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Primary health care research & development
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Primary health care research & development

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 583 20 29 8

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 64
Documents by Best Scientists*: 63
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 39
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.798
Impact Factor: 1.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at Primary Health Care Research & Development?

The foci of the journal are Nursing, Family medicine, Health care, Primary care and Qualitative research. While the journal focused on Nursing, it was also able to explore topics like Focus group and Primary health care. While Family medicine is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Intervention (counseling), Psychological intervention and MEDLINE.

Health care research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Mental health, Service (business) and Public relations. Thematic analysis is a major topic of Qualitative research research. The Health policy study featured in Primary Health Care Research & Development draws connections with the study of Health education.

  • Nursing (41.55%)
  • Family medicine (27.90%)
  • Health care (27.05%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Can social prescribing provide the missing link (93 citations)
  • Parenting self-efficacy, parenting stress and child behaviour before and after a parenting programme. (87 citations)
  • Diet and physical activity in the self-management of type 2 diabetes: barriers and facilitators identified by patients and health professionals. (87 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Primary Health Care Research & Development:

The published articles primarily tackle Nursing, Health care, Family medicine, Qualitative research and Psychological intervention. The most cited publications facilitate discussions on Nursing that incorporate concepts from other fields like Mental health, Primary care and Service (business). The most cited publications with studies in Health care featured incorporate elements of Government, Public relations and Public health.

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

  • Law
  • Internal medicine
  • Health care

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Primary Health Care Research & Development mainly deals with areas of study such as Health care, Family medicine, Qualitative research, Nursing and Public health. Primary Health Care Research & Development facilitates discussions on Health care that incorporate concepts from other fields like Psychological intervention, Content analysis, Qualitative property and Process (engineering). The concepts on Family medicine presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Cross-sectional study, Primary health care and Disease.

The research on Qualitative research tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Developmental psychology, Situated, Focus group and Social connectedness. The Nursing research dealing mostly with Quality of life (healthcare) is the focus of it. The studies in Public health featured incorporate elements of Multidisciplinary approach, Information technology, Public relations, Developing country and Pandemic.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Health system challenges affecting falls prevention in persons living with HIV: perspectives from physiotherapists in four sub-Saharan regions. (1 citations)
  • The impact of COVID-19 on the care of people living with noncommunicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries: an online survey of physicians and pharmacists in nine countries. (1 citations)
  • A focus group study of older Chinese people with CVD patients in the North West of the UK. (1 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 Primary Health Care Research & Development (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Sally Kendall (27 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Daksha Trivedi (25 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Steve Iliffe (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Katarina Hjelm (12 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Rosamund Bryar (11 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 Primary Health Care Research & Development (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Hertfordshire (67 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Manchester (45 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University College London (31 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Bristol (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Leeds (26 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, 7.02% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 11.32% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.55% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 5.66% of all publications and 75.47% 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

  • Impact of comorbidity on health-related quality of life among type 2 diabetic patients in primary care.

    Sandipana Pati;Sanghamitra Pati;Marjan van den Akker;Marjan van den Akker;Marjan van den Akker;F François G Schellevis

    (2020)
    35 Citations
  • The role of community participation in primary health care: practices of South African health committees.

    Hanne Jensen Haricharan;Maria Stuttaford;Leslie London

    (2021)
    27 Citations
  • Effective and meaningful participation or limited participation? A study of South African health committee legislation.

    Hanne Jensen Haricharan;Maria Stuttaford;Leslie London

    (2021)
    15 Citations
  • Does improving indoor air quality lessen symptoms associated with chemical intolerance?

    (2022)
    14 Citations
  • ‘I’m a bit of a champion for it actually’: qualitative insights into practitioner-supported self-collection cervical screening among early adopting Victorian practitioners in Australia

    (2023)
    13 Citations
  • Study protocol on Enhanced Primary Healthcare (EnPHC) interventions: a quasi-experimental controlled study on diabetes and hypertension management in primary healthcare clinics.

    Sheamini Sivasampu;Xin Rou Teh;Yvonne Mei Fong Lim;Su Miin Ong

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • Task shifting from general practitioners to practice assistants and nurses in primary care: a cross-sectional survey in 34 countries

    (2022)
    10 Citations
  • The health of detainees and the role of primary care: Position paper of the European Forum for Primary Care

    (2022)
    9 Citations
  • Task shifting from general practitioners to practice assistants and nurses in primary care: a cross-sectional survey in 34 countries.

    Peter P. Groenewegen;Wienke G. W. Boerma;Peter Spreeuwenberg;Bohumil Seifert

    (2021)
    8 Citations
  • Dementia-related continuing education for rural interprofessional primary health care in Saskatchewan, Canada: perceptions and needs of webinar participants

    (2022)
    7 Citations

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