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Social Work in Health Care
H-index 5

Social Work in Health Care

0098-1389

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/wshc20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 1120 9 9 4

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 23
Documents by Best Scientists*: 21
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 54
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.719
Impact Factor: 1.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Social Work in Health Care?

Social Work in Health Care generally zeroes in on subjects such as Social work, Nursing, Health care, Psychiatry and Clinical psychology. In addition to Social work research, Social Work in Health Care aims to explore topics under Psychological intervention, MEDLINE, Psychosocial, Public relations and Family medicine. The Nursing works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Mental health, Qualitative research, Service (business) and Medical education.

Health care research discussed connects with the study of Gerontology. The study on Clinical psychology presented in Social Work in Health Care intersects with the topics under Social support.

  • Social work (59.13%)
  • Nursing (37.57%)
  • Health care (26.49%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Goodness of fit: social work education and practice in health care. (799 citations)
  • Social work in health care: needs, challenges and implications for structuring practice. (411 citations)
  • Practice-based research:changing the professional culture and language of social work. (314 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Social Work in Health Care:

The most cited papers investigate studies in Social work, Nursing, Health care, Clinical psychology and Psychiatry. The works on Social work tackled in the most cited publications bring together disciplines like Psychological intervention, Social support, Social psychology, MEDLINE and Psychosocial. The most cited publications tackle studies in Burnout and the interrelated subject of Occupational stress to gain insights into Nursing.

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:

Social work, Nursing, Health care, Pandemic and Psychosocial are among the topics commonly tackled in Social Work in Health Care. Epidemiology, Intervention (counseling), Telehealth, Mental health and Occupational safety and health are some topics wherein Social work research discussed in Social Work in Health Care have an impact. While the journal focused on Intervention (counseling), it was also able to explore topics like Sibling support, Sibling, Developmental psychology and Photovoice.

While work presented in it provided substantial information on Nursing, it also covered topics in Qualitative research and Service (business). The research on Health care tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Focus group, Transgender, Public health and Medical education. While Psychosocial is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Psychological intervention, Care coordinator, Adult female and Coaching.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Compliance with preventative measures during the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA and Canada: Results from an online survey. (9 citations)
  • Strengths-based behavioral telehealth with sexual and gender diverse clients at Center on Halsted. (4 citations)
  • The well-being and perspectives of community-based behavioral health staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. (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 Social Work in Health Care (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Gary A. Rosenberg (40 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Debbie Indyk (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Gary Holden (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • David Nicholas (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Lynette Joubert (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 Social Work in Health Care (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Mount Sinai Hospital (55 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (50 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • New York University (33 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Yeshiva University (29 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Toronto (28 papers) published 1 paper 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, 7.69% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 13.89% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 19.44% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 22.22% of all publications and 44.44% 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.

Top Publications

  • Riding the wave: pandemic social work in hospitals

    (2022)
    17 Citations
  • Pregnancy (im)possibilities: identifying factors that influence sexual minority women's pregnancy desires.

    Emma Carpenter;Bethany G. Everett;Madelyne Z. Greene;Sadia Haider

    (2020)
    11 Citations
  • Social work leadership in a medical school: A coordinated, compassionate COVID-19 response.

    Barbara L. Jones;Farya Phillips;Donna Shanor;Heather VanDiest

    (2021)
    5 Citations
  • Yoga as medicine: Understanding Bhutanese refugee perspectives on health and healthcare

    Sarah Krause;Azadeh Masalehdan Block;Leslie Aizenman;Yesmina Salib

    (2021)
    5 Citations
  • Characteristics of drug-involved black women under community supervision; implications for retention in HIV clinical trials and healthcare

    (2023)
    3 Citations
  • Social networks and health-promoting behaviors among North Korean refugees in South Korea.

    Chung Hyeon Jeong;Mee Young Um;Joan P. Yoo;Lawrence A. Palinkas

    (2020)
    1 Citations
  • Behavioral health treatment delivery by social workers in accountable care organizations

    (2024)
    0 Citations
  • Innovations in efficient, effective and quality oriented practices and procedures in healthcare social work

    (2024)
    0 Citations
  • Identifying depression, diabetes distress, and suicidality among adolescents with diabetes

    (2024)
    0 Citations

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