohsen Naghavi (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Abraham D. Flaxman (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Deborah Carvalho Malta (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 Population Health Metrics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (61 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 11 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Queensland (36 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of London (27 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition, 12 more than at the previous edition,
  • Harvard University (26 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (25 papers) absent at the last 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, 52.50% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 7.50% of all publications and 35.00% 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

  • Trends in mortality due to non-communicable diseases in the Brazilian adult population: national and subnational estimates and projections for 2030

    Deborah Carvalho Malta;Bruce Bartholow Duncan;Maria Inês Schmidt;Renato Teixeira

    (2020)
    97 Citations
  • The burden of non-communicable diseases attributable to high BMI in Brazil, 1990-2017: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study.

    Mariana Santos Felisbino-Mendes;Ewerton Cousin;Ewerton Cousin;Deborah Carvalho Malta;Ísis Eloah Machado;Ísis Eloah Machado

    (2020)
    57 Citations
  • The burden of diabetes and hyperglycemia in Brazil: a global burden of disease study 2017.

    Bruce Bartholow Duncan;Ewerton Cousin;Ewerton Cousin;Mohsen Naghavi;Ashkan Afshin

    (2020)
    47 Citations
  • Inequalities in infant mortality in Brazil at subnational levels in Brazil, 1990 to 2015

    Célia Landmann Szwarcwald;Wanessa da Silva de Almeida;Renato Azeredo Teixeira;Elisabeth Barboza França

    (2020)
    41 Citations
  • Barriers and enablers to reporting pregnancy and adverse pregnancy outcomes in population-based surveys: EN-INDEPTH study

    (2021)
    40 Citations
  • Trends in prevalence, mortality, and morbidity associated with high systolic blood pressure in Brazil from 1990 to 2017: estimates from the "Global Burden of Disease 2017" (GBD 2017) study.

    Bruno Ramos Nascimento;Luisa Campos Caldeira Brant;Simon Yadgir;Glaucia Maria Moraes de Oliveira

    (2020)
    39 Citations
  • The burden of disease among Brazilian older adults and the challenge for health policies: results of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.

    Valéria Maria de Azeredo Passos;Ana Paula Silva Champs;Renato Teixeira;Maria Fernanda Furtado Lima-Costa

    (2020)
    38 Citations
  • Trends in prevalence and mortality burden attributable to smoking, Brazil and federated units, 1990 and 2017

    Deborah Carvalho Malta;Luisa Sorio Flor;Ísis Eloah Machado;Ísis Eloah Machado;Mariana Santos Felisbino-Mendes

    (2020)
    37 Citations
  • Birthweight data completeness and quality in population-based surveys: EN-INDEPTH study

    (2021)
    37 Citations
  • Depressive disorders in Brazil: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.

    Cecília Silva Costa Bonadiman;Deborah Carvalho Malta;Valéria Maria de Azeredo Passos;Mohsen Naghavi

    (2020)
    36 Citations

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