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title: "London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine"
description: "Research profile of London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine: 321 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly health economics and policy and economics; h-index 1,107."
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# London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

- 0 papers in the last 7 days
- country: United Kingdom
- web domain: lshtm.ac.uk

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

## Key findings

- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine was involved in 5 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-05 to 2026-11-03), ranking #377 of 3,809 institutions.
- Most of them appeared in International Journal for Equity in Health (1), BMC Medical Research Methodology (1) and International Journal of Mental Health Systems (1).
- Countries: United Kingdom (5), China (1) and Hong Kong (1).
- From 2023 to 2025, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine ranks #7 in health economics and policy.
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine took part in 321 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in health economics and policy (256), economics (45) and statistics (13).
- 28 of them were published in 2025, against 31 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (15), Imperial College London (14) and London School of Economics and Political Science (13).
- The journals publishing most of them were Health Research Policy and Systems (22), Health Policy (21) and Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation (9).
- The most-cited of them is “The dark side of coproduction: do the costs outweigh the benefits for health research?” (Health Research Policy and Systems, 2019), with 754 citations.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine has 84,817 works with 11,679,813 citations (h-index 1,107).
- The tracked journals hold 295 of its 42,352 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (0.7%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Malaria Research and Control (6,704), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (6,197) and Global Maternal and Child Health (4,360).
- OpenAlex lists it under University of London.

## In the rankings

Top institutions, 2023–2025: [#7 in health economics and policy](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/institutions-by-year/health-economics-and-policy.md)

## 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) | 26 | 28 | 21 | 22 | 28 | 33 | 30 | 24 | 23 | 21 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 31 | 39 | 25 | 30 | 38 | 40 | 37 | 27 | 28 | 26 |

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

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Health Research Policy and Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-research-policy-and-systems.md) | 22 |
| 2 | [Health Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-policy.md) | 21 |
| 3 | [Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/cost-effectiveness-and-resource-allocation.md) | 9 |
| 4 | [PharmacoEconomics - Open](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pharmacoeconomics-open.md) | 7 |
| 5 | [PharmacoEconomics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pharmacoeconomics.md) | 6 |
| 6 | [Journal of Public Health Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-public-health-policy.md) | 5 |
| 7 | [Food Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/food-policy.md) | 5 |
| 8 | [Health Economics Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-economics-review.md) | 5 |
| 9 | [Applied Health Economics and Health Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/applied-health-economics-and-health-policy.md) | 4 |
| 10 | [The European Journal of Health Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-european-journal-of-health-economics.md) | 4 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies | 15 |
| 2 | [Imperial College London](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/imperial-college-london.md) | 14 |
| 3 | [London School of Economics and Political Science](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/london-school-of-economics-and-political-science.md) | 13 |
| 4 | [University of Oxford](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-oxford.md) | 12 |
| 5 | [University College London](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-college-london.md) | 9 |
| 6 | Faculty of Public Health | 8 |
| 7 | [Technische Universität Berlin](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/technische-universitat-berlin.md) | 7 |
| 8 | [University of Cambridge](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-cambridge.md) | 6 |
| 9 | University of Ghana | 6 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | United Kingdom | 118 |
| 2 | United States | 34 |
| 3 | Belgium | 19 |
| 4 | Australia | 17 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 14 |
| 6 | Switzerland | 13 |
| 7 | Germany | 11 |
| 8 | South Africa | 9 |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 8 |
| 10 | Nigeria | 8 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [cost-effectiveness](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/cost-effectiveness.md) | 15 |
| 2 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 12 |
| 3 | low- and middle-income countries | 8 |
| 4 | universal health coverage | 7 |
| 5 | [health care financing](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/health-care-financing.md) | 6 |
| 6 | [health equity](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/health-equity.md) | 6 |
| 7 | HIV prevention | 5 |
| 8 | [quality-adjusted life years](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/quality-adjusted-life-years.md) | 5 |
| 9 | barriers and facilitators | 4 |
| 10 | cervical cancer screening | 4 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 754 | 8.3 | [The dark side of coproduction: do the costs outweigh the benefits for health research?](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-019-0432-3) | [Health Research Policy and Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-research-policy-and-systems.md) | 2019-03-28 | Kathryn A. Oliver, Anita R. Kothari, Nicholas Mays |
| 2 | 539 | 5.8 | [Mental health care utilisation and access among refugees and asylum seekers in Europe: A systematic review](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2019.02.007) | [Health Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-policy.md) | 2019-02-22 | Emily N. Satinsky, Daniela Christina Fuhr, Aniek Woodward et al. |
| 3 | 374 | 3.6 | [How well do discrete choice experiments predict health choices? A systematic review and meta-analysis of external validity](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-018-0954-6) | [The European Journal of Health Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-european-journal-of-health-economics.md) | 2018-01-29 | Matthew Quaife, Fern Terris‐Prestholt, Gian Luca Di Tanna et al. |
| 4 | 308 | 4.6 | [COVID-19 vaccine challenges: What have we learned so far and what remains to be done?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2021.03.013) | [Health Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-policy.md) | 2021-03-26 | Rebecca Forman, Soleil S. Shah, Patrick Jeurissen et al. |
| 5 | 257 | 2.7 | [Google Trends: Opportunities and limitations in health and health policy research](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2019.01.001) | [Health Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-policy.md) | 2019-01-11 | Vishal S. Arora, Martin McKee, David Stückler |
| 6 | 211 | 3.7 | [Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards 2022 (CHEERS 2022) Statement: Updated Reporting Guidance for Health Economic Evaluations](https://doi.org/10.1007/s40258-021-00704-x) | [Applied Health Economics and Health Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/applied-health-economics-and-health-policy.md) | 2022-01-11 | Don Husereau, Michael Drummond, Federico Augustovski et al. |
| 7 | 185 | 2.4 | [12 Lessons learned from the management of the coronavirus pandemic](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2020.05.008) | [Health Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-policy.md) | 2020-05-15 | Rebecca Forman, Rifat Ali Atun, Martin McKee et al. |
| 8 | 159 | 2.3 | [Menstrual hygiene management in schools: midway progress update on the “MHM in Ten” 2014–2024 global agenda](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-020-00669-8) | [Health Research Policy and Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-research-policy-and-systems.md) | 2021-01-02 | Marni Sommer, Bethany A. Caruso, Belén Torondel et al. |
| 9 | 151 | 3.3 | [Analysing the Efficiency of Health Systems: A Systematic Review of the Literature](https://doi.org/10.1007/s40258-022-00785-2) | [Applied Health Economics and Health Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/applied-health-economics-and-health-policy.md) | 2022-12-27 | Rahab Mbau, Anita Musiega, Lizah Nyawira et al. |
| 10 | 148 | 2.3 | [A comparison of 2020 health policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2021.06.012) | [Health Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-policy.md) | 2021-07-01 | Lynn Y Unruh, Sara M. Allin, Gregory P. Marchildon et al. |

## In OpenAlex

*London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in OpenAlex*

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | University |
| Location | London, England, United Kingdom |
| Also known as | LSHTM |
| Part of | [University of London](https://openalex.org/I124357947) |
| Units listed in OpenAlex | 2 |
| Works in OpenAlex | 84,817 |
| Citations | 11,679,813 |
| h-index | 1,107 |
| i10-index | 103,309 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 5.62 |
| Website | [www.lshtm.ac.uk](http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/) |
| ROR | [ror.org/00a0jsq62](https://ror.org/00a0jsq62) |
| OpenAlex | [openalex.org/I4210089966](https://openalex.org/I4210089966) |

*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) | 4,298 | 271,320 | 26 | 0.6% |
| 2025 | 4,992 | 337,381 | 28 | 0.6% |
| 2024 | 5,546 | 352,630 | 27 | 0.5% |
| 2023 | 5,227 | 339,098 | 37 | 0.7% |
| 2022 | 5,709 | 343,626 | 40 | 0.7% |
| 2021 | 5,920 | 353,569 | 38 | 0.6% |
| 2020 | 4,855 | 285,501 | 30 | 0.6% |
| 2019 | 3,699 | 212,033 | 25 | 0.7% |
| 2018 | 3,357 | 186,322 | 39 | 1.2% |
| 2017 | 3,047 | 173,723 | 31 | 1.0% |

*Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)*

| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | Malaria Research and Control | Medicine | 6,704 |
| 2 | HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions | Medicine | 6,197 |
| 3 | Global Maternal and Child Health | Medicine | 4,360 |
| 4 | Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology | Medicine | 3,751 |
| 5 | Child Nutrition and Water Access | Nursing | 3,185 |

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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-24 | [Dose-level timeliness of self-paid vaccination in Chinese children aged 0–6 years: a registry-based analysis](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-026-03084-7) | [International Journal for Equity in Health](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-for-equity-in-health.md) | Linchen Chu, Kan Chen, Chuanxi Fu et al. | Zhejiang Chinese Medical University; London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; University of Hong Kong |
| 2026-10-24 | [Scoping review of software implementations of risk-of-bias tools and quantitative bias analysis methods for sample selection bias](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-03060-3) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | Audinga‐Dea Hazewinkel, Elinor Curnow, Kate M. Tilling et al. | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; University of Bristol; MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit |
| 2026-10-18 | [Multilevel determinants of primary care access for selected mental health conditions among adults in West Africa: a scoping review](https://doi.org/10.1186/s13033-026-00746-5) | [International Journal of Mental Health Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-mental-health-systems.md) | Nhyira Yaw Adjei-Banuah, Veronika Reichenberger, Roberta Naa Barkey Ayiku et al. | Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons; London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; Dodowa Health Research Centre; … |
| 2026-10-16 | [The impact of COVID-19 on all-cause mortality and life expectancy: findings from a population-based cohort in uMkhanyakude district, northern KwaZulu-natal](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12963-026-00520-2) | [Population Health Metrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/population-health-metrics.md) | Lusanda Mazibuko, Kobus Herbst, Kathy J. Baisley et al. | Africa Health Research Institute; University College London; South African Medical Research Council; … |
| 2026-10-06 | [Conducting cross-sectoral collaborative research for food system transformation: learnings from a qualitative evaluation study](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-026-01540-y) | [Health Research Policy and Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-research-policy-and-systems.md) | Sarah Shaw, Oliver Huse, Bea Savory et al. | University of Cambridge; MRC Epidemiology Unit; University of Southampton; … |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/london-school-of-hygiene-tropical-medicine

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  title = {London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/london-school-of-hygiene-tropical-medicine}},
  urldate = {2026-11-03},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}
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