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Public Health Forum
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Public Health Forum

0944-5587

Published by: Walter de Gruyter

https://www.degruyter.com/journal/key/pubhef/html?lang=en

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 1211 13 27 3

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 36
Documents by Best Scientists*: 49
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 9
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.149
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Public Health Forum?

The main research concerns discussed in Public Health Forum are Gynecology, Public health, Nursing, Humanities and Family medicine.

  • Gynecology (8.49%)
  • Public health (7.67%)
  • Nursing (3.81%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Das RKI-Gesundheitsmonitoring – was es enthält und wie es genutzt werden kann (66 citations)
  • Arbeitslosigkeit und Gesundheit (56 citations)
  • Deutsches Netzwerk für Qualitätsentwicklung in der Pflege (DNQP): Aktueller Stand (35 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Public Health Forum:

The published papers focus largely on the fields of Gynecology, Health reporting, The Internet, Epidemiology and Global health. The journal articles focus on The Internet as well as the interrelated topics of Internet privacy.

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

  • Health care
  • Law
  • Public health

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Public Health Forum tackles a plethora of topics, such as Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Pandemic, 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Gynecology. The concepts on Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Public relations and Public health. Topics in Public health explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in High morbidity and Public administration.

Public Health Forum holds forums on Pandemic that merges themes from other disciplines such as Nursing, Epidemiology, Health care and Coronavirus. The journal explores topics in 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Reliability (statistics), Epidemiological indicators and Environmental health. Topics in Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) were tackled in line with various other fields like Compliance (psychology), Criminology and Intensive care, Intensive care medicine.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Bedeutung und Belastung von Pflegekräften während der Corona-Krise (4 citations)
  • Political reform process in the course of the COVID 19 pandemic: the pact for public health services. (Thematischer Schwerpunkt: Covid-19-pandemie in der public health-perspektive.) [German] (1 citations)
  • Menschen mit geistiger Behinderung in Zeiten der COVID-19-Pandemie (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 Public Health Forum (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Ulla Walter (45 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jutta Räbiger (29 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Schwartz (28 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Manfred Wildner (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Georg Reschauer (21 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 Public Health Forum (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Bielefeld University (56 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Hochschule Hannover (43 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Robert Koch Institute (31 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Fulda University of Applied Sciences (27 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Charité (24 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as 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, 56.38% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 43.90% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 19.51% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.07% of all publications and 19.51% 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

  • COVID-19 und soziale Ungleichheit

    Anja Knöchelmann;Matthias Richter

    (2021)
    9 Citations
  • Neue Daten zur Gesundheitskompetenz der Bevölkerung in Deutschland

    (2022)
    3 Citations
  • Klimapolitik als Chance für bessere Gesundheit

    Peter von Philipsborn;Katharina Wabnitz;Kerstin Sell;Eva Maintz

    (2020)
    3 Citations
  • Überdosierungen von Heroin

    Sven Schneider;Larissa Beisel

    (2020)
    2 Citations
  • Gesundheit, soziale Gerechtigkeit und Nachhaltigkeit

    Hajo Zeeb;Hajo Zeeb

    (2020)
    2 Citations
  • Arbeits- und Patientensicherheitskultur im Krankenhaus – die WorkSafeMed-Studie

    Anke Wagner;Antje Hammer;Tanja Manser;Monika A. Rieger

    (2020)
    1 Citations
  • Global health needs more than international health regulations - The case of Covid-19

    Oliver Razum;Kayvan Bozorgmehr

    (2020)
    1 Citations
  • Wissen generieren: Das „Kompetenznetz Public Health zu COVID-19“

    Sinah Evers;Hajo Zeeb;Ansgar Gerhardus

    (2021)
    0 Citations
  • Grundlagen und Konzepte der Evidenzbasierung in Public Health und ÖGD

    (2024)
    0 Citations
  • Covid-19: Sammelunterkünfte für Geflüchtete und Kasernen im Vergleich

    Verena Penning;Oliver Razum

    (2021)
    0 Citations

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