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title: "Human Resources for Health: journal guide and metrics"
description: "Human Resources for Health: publisher, ISSN, official website, citation metrics explained and recent papers. Human Resources for Health is published by BioMed Central and belongs to our Health Economics and Policy collection."
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# Human Resources for Health

- 0 papers in the last 7 days
- category: Health Economics and Policy
- publisher: BioMed Central
- ISSN 1478-4491
- Journal website: https://link.springer.com/journal/12960
- ISSN portal: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/1478-4491
- OpenAlex: https://openalex.org/S75242794

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## Journal at a glance

Human Resources for Health is published by BioMed Central and belongs to our Health Economics and Policy collection.

*Journal at a glance*

| Basic information | Details |
|---|---|
| Journal | Human Resources for Health |
| Publisher | BioMed Central |
| Tracked ISSN | 1478-4491 |
| Our collection | Health Economics and Policy |
| Official website | [Publisher's journal page](https://link.springer.com/journal/12960) |

Basic information source: https://openalex.org/S75242794

## What the metrics mean

*How to read journal metrics*

| Metric | What it means |
|---|---|
| 2-year mean citedness | OpenAlex's reported average citation measure for a recent two-year publication window. It is not Clarivate's Journal Impact Factor or Scopus CiteScore; databases and calculation rules differ. |
| h-index | An h-index of 7 means at least 7 indexed papers have at least 7 citations each. It covers the source's indexed publication history and favors longer, larger records. |
| i10-index | Number of indexed papers with at least 10 citations. It is a count, not an average citation rate. |
| Papers / citations in OpenAlex | Indexed works and incoming citation links across the source's record. Coverage, missing metadata and indexing delays affect both totals. |
| Rank among tracked journals | Position within this site's tracked peer set and stated metric. It is not a global journal ranking, quartile or accreditation. |

OpenAlex metrics below are not official Journal Impact Factor or CiteScore values. Any dated publisher-reported value is identified separately in the submission guide. Use the publisher's current information and the metric provider, checking the reference year. A small or new journal can have volatile citation averages; a missing value is not zero.

OpenAlex metric documentation: https://help.openalex.org/data/common-attributes/

## Choosing this journal

Before submitting, check the journal’s current aims, accepted article types, review procedure, data/code requirements, publication route and charges. Distinguish a submission fee from an open-access APC. Verify required database coverage by ISSN and year; this site’s OpenAlex metrics do not establish eligibility.

[Publisher instructions](https://link.springer.com/journal/12960)

## Key findings

- Human Resources for Health has a 2-year mean citedness of 7.28 and an h-index of 122 in OpenAlex, #3 of 28 tracked health economics and policy journals by citedness.
- In 2025 it published 76 papers, and its papers received 7,447 citations.
- Human Resources for Health published 3 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-07 to 2026-11-05), ranking #294 of 480 journals.
- Leading institutions: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1), Makerere University (1) and Georgia State University (1).
- Countries: United States (2), Uganda (1) and United Kingdom (1).
- 100% of the papers Human Resources for Health published in 2023–2025 are open access in OpenAlex (gold 100%), #7 of 28 tracked health economics and policy journals by open-access share.
- From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, Human Resources for Health published 231 papers (6 a month on average, by publication date in OpenAlex).
- Its most frequent keywords over that period were “healthcare workers” (32), “job satisfaction” (27) and “burnout” (22).
- Its most-cited paper of the period is “Engaging leadership and nurse well-being: the role of the work environment and work motivation—a cross-sectional study” (2024-01-15), with 112 citations.

## Citation metrics

*Citation metrics (OpenAlex)*

| Metric | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2-year mean citedness | 7.28 |
| h-index | 122 |
| i10-index | 1,212 |
| Papers in OpenAlex | 1,574 |
| Citations in OpenAlex | 73,401 |
| Rank among tracked health economics and policy journals | [#3 of 28](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/journal-metrics/health-economics-and-policy.md) |

*Papers per year and the citations the journal's papers received that year (OpenAlex)*

| Year | Papers | Citations received |
|---|---:|---:|
| 2026 (so far) | 61 | 5,901 |
| 2025 | 76 | 7,447 |
| 2024 | 83 | 8,121 |
| 2023 | 96 | 7,523 |
| 2022 | 106 | 7,107 |
| 2021 | 137 | 7,047 |
| 2020 | 100 | 5,162 |
| 2019 | 104 | 4,121 |
| 2018 | 70 | 3,523 |
| 2017 | 89 | 3,246 |
| 2016 | 77 | 2,627 |

2-year mean citedness is the recent-publication citation average reported by OpenAlex. It is a separate metric from Clarivate's Journal Impact Factor and Scopus CiteScore, with different coverage and rules; the h-index and i10-index cover the indexed publication history. The figures come from OpenAlex (CC0) and are read again monthly; the site's build date is not the metric's reference year.

Official Journal Impact Factor (Clarivate) and CiteScore (Scopus) values and current availability are not verified here. Consult the publisher and metric provider for the applicable reference year. Journal website: https://link.springer.com/journal/12960

## The last 36 months

*Papers by publication date, Nov 2023 to Oct 2026*

| Nov 23–Oct 24 | Nov 24–Oct 25 | Nov 25–Oct 26 | 36 months |
|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 82 | 70 | 79 | 231 |

*Most frequent keywords, Nov 2023 to Oct 2026*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | healthcare workers | 32 |
| 2 | job satisfaction | 27 |
| 3 | burnout | 22 |
| 4 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 21 |
| 5 | health workforce planning | 18 |
| 6 | [low- and middle-income countries](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/low-and-middle-income-countries.md) | 18 |
| 7 | nurses | 17 |
| 8 | health workforce shortage | 14 |
| 9 | general practitioners | 13 |
| 10 | health workforce policy | 13 |

*Most-cited papers published Nov 2023 to Oct 2026*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 112 | 3.3 | [Engaging leadership and nurse well-being: the role of the work environment and work motivation—a cross-sectional study](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-023-00886-6) | [Human Resources for Health](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/human-resources-for-health.md) | 2024-01-15 | Dorothea Kohnen, Hans De Witte, Wilmar B. Schaufeli et al. |
| 2 | 83 | 2.9 | [Social support, psychological capital, multidimensional job burnout, and turnover intention of primary medical staff: a path analysis drawing on conservation of resources theory](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-024-00915-y) | [Human Resources for Health](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/human-resources-for-health.md) | 2024-06-19 | Guimei Chen, Jing Wang, Qian Erin Huang et al. |
| 3 | 81 | 2.7 | [Global estimate of burnout among the public health workforce: a systematic review and meta-analysis](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-024-00917-w) | [Human Resources for Health](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/human-resources-for-health.md) | 2024-05-21 | Ramya Nagarajan, Padmavathi Ramachandran, Rajendran Dilipkumar et al. |
| 4 | 78 | 3.1 | [Global Strategy on Human Resources for Health: Workforce 2030—A Five-Year Check-In](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-024-00940-x) | [Human Resources for Health](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/human-resources-for-health.md) | 2024-10-03 | Michelle McIsaac, James Buchan, Ayat Abu-Agla et al. |
| 5 | 63 | 2.4 | [Effectiveness of eLearning programme for capacity building of healthcare professionals: a systematic review](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-024-00924-x) | [Human Resources for Health](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/human-resources-for-health.md) | 2024-09-02 | Gifty Francisca Ben Aryee, Mustapha Amoadu, Paul Obeng et al. |

## Most-cited since November 2016

*The journal's most-cited papers published since November 2016*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 112 | 3.3 | [Engaging leadership and nurse well-being: the role of the work environment and work motivation—a cross-sectional study](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-023-00886-6) | [Human Resources for Health](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/human-resources-for-health.md) | 2024-01-15 | Dorothea Kohnen, Hans De Witte, Wilmar B. Schaufeli et al. |
| 2 | 83 | 2.9 | [Social support, psychological capital, multidimensional job burnout, and turnover intention of primary medical staff: a path analysis drawing on conservation of resources theory](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-024-00915-y) | [Human Resources for Health](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/human-resources-for-health.md) | 2024-06-19 | Guimei Chen, Jing Wang, Qian Erin Huang et al. |
| 3 | 81 | 2.7 | [Global estimate of burnout among the public health workforce: a systematic review and meta-analysis](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-024-00917-w) | [Human Resources for Health](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/human-resources-for-health.md) | 2024-05-21 | Ramya Nagarajan, Padmavathi Ramachandran, Rajendran Dilipkumar et al. |
| 4 | 78 | 3.1 | [Global Strategy on Human Resources for Health: Workforce 2030—A Five-Year Check-In](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-024-00940-x) | [Human Resources for Health](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/human-resources-for-health.md) | 2024-10-03 | Michelle McIsaac, James Buchan, Ayat Abu-Agla et al. |
| 5 | 63 | 2.4 | [Effectiveness of eLearning programme for capacity building of healthcare professionals: a systematic review](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-024-00924-x) | [Human Resources for Health](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/human-resources-for-health.md) | 2024-09-02 | Gifty Francisca Ben Aryee, Mustapha Amoadu, Paul Obeng et al. |
| 6 | 48 | 1.5 | [Global migration and factors influencing retention of Asian internationally educated nurses: a systematic review](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-024-00900-5) | [Human Resources for Health](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/human-resources-for-health.md) | 2024-03-01 | Danny Shin Kai Ung, Yong Shian Goh, Yuan-Sheng Ryan Poon et al. |
| 7 | 39 | 1.7 | [Contextualising the job demands–resources model: a cross-sectional study of the psychosocial work environment across different healthcare professions](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-024-00958-1) | [Human Resources for Health](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/human-resources-for-health.md) | 2024-11-19 | Britta Elsert Gynning, Elin A. Karlsson, Kevin Teoh et al. |
| 8 | 38 | 1.1 | [Professional care workforce: a rapid review of evidence supporting methods of recruitment, retention, safety, and education](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-023-00879-5) | [Human Resources for Health](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/human-resources-for-health.md) | 2023-12-13 | Meg E. Morris, Natasha Kareem Brusco, Rachael McAleer et al. |
| 9 | 37 | 1.1 | [Human resource management research in healthcare: a big data bibliometric study](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-023-00865-x) | [Human Resources for Health](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/human-resources-for-health.md) | 2023-12-05 | Xiaoping Qin, Yu-Ni Huang, Zhiyuan Hu et al. |
| 10 | 36 | 1.2 | [Methods for health workforce projection model: systematic review and recommended good practice reporting guideline](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-024-00895-z) | [Human Resources for Health](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/human-resources-for-health.md) | 2024-04-17 | John Tayu Lee, Ian F Crettenden, My Tran et al. |

## Open access

*Papers per year by open-access status (OpenAlex)*

| Year | Papers | Open access | Diamond | Gold | Hybrid | Bronze | Green | Closed |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 2017 | 89 | 100% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2018 | 70 | 100% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2019 | 104 | 100% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2020 | 100 | 100% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2021 | 137 | 100% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2022 | 106 | 100% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 | 96 | 100% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 | 83 | 100% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 | 76 | 100% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2026 (so far) | 61 | 100% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |

Open-access status as OpenAlex reports it for each paper (diamond: published in an open-access journal that charges authors no fee; gold: published in an open-access journal; hybrid: open under a licence in a subscription journal; bronze: free to read on the publisher's site without an open licence; green: only a free copy in a repository; closed: no free copy found). Papers count by publication year; the share is of the papers whose status is known.

*Papers, newest first.*

| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-17 | [A systematic review of global interventions for sustainable strategies to reduce healthcare worker burnout and turnover in underserved areas of the United States](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-026-01104-9) | [Human Resources for Health](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/human-resources-for-health.md) | Jenny Carpenter, Anoushka Das, Salma Treish et al. | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Makerere University |
| 2026-10-10 | [Refining the first Global Strategy for the Occupational Therapy Workforce: results from a mixed-methods survey and multimodal expert feedback](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-026-01103-w) | [Human Resources for Health](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/human-resources-for-health.md) | Tiago S. Jesus, Claudia von Zweck, Sydney Larson et al. | The Ohio State University; Georgia State University; Northumbria University; … |
| 2026-10-07 | [Demographic transitions and the slow realignment of medical specialization: a 25-year analysis of physician distribution across OECD and partner economies (2000–2024)](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-026-01096-6) | [Human Resources for Health](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/human-resources-for-health.md) | José Moreno‐Montoya, José De La Hoz, J. Zarate-Velandia | Universidad Industrial de Santander; Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Human Resources for Health. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/journals/human-resources-for-health

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  urldate = {2026-11-05},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
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