BMC Health Services Research

342.9k citations

15.9k papers · · active since 1950

Impact in

General Health Professions top 0.2%
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
- Health Policy Implementation Science
Emergency Medical Services top 0.5%
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors

Papers in

Emergency Medical Services 490
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors 225
General Health Professions 1.8k
- Health Policy Implementation Science 265
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes 223
- Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare 167

Top scholars: Jill Francis Martin Cartwright Mandeep Sekhon Mike Slade Albert Boonstra Jeffrey Braithwaite Carl May Yafang Tsai

In The Last Decade

BMC Health Services Research

8.2k papers receiving 202.9k citations

Peers

BMC Health Services Research

Comparison fields: 5 of 232

General Health Professions 79.2k Emergency Medical Services 17.2k Geriatrics and Gerontology 7.9k Family Practice 3.5k Health Information Management 8.8k Health 11.0k Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 24.3k Research and Theory 1.1k Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 2.5k Finance 13.1k Pharmacy 5.4k Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 29.5k Emergency Medicine 8.7k Health Informatics 1.4k Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 4.8k Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 10.2k Issues, ethics and legal aspects 1.0k Clinical Psychology 18.7k Economics and Econometrics 24.6k Medical Laboratory Technology 1.1k Epidemiology 21.5k Applied Psychology 3.3k Psychiatry and Mental health 9.4k Infectious Diseases 11.9k Occupational Therapy 2.6k Speech and Hearing 3.2k Obstetrics and Gynecology 3.4k Rehabilitation 2.9k Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 6.6k Social Psychology 8.9k Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 1.8k Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8.2k Leadership and Management 434 Sociology and Political Science 17.0k Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology 471 Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 1.4k Periodontics 1.2k Oncology 7.4k Demography 3.6k General Dentistry 416 Management Science and Operations Research 3.6k Safety Research 2.2k Gender Studies 2.5k Physiology 5.7k Pharmacology 3.7k Medical Terminology 53 Modeling and Simulation 1.0k Management Information Systems 2.1k Toxicology 716 Complementary and alternative medicine 1.6k Surgery 8.2k Information Systems and Management 1.5k Conservation 701 Public Administration 729 Nutrition and Dietetics 2.8k Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 1.4k Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 901 Management of Technology and Innovation 1.4k Pharmacology 1.5k Business and International Management 388 Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5.1k Strategy and Management 2.7k Transportation 1.1k Human Factors and Ergonomics 403 Internal Medicine 493 Nephrology 975 Marketing 1.4k Education 4.4k Neurology 1.9k Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2.1k Hepatology 904 Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 1.7k Virology 561 Reproductive Medicine 994 Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1.7k Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2.5k Ophthalmology 961 Sensory Systems 544 Rheumatology 1.6k Otorhinolaryngology 437 Cognitive Neuroscience 2.1k Communication 832 Human-Computer Interaction 612 Gastroenterology 486 Hematology 918 Philosophy 1.1k Microbiology 504 Genetics 2.2k Molecular Medicine 388 Information Systems 1.9k Transplantation 195 Developmental and Educational Psychology 1.0k Genetics 713 Complementary and Manual Therapy 145 Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 563 Neurology 508 Urban Studies 408 Artificial Intelligence 2.3k Anatomy 88 Statistics and Probability 472 General Decision Sciences 96 Dermatology 412 Biochemistry 290 General Social Sciences 162 Political Science and International Relations 1.3k Clinical Biochemistry 306 Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 583 Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management 71 Computer Science Applications 245 Cancer Research 548 Parasitology 252 Immunology 774 Oral Surgery 247 Biomedical Engineering 1.7k Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 401 Urology 202 Immunology and Allergy 199 Accounting 418 Biological Psychiatry 78 Development 133 General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 292 Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 306 Agronomy and Crop Science 312 Endocrinology 151 Building and Construction 408 Pollution 332 Global and Planetary Change 598 Molecular Biology 1.8k Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 156 Food Science 455 Law 261 Life-span and Life-course Studies 21 Media Technology 217 Small Animals 169 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 502 Orthodontics 85 Behavioral Neuroscience 70 Chemical Health and Safety 14 Developmental Neuroscience 76 Soil Science 195 Library and Information Sciences 30 Language and Linguistics 221 Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 309 Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 144 Computer Networks and Communications 400 Literature and Literary Theory 181 Plant Science 547 Automotive Engineering 180 Geography, Planning and Development 84 Cell Biology 224 General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 123 Computational Theory and Mathematics 217 Cultural Studies 107 Environmental Engineering 175 Anthropology 118 General Psychology 15 Ocean Engineering 169 Equine 16 History and Philosophy of Science 50 Biophysics 55 Insect Science 114 Pharmaceutical Science 56 Ecological Modeling 39 Ecology 231 Aging 15 Radiation 66 Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 150 Energy Engineering and Power Technology 24 Music 25 Biomaterials 96 Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 92 Signal Processing 80 Linguistics and Language 32 Forestry 26 History 73 Animal Science and Zoology 64 Analytical Chemistry 60 Drug Discovery 1 Biotechnology 51 Water Science and Technology 83 Environmental Chemistry 57 Archeology 59 Control and Systems Engineering 128 Civil and Structural Engineering 116 Museology 19 Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 82 Visual Arts and Performing Arts 26 Fuel Technology 4 Biochemistry 35 Software 19 Religious studies 22 Electrical and Electronic Engineering 216 Nature and Landscape Conservation 45 Geology 21 Mechanical Engineering 129 Organic Chemistry 92 Space and Planetary Science 4 Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 10 Bioengineering 13 Electrochemistry 14 Spectroscopy 34 Aquatic Science 13 Physiology 8 Polymers and Plastics 25 Aerospace Engineering 40 Materials Chemistry 65 Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 12 Atmospheric Science 21 Acoustics and Ultrasonics 1 Hardware and Architecture 8 Geochemistry and Petrology 6 Oceanography 12 Mechanics of Materials 24 Applied Mathematics 10 Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics 3 Surfaces, Coatings and Films 5 Paleontology 5 Inorganic Chemistry 9 Architecture 1 Computational Mechanics 13 Developmental Biology 1 Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 8 Astronomy and Astrophysics 7 Metals and Alloys 1 Numerical Analysis 2 Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 2 Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 10 Geophysics 4 Classics 1 Geometry and Topology 2 Earth-Surface Processes 1 Condensed Matter Physics 1

General Health Professions 79.2k
Emergency Medical Services 17.2k
Geriatrics and Gerontology 7.9k
Family Practice 3.5k
Health Information Management 8.8k

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About BMC Health Services Research

The 15.9k papers published in BMC Health Services Research in the last decades have received a total of 342.9k indexed citations . Papers published in BMC Health Services Research usually cover Emergency Medical Services (490 papers), General Health Professions (1.8k papers), Geriatrics and Gerontology (178 papers), Family Practice (81 papers) and Health Information Management (209 papers) specifically the topics of Global Maternal and Child Health (596 papers), Healthcare Systems and Reforms (401 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (303 papers), Health Policy Implementation Science (265 papers), Patient Safety and Medication Errors (225 papers), Primary Care and Health Outcomes (223 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (190 papers) and Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare (167 papers). The most active scholars publishing in BMC Health Services Research are Jill Francis, Martin Cartwright, Mandeep Sekhon, Mike Slade, Albert Boonstra, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Carl May, Yafang Tsai, Carolyn Chew‐Graham and Sudeh Cheraghi‐Sohi.

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