--- title: "Population Health Metrics: impact and top papers" description: "Population Health Metrics has a 2-year mean citedness of 2.89 and an h-index of 87 in OpenAlex, #19 of 28 tracked health economics and policy journals by citedness. In 2025 it published 83 papers, and its papers received 2,281 citations." url: https://scholar4ai.com/journals/population-health-metrics markdown_url: https://scholar4ai.com/journals/population-health-metrics.md license: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) share_text: "Population Health Metrics has a 2-year mean citedness of 2.89 and an h-index of 87 in OpenAlex, #19 of 28 tracked health economics and policy journals by citedness. (as of 2026-11-03)" data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json updated: 2026-11-03T18:03:37+09:00 window: 2026-10-05 to 2026-11-03 source: OpenAlex (CC0) --- # Population Health Metrics - 0 papers in the last 7 days - category: Health Economics and Policy - publisher: BioMed Central - ISSN 1478-7954 - Journal website: http://pophealthmetrics.biomedcentral.com/ - ISSN portal: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/1478-7954 - OpenAlex: https://openalex.org/S977989270 Back to the ranking: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/journals.md Rankings of Health Economics and Policy: [Health Economics and Policy dashboard](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) · [Health Economics and Policy journal rankings by citations](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/journal-metrics/health-economics-and-policy.md) · [Top health economics and policy institutions, 2023–2025](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/institutions-by-year/health-economics-and-policy.md) · [Top funders of health economics and policy research](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/funders/health-economics-and-policy.md) · [Companies in health economics and policy research](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/companies/health-economics-and-policy.md) · [Open access in health economics and policy journals](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/health-economics-and-policy.md) ## Key findings - Population Health Metrics has a 2-year mean citedness of 2.89 and an h-index of 87 in OpenAlex, #19 of 28 tracked health economics and policy journals by citedness. - In 2025 it published 83 papers, and its papers received 2,281 citations. - Population Health Metrics published 6 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-05 to 2026-11-03), ranking #178 of 480 journals. - Leading institutions: Wuhan University (1), Macao University of Tourism (1) and Macau University of Science and Technology (1). - Countries: United States (3), China (1) and Macao (1). - From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, Population Health Metrics published 6 papers (0 a month on average, by publication date in OpenAlex). - Its most frequent keywords over that period were “life expectancy” (2), “Brazilian population” (1) and “COVID-19 pandemic” (1). ## Citation metrics *Citation metrics (OpenAlex)* | Metric | Value | |---|---:| | 2-year mean citedness | 2.89 | | h-index | 87 | | i10-index | 444 | | Papers in OpenAlex | 754 | | Citations in OpenAlex | 31,125 | | Rank among tracked health economics and policy journals | [#19 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) | 74 | 1,801 | | 2025 | 83 | 2,281 | | 2024 | 40 | 2,424 | | 2023 | 21 | 2,401 | | 2022 | 22 | 2,707 | | 2021 | 47 | 2,904 | | 2020 | 30 | 2,389 | | 2019 | 20 | 2,099 | | 2018 | 23 | 1,834 | | 2017 | 40 | 1,706 | | 2016 | 49 | 1,554 | 2-year mean citedness is OpenAlex's count of citations per paper a journal published in the two previous years, an open counterpart to the journal impact factor (which counts only Web of Science citations); the h-index and i10-index cover all its papers. The figures come from OpenAlex (CC0) and are read again monthly. Official metrics such as the Journal Impact Factor (Clarivate) and CiteScore (Scopus) are licensed by their owners and not copied here; the publisher shows them on the journal's website. Journal website: http://pophealthmetrics.biomedcentral.com/ ## 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 | |---:|---:|---:|---:| | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | *Most frequent keywords, Nov 2023 to Oct 2026* | # | Keyword | Papers | |---:|---|---:| | 1 | life expectancy | 2 | | 2 | Brazilian population | 1 | | 3 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 1 | | 4 | Chinese adults | 1 | | 5 | EQ-5D | 1 | | 6 | HIV | 1 | | 7 | KwaZulu-Natal | 1 | | 8 | Nigeria | 1 | | 9 | additive interaction | 1 | | 10 | age | 1 | *Papers, newest first.* | Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations | |---|---|---|---|---| | 2026-10-21 | [Independent and joint associations of loneliness and household fuel use with cognitive function and functional dependency among middle-aged and older Chinese adults: a cross-sectional study using CHARLS 2015](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12963-026-00516-y) | [Population Health Metrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/population-health-metrics.md) | Xiaoyu Zhang, Xiaoyu Tao, Ying Xiao | Macau University of Science and Technology; Wuhan University; Macao University of Tourism | | 2026-10-20 | [Enhancing maternal and child health service coverage estimates at the sub-national level in Nigeria: a methodological study using routine health information systems data](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12963-026-00521-1) | [Population Health Metrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/population-health-metrics.md) | Ting Chen, Sian Curtis, Kavita Singh et al. | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Johns Hopkins University | | 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; … | | 2026-10-15 | [What drives and forecasts population longevity beyond income? Evidence from a cross-country panel](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12963-026-00517-x) | [Population Health Metrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/population-health-metrics.md) | Giovanna Morelli, Antonia Rosa Gurrieri, Tulia Gattone et al. | University of Teramo; University of Foggia; Mercatorum University; … | | 2026-10-11 | [Locally derived transition probabilities for EQ-5D crosswalk in a Brazilian population: an alternative to European-based mapping algorithms](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12963-026-00512-2) | [Population Health Metrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/population-health-metrics.md) | Marcelo Goulart Correia, Vanessa R von Doellinger, Bernardo Rangel Tura et al. | Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia | | 2026-10-07 | [Measuring miscarriages: a comparison of self-reported and healthcare register data in Finland](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12963-026-00518-w) | [Population Health Metrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/population-health-metrics.md) | Heini Väisänen, Hanna M. Remes, Lara Lehtoranta et al. | Institut national d'études démographiques; University of Helsinki; Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare | ## Cite this page Scholar4AI. (2026). Population Health Metrics. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/journals/population-health-metrics ```bibtex @misc{scholar4ai-journals-population-health-metrics, author = {{Scholar4AI}}, title = {Population Health Metrics}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/journals/population-health-metrics}}, urldate = {2026-11-03}, 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/).