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title: "Health policy research: papers, trends and top journals"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “health policy” appeared in 504 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in health economics and policy (372), economics (81) and operations research (15)."
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share_text: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “health policy” appeared in 504 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in health economics and policy (372), economics (81) and operations research (15). (as of 2026-11-03)"
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# Papers on “health policy”

Research on “health policy” in the 480 tracked journals: papers per year and category, the journals, institutions and countries publishing it, the keywords studied with it and its most-cited papers. It is not among the most frequent keywords of the last 30 days, so this page has no list of its latest papers.

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

## Key findings

- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “health policy” appeared in 504 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in health economics and policy (372), economics (81) and operations research (15).
- 50 of them were published in 2025, against 47 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Hebrew University of Jerusalem (7), Tel Aviv University (6) and University College London (6).
- The journals publishing most of them were Health Research Policy and Systems (49), Israel Journal of Health Policy Research (15) and Health Policy and Technology (14).
- The most-cited of them is “Evidence-based policymaking is not like evidence-based medicine, so how far should you go to bridge the divide between evidence and policy?” (Health Research Policy and Systems, 2017), with 526 citations.

## 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) | 37 | 39 | 34 | 45 | 48 | 37 | 34 | 37 | 38 | 23 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 6 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 47 | 56 | 42 | 63 | 66 | 53 | 48 | 51 | 50 | 28 |

## Where the papers come from

*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) | 49 |
| 2 | [Israel Journal of Health Policy Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/israel-journal-of-health-policy-research.md) | 15 |
| 3 | [Health Policy and Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-policy-and-technology.md) | 14 |
| 4 | [Health Economics Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-economics-review.md) | 11 |
| 5 | [Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/cost-effectiveness-and-resource-allocation.md) | 10 |
| 6 | [Health Policy OPEN](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-policy-open.md) | 8 |
| 7 | [The European Journal of Health Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-european-journal-of-health-economics.md) | 7 |
| 8 | [Socio-Economic Planning Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/socio-economic-planning-sciences.md) | 5 |
| 9 | [Journal of Public Health Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-public-health-policy.md) | 4 |
| 10 | [Journal of Health Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-health-economics.md) | 3 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Hebrew University of Jerusalem](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hebrew-university-of-jerusalem.md) | 7 |
| 2 | [Tel Aviv University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/tel-aviv-university.md) | 6 |
| 3 | [University College London](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-college-london.md) | 6 |
| 4 | Iran University of Medical Sciences | 5 |
| 5 | [King's College London](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/king-s-college-london.md) | 5 |
| 6 | [McMaster University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/mcmaster-university.md) | 5 |
| 7 | [Tehran University of Medical Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/tehran-university-of-medical-sciences.md) | 5 |
| 8 | Clalit Health Services | 4 |
| 9 | [Erasmus University Rotterdam](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/erasmus-university-rotterdam.md) | 4 |
| 10 | Isfahan University of Medical Sciences | 4 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | United Kingdom | 31 |
| 2 | United States | 28 |
| 3 | Italy | 18 |
| 4 | Canada | 17 |
| 5 | Israel | 17 |
| 6 | Australia | 13 |
| 7 | Iran | 13 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 11 |
| 9 | China | 10 |
| 10 | Switzerland | 7 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 12 |
| 2 | [health disparities](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/health-disparities.md) | 11 |
| 3 | [health care costs](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/health-care-costs.md) | 10 |
| 4 | [health care utilization](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/health-care-utilization.md) | 10 |
| 5 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 9 |
| 6 | Iran | 8 |
| 7 | Israel | 8 |
| 8 | [health technology assessment](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/health-technology-assessment.md) | 8 |
| 9 | [cost-effectiveness](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/cost-effectiveness.md) | 7 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 526 | 4.6 | [Evidence-based policymaking is not like evidence-based medicine, so how far should you go to bridge the divide between evidence and policy?](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-017-0192-x) | [Health Research Policy and Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-research-policy-and-systems.md) | 2017-04-26 | Paul Cairney, Kathryn A. Oliver |
| 2 | 526 | 7.1 | [Leveraging media and health communication strategies to overcome the COVID-19 infodemic](https://doi.org/10.1057/s41271-020-00247-w) | [Journal of Public Health Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-public-health-policy.md) | 2020-08-21 | Nour Mheidly, Jawad Fares |
| 3 | 329 | 4.2 | [Female political representation and substantive effects on policies: A literature review](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2020.101896) | [European Journal of Political Economy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-political-economy.md) | 2020-05-04 | Zohal Hessami, Mariana Lopes da Fonseca |
| 4 | 275 | 2.5 | [Past themes and future trends in medical tourism research: A co-word analysis](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2017.10.001) | [Tourism Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/tourism-management.md) | 2017-10-23 | Andrea de la Hoz-Correa, Francisco Muñoz‐Leiva, Márta Bakucz |
| 5 | 259 | 3.5 | [Telemedicine, COVID-19, and disparities: Policy implications](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlpt.2020.08.001) | [Health Policy and Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-policy-and-technology.md) | 2020-08-14 | Gezzer Ortega, Jorge Alberto Rodriguez, Lydia R. Maurer et al. |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “health policy”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/health-policy

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  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Papers on “health policy”},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/health-policy}},
  urldate = {2026-11-03},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}
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License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).