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World Medical and Health Policy
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World Medical and Health Policy

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 831 14 21 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 36
Documents by Best Scientists*: 42
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 25
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.501
Impact Factor: 1.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at World Medical & Health Policy?

The objective of World Medical & Health Policy is to combine knowledge in the areas of Public health, Health policy, Health care, Economic growth and Public relations. World Medical & Health Policy holds forums on Public health that merges themes from other disciplines such as Pandemic, Politics and Public policy. The studies on Health policy discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Public administration, Global health, Health education and Health promotion.

International health is a focus of the Health promotion works in World Medical & Health Policy. It focuses on Health care as well as the interrelated topic of Nursing. Most of the Public relations studies addressed also intersect with Government.

  • Public health (15.63%)
  • Health policy (13.68%)
  • Health care (12.97%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Volunteered Geographic Information and Crowdsourcing Disaster Relief: A Case Study of the Haitian Earthquake (540 citations)
  • Syrian Refugee Women's Health in Lebanon, Turkey, and Jordan and Recommendations for Improved Practice. (79 citations)
  • Racial Disparities in COVID-19 Mortality Among Essential Workers in the United States. (73 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at World Medical & Health Policy:

The journal articles are organized to address concerns in the fields of Pandemic, Public relations, Occupational safety and health, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Medical education. In addition to Pandemic research, the journal papers aim to explore topics under American Community Survey, Mortality rate, Demography and Vulnerability. The featured Government studies in the most cited papers mainly concentrate on Morality but also cover areas of interest in Public health.

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

  • Law
  • World War II
  • Health care

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The foci of the journal are Climate change, Public health, Pandemic, Health policy and Politics. It explores topics in Climate change which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Health equity and Economic history. The journal addresses concerns in Public health which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Emergency management, Health care and Public policy.

The Pandemic research discussed in World Medical & Health Policy can contribute to the expansion of the discourse in closely related subjects like

  • Economic growth which connect with State (polity),
  • Government which connect with Demography.. Discussions in the journal are anchored in the subject of Health policy and the similar topic of Public relations. The research on Warranty discussed in World Medical & Health Policy draws on the closely related field of Internet privacy.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Health Professionals and the Climate Crisis: Trusted Voices, Essential Roles (6 citations)
  • A Call for the World Health Organization to Create International Classification of Disease Diagnostic Codes for Post-Intensive Care Syndrome in the Age of COVID-19. (3 citations)
  • Sweden's coronavirus strategy: The Public Health Agency and the sites of controversy. (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 World Medical & Health Policy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Bonnie Stabile (47 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Arnauld Nicogossian (43 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Otmar Kloiber (33 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Thomas Zimmerman (26 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Charles R. Doarn (19 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 World Medical & Health Policy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • George Mason University (84 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Cincinnati (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • World Medical Association (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • George Washington University (9 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Johns Hopkins University (8 papers) published 1 paper 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, 30.77% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 12.70% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.52% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.46% of all publications and 60.32% 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

  • An Analysis of Government Communication in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Recommendations for Effective Government Health Risk Communication.

    Do Kyun David Kim;Gary L. Kreps

    (2020)
    209 Citations
  • Health Professionals and the Climate Crisis: Trusted Voices, Essential Roles

    Edward Maibach;Howard Frumkin;Samantha Ahdoot

    (2021)
    74 Citations
  • A nationally representative cross‐sectional survey on health information access for consumers in Japan: A protocol for the INFORM Study

    (2022)
    26 Citations
  • The impact of armed conflicts on health‐care utilization in Northern Nigeria: A difference‐in‐differences analysis

    (2022)
    21 Citations
  • Public trust in sources and channels on judgment accuracy in food safety misinformation with the moderation effect of self‐affirmation: Evidence from the HINTS‐China database

    (2022)
    9 Citations
  • The association between media exposure and enrollment in health insurance in Nepal: Implications for health policy

    Devaraj Acharya;Bhimsen Devkota;Gary L. Kreps

    (2021)
    6 Citations
  • Qualitative evaluation of the health insurance program in Nepal: Expectations beyond limitations

    (2023)
    5 Citations
  • Handwashing stations in Nepal: Role of wealth status in establishing handwashing stations at home

    (2022)
    5 Citations
  • Sociopathic narcissistic leadership: How about their victims?

    (2023)
    5 Citations
  • Mixed signals: The inadequacy of provider-per-enrollee ratios for assessing network adequacy in California (and elsewhere)

    Simon F. Haeder;David L. Weimer;Dana B. Mukamel

    (2021)
    5 Citations

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