2026 Ivy Lynn Bourgeault: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	46	3679	3393	216	206	256	7405

Overview

Ivy Lynn Bourgeault is affiliated with the University of Ottawa in Canada and specializes in the field of Health Professions, with a significant focus on general health professions, emergency medical services, public health, environmental and occupational health, gender studies, and economics and econometrics.

Their research spans several key topics, including:

Global Health Workforce Issues
Primary Care and Health Outcomes
Workplace Health and Well-being
Diversity and Career in Medicine
Healthcare Policy and Management
Healthcare professionals' stress and burnout
Health Policy Implementation Science

Bourgeault has contributed to numerous publications, with recent papers that include:

"The COVID-19 pandemic presents an opportunity to develop more sustainable health workforces" (2020), published in Human Resources for Health
"Advancing gender equity in medicine" (2021), Canadian Medical Association Journal
"Regulating health professional scopes of practice: comparing institutional arrangements and approaches in the US, Canada, Australia and the UK" (2021), Human Resources for Health
"Will COVID-19 result in a giant step backwards for women in academic science?" (2021), Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
"Health workforce strategies in response to major health events: a rapid scoping review with lessons learned for the response to the COVID-19 pandemic" (2021), Human Resources for Health

Their scholarly output includes participation in various publication venues, most notably:

Healthcare Management Forum
Human Resources for Health
Canadian Journal of Midwifery Research and Practice
NEW SOLUTIONS A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy
International Journal of Integrated Care

Bourgeault has collaborated extensively with several frequent co-authors, including Jelena Atanackovic, Sarah Simkin, Kathleen Leslie, Caroline Chamberland-Rowe, and Melissa Corrente.

In addition to journal articles, Ivy Lynn Bourgeault has also contributed to book publications. One such work is Skill-mix Innovation, Effectiveness and Implementation published in 2022 by Cambridge University Press.

Best Publications

The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Methods in Health Research

Ivy Lynn Bourgeault;Robert Dingwall;Raymond De Vries

308
Citations
The financial cost of doctors emigrating from sub-Saharan Africa: human capital analysis

Edward J Mills;Steve Kanters;Amy Hagopian;Nick Bansback

302
Citations
Acculturation and Nutritional Health of Immigrants in Canada: A Scoping Review

Dia Sanou;Erin O’Reilly;Ismael Ngnie-Teta;Ismael Ngnie-Teta;Malek Batal

293
Citations
Role construction and boundaries in interprofessional primary health care teams: a qualitative study

Kate MacNaughton;Samia Chreim;Ivy Lynn Bourgeault

200
Citations
The implications of the feminization of the primary care physician workforce on service supply: a systematic review

Lindsay Hedden;Morris L Barer;Karen Cardiff;Kimberlyn M McGrail

186
Citations
Clinical nurse specialists and nurse practitioners: title confusion and lack of role clarity.

Faith Donald;Denise Bryant-Lukosius;Ruth Martin-Misener;Sharon Kaasalainen

184
Citations
Understanding the social organisation of maternity care systems: midwifery as a touchstone

Cecilia Benoit;Sirpa Wrede;Ivy Bourgeault;Jane Sandall

178
Citations
Collaborative Health Care Teams in Canada and the USA: Confronting the Structural Embeddedness of Medical Dominance

Ivy Lynn Bourgeault;Gillian Mulvale

171
Citations
The gendered system of academic publishing.

Jamie Lundine;Jamie Lundine;Ivy Lynn Bourgeault;Jocalyn Clark;Shirin Heidari

168
Citations
Health worker migration from South Africa: Causes, consequences and policy responses

Ronald Labonté;David Sanders;Thubelihle Mathole;Jonathan Crush;Jonathan Crush

150
Citations
The COVID-19 pandemic presents an opportunity to develop more sustainable health workforces.

Ivy Lynn Bourgeault;Claudia B. Maier;Marjolein Dieleman;Jane Ball

141
Citations
Relations between immigrant care workers and older persons in home and long-term care.

Ivy Lynn Bourgeault;Jelena Atanackovic;Ahmed Rashid;Rishma Parpia

139
Citations
Decline vs. retention of medical power through restratification: an examination of the Ontario case

David Coburn;Susan Rappolt;Ivy Bourgeault

138
Citations
The Routledge Companion to the Professions and Professionalism

Mike Dent;Ivy Lynn Bourgeault;Jean-Louis Denis;Ellen Kuhlmann

132
Citations
The primary healthcare nurse practitioner role in Canada.

Faith Donald;Ruth Martin-Misener;Denise Bryant-Lukosius;Kelley Kilpatrick

130
Citations
Utilization of Nurse Practitioners to Increase Patient Access to Primary Healthcare in Canada – Thinking Outside the Box

Alba DiCenso;Ivy Bourgeault;Julia Abelson;Ruth Martin-Misener

120
Citations
Advanced Practice Nursing in Canada: Overview of a Decision Support Synthesis

Alba DiCenso;Ruth Martin-Misener;Denise Bryant-Lukosius;Ivy Bourgeault

120
Citations
Factors enabling advanced practice nursing role integration in Canada.

Alba DiCenso;Denise Bryant-Lukosius;Ruth Martin-Misener;Faith Donald

118
Citations
An examination of the causes, consequences, and policy responses to the migration of highly trained health personnel from the Philippines: the high cost of living/leaving—a mixed method study

Erlinda Castro-Palaganas;Denise L. Spitzer;Maria Midea M. Kabamalan;Marian C. Sanchez

112
Citations
Decentred comparative research: Context sensitive analysis of maternal health care.

Sirpa Wrede;Cecilia Benoit;Ivy Lynn Bourgeault;Edwin R. van Teijlingen

106
Citations
Physicians' attitudes toward patients' use of alternative cancer therapies.

I L Bourgeault

96
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronald Labonté University of Ottawa

Sharon E. Straus University of Toronto

Michael P. Leiter Deakin University

Edwin van Teijlingen Bournemouth University

Julia Evetts University of Nottingham

Julia Abelson McMaster University

Raymond De Vries University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Dina Balabanova London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Stephen Birch University of Queensland

John Cairney University of Queensland

External Links

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