Papers on “social determinants of health”
Research on “social determinants of health” 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. Also as Markdown.
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Key findings#
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “social determinants of health” appeared in 748 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in health economics and policy (689), statistics (17) and management (15).
- 115 of them were published in 2025, against 55 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were University of Toronto (17), Yale University (12) and McGill University (10).
- The journals publishing most of them were International Journal for Equity in Health (118), Social Science & Medicine (113) and SSM - Population Health (26).
- The most-cited of them is “Machine learning and algorithmic fairness in public and population health” (Nature Machine Intelligence, 2021), with 220 citations.
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Economics and Policy | 52 | 51 | 53 | 69 | 74 | 60 | 71 | 72 | 103 | 84 |
| Statistics | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Management | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Economics | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Operations Research | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| AI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Higher Education and Research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Information Systems | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marketing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Finance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| All categories | 55 | 53 | 55 | 77 | 85 | 67 | 74 | 75 | 115 | 92 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | International Journal for Equity in Health | 118 |
| 2 | Social Science & Medicine | 113 |
| 3 | SSM - Population Health | 26 |
| 4 | Health Policy | 12 |
| 5 | Globalization and Health | 11 |
| 6 | Health Research Policy and Systems | 10 |
| 7 | Journal of Public Health Policy | 9 |
| 8 | Evaluation and Program Planning | 5 |
| 9 | The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research | 5 |
| 10 | BMC Medical Research Methodology | 5 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Toronto | 17 |
| 2 | Yale University | 12 |
| 3 | McGill University | 10 |
| 4 | University of California, Los Angeles | 10 |
| 5 | New York University | 9 |
| 6 | The Ohio State University | 8 |
| 7 | University of Michigan | 8 |
| 8 | Johns Hopkins University | 7 |
| 9 | King's College London | 7 |
| 10 | The University of Sydney | 7 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 162 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 52 |
| 3 | Canada | 50 |
| 4 | Australia | 30 |
| 5 | China | 13 |
| 6 | Spain | 13 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 13 |
| 8 | India | 12 |
| 9 | South Africa | 12 |
| 10 | Germany | 11 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | health disparities | 108 |
| 2 | health equity | 62 |
| 3 | COVID-19 pandemic | 35 |
| 4 | health care access | 29 |
| 5 | mental health | 27 |
| 6 | educational attainment | 21 |
| 7 | socioeconomic status | 21 |
| 8 | community participation | 19 |
| 9 | intersectionality | 19 |
Most-cited papers#
| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 220 | 3.5 | Machine learning and algorithmic fairness in public and population health | Nature Machine Intelligence | 2021-07-29 | Vishwali Mhasawade, Yuan Zhao, Rumi Chunara |
| 2 | 151 | 3.3 | Analysing the Efficiency of Health Systems: A Systematic Review of the Literature | Applied Health Economics and Health Policy | 2022-12-27 | Rahab Mbau, Anita Musiega, Lizah Nyawira et al. |
| 3 | 148 | 1.4 | Unequal hopes and lives in the USA: optimism, race, place, and premature mortality | Journal of Population Economics | 2018-03-28 | Carol L. Graham, Sérgio Pinto |
| 4 | 138 | 1.3 | A scoping review of the implementation of health in all policies at the local level | Health Policy | 2017-12-20 | Maria Guglielmin, Carles Muntaner, Patricia J O'Campo et al. |
| 5 | 88 | 1.6 | Intersectoral and multisectoral approaches to health policy: an umbrella review protocol | Health Research Policy and Systems | 2022-02-15 | Michelle M Amri, Ali Chatur, Patricia J O'Campo |
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “social determinants of health”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/social-determinants-of-health
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