---
title: "Israel Ministry of Health: research profile and papers"
description: "Research profile of Israel Ministry of Health: 137 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly health economics and policy and economics; h-index 218."
url: https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/israel-ministry-of-health
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share_text: "Research profile of Israel Ministry of Health: 137 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly health economics and policy and economics; h-index 218. (as of 2026-11-04)"
data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
updated: 2026-11-04T00:03:46+09:00
window: 2026-10-06 to 2026-11-04
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---

# Israel Ministry of Health

- 0 papers in the last 7 days
- country: Israel
- web domain: health.gov.il

Back to the ranking: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/institutions.md

## Key findings

- Israel Ministry of Health was involved in 1 paper in the last 30 days (2026-10-06 to 2026-11-04), ranking #1569 of 3,828 institutions.
- Most of them appeared in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research (1).
- Countries: Israel (1).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at Israel Ministry of Health took part in 137 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in health economics and policy (135), economics (1) and management (1).
- 18 of them were published in 2025, against 11 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Tel Aviv University (19), Hebrew University of Jerusalem (18) and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (12).
- The journals publishing most of them were Israel Journal of Health Policy Research (56), Health Policy (1) and Journal of Public Health Policy (1).
- The most-cited of them is “Israel’s rapid rollout of vaccinations for COVID-19” (Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 2021), with 272 citations.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, Israel Ministry of Health has 4,921 works with 379,379 citations (h-index 218).
- The tracked journals hold 124 of its 2,035 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (6.1%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (271), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (223) and Mental Health Treatment and Access (185).

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 11 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 12 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 11 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 13 |

## Where the papers come from and its co-authors

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Israel Journal of Health Policy Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/israel-journal-of-health-policy-research.md) | 56 |
| 2 | [Health Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-policy.md) | 1 |
| 3 | [Journal of Public Health Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-public-health-policy.md) | 1 |
| 4 | [Food Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/food-policy.md) | 1 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Tel Aviv University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/tel-aviv-university.md) | 19 |
| 2 | [Hebrew University of Jerusalem](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hebrew-university-of-jerusalem.md) | 18 |
| 3 | [Ben-Gurion University of the Negev](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/ben-gurion-university-of-the-negev.md) | 12 |
| 4 | University of Haifa | 12 |
| 5 | Ariel University | 10 |
| 6 | Sheba Medical Center | 9 |
| 7 | Bikur Cholim Hospital | 8 |
| 8 | Shaare Zedek Medical Center | 8 |
| 9 | Hadassah Medical Center | 6 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Israel | 59 |
| 2 | Canada | 2 |
| 3 | Germany | 1 |
| 4 | United States | 1 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Israel | 28 |
| 2 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 5 |
| 3 | [health disparities](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/health-disparities.md) | 4 |
| 4 | preventive dentistry | 4 |
| 5 | Arab children | 3 |
| 6 | Bedouin children | 3 |
| 7 | National Health Insurance Law | 3 |
| 8 | dental care utilization | 3 |
| 9 | health maintenance organizations | 3 |
| 10 | maternal education | 3 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 272 | 3.9 | [Israel’s rapid rollout of vaccinations for COVID-19](https://doi.org/10.1186/s13584-021-00440-6) | [Israel Journal of Health Policy Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/israel-journal-of-health-policy-research.md) | 2021-01-26 | Bruce Rosen, Ruth Waitzberg, Avi Israeli |
| 2 | 141 | 2.2 | [Addressing vaccine hesitancy and access barriers to achieve persistent progress in Israel’s COVID-19 vaccination program](https://doi.org/10.1186/s13584-021-00481-x) | [Israel Journal of Health Policy Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/israel-journal-of-health-policy-research.md) | 2021-08-02 | Bruce Rosen, Ruth Waitzberg, Avi Israeli et al. |
| 3 | 56 | 0.6 | [Earlier detection of public health risks – Health policy lessons for better compliance with the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005): Insights from low-, mid- and high-income countries](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2019.06.007) | [Health Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-policy.md) | 2019-06-24 | Bruria B. Adini, Shepherd Roee Singer, Ronit Ringel et al. |
| 4 | 46 | 0.4 | [Drug shortages in Israel: regulatory perspectives, challenges and solutions](https://doi.org/10.1186/s13584-017-0140-9) | [Israel Journal of Health Policy Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/israel-journal-of-health-policy-research.md) | 2017-03-28 | Eyal Schwartzberg, Denize Ainbinder, Alla Vishkauzan et al. |
| 5 | 38 | 0.6 | [Excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel, March–November 2020: when, where, and for whom?](https://doi.org/10.1186/s13584-021-00450-4) | [Israel Journal of Health Policy Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/israel-journal-of-health-policy-research.md) | 2021-02-26 | Ziona Haklai, Miriam Aburbeh, Nehama Goldberger et al. |
| 6 | 33 | 0.4 | [Preventive health services for young children in Israel: historical development and current challenges](https://doi.org/10.1186/s13584-019-0287-7) | [Israel Journal of Health Policy Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/israel-journal-of-health-policy-research.md) | 2019-02-07 | Deena Rachel Zimmerman, Gina Verbov, Naomi Edelstein et al. |
| 7 | 33 | 0.4 | [Home hospice for older people with advanced dementia: a pilot project](https://doi.org/10.1186/s13584-019-0304-x) | [Israel Journal of Health Policy Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/israel-journal-of-health-policy-research.md) | 2019-05-06 | Shelley A. Sternberg, Ron Sabar, Glynis Katz et al. |
| 8 | 33 | 0.8 | [Antimicrobial resistance in food-producing animals: towards implementing a one health based national action plan in Israel](https://doi.org/10.1186/s13584-023-00562-z) | [Israel Journal of Health Policy Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/israel-journal-of-health-policy-research.md) | 2023-04-26 | Tali Sarah Berman, Zohar Barnett‐Itzhaki, T. Berman et al. |
| 9 | 32 | 0.3 | [Dental status, visits, and functional ability and dietary intake of elderly in Israel](https://doi.org/10.1186/s13584-018-0252-x) | [Israel Journal of Health Policy Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/israel-journal-of-health-policy-research.md) | 2018-09-17 | Lena Natapov, Daniel Kushnir, Rebecca Goldsmith et al. |
| 10 | 30 | 0.6 | [Breastfeeding challenges and support in a high initiation population](https://doi.org/10.1186/s13584-022-00538-5) | [Israel Journal of Health Policy Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/israel-journal-of-health-policy-research.md) | 2022-09-07 | Deena Rachel Zimmerman, Michael Kaplan, Hanna Shoob et al. |

## In OpenAlex

*Israel Ministry of Health in OpenAlex*

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Government |
| Location | Jerusalem, Israel |
| Also known as | מִשְׂרַד הַבְּרִיאוּת |
| Works in OpenAlex | 4,921 |
| Citations | 379,379 |
| h-index | 218 |
| i10-index | 6,242 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 3.20 |
| Website | [www.health.gov.il/English/Pages/HomePage.aspx](https://www.health.gov.il/English/Pages/HomePage.aspx) |
| ROR | [ror.org/016n0q862](https://ror.org/016n0q862) |
| OpenAlex | [openalex.org/I2802540905](https://openalex.org/I2802540905) |

*Works and citations per year in OpenAlex, and its papers in the tracked journals*

| Year | Works in OpenAlex | Citations received | In the tracked journals | Share |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 2026 (so far) | 190 | 8,100 | 13 | 6.8% |
| 2025 | 211 | 11,682 | 18 | 8.5% |
| 2024 | 204 | 12,816 | 16 | 7.8% |
| 2023 | 251 | 14,283 | 12 | 4.8% |
| 2022 | 283 | 15,872 | 10 | 3.5% |
| 2021 | 290 | 13,309 | 18 | 6.2% |
| 2020 | 227 | 10,579 | 8 | 3.5% |
| 2019 | 170 | 8,180 | 18 | 10.6% |
| 2018 | 208 | 7,825 | 13 | 6.2% |
| 2017 | 191 | 7,445 | 11 | 5.8% |

*Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)*

| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy | Social Sciences | 271 |
| 2 | SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research | Medicine | 223 |
| 3 | Mental Health Treatment and Access | Psychology | 185 |
| 4 | Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 174 |
| 5 | Global Cancer Incidence and Screening | Medicine | 160 |

From OpenAlex's own record of the institution (CC0), read again monthly. Works and citations count everything OpenAlex indexes, not only the tracked journals; topics are OpenAlex's classification of those works.

*Papers, newest first.*

| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 | [Policies to address Israel’s physician workforce challenges](https://doi.org/10.1186/s13584-026-00788-7) | [Israel Journal of Health Policy Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/israel-journal-of-health-policy-research.md) | Revital Sheinberg, Alon Kadmon, Alexey Belinsky et al. | Assaf Harofeh Medical Center; Israel Ministry of Health; Hebrew University of Jerusalem; … |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Israel Ministry of Health. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/israel-ministry-of-health

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  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Israel Ministry of Health},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/israel-ministry-of-health}},
  urldate = {2026-11-04},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}
```

License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).