Journal profile

Advances in health sciences education : theory and practice

Publisher: Springer Netherlands
ISSN1382-4996 | 1573-1677 FormatPrint StatusCurrently indexed

Journal Citation Impact

Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.

Impact Factor
3.74
Citation rate 4.14 823 total citations
h5-index 34 h5 depth signal
Cited share 81.2% 168 of 207
Total citations 823 Citation footprint
Metric signal 3.91 External metric anchor
Self-citation 6.0% 49 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

Canada 325
United States 214
Netherlands 141
Australia 134
United Kingdom 91

Citing Fields of Research

Patient Care 662
Education & Pedagogy 402
Health Education & Remote Healthcare 127
Psychiatry & Psychology 104
Healthcare Policy 92

Publishing Activity & Reach

Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.

All-time article footprint 1,879 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set 207 168 cited publications
Last 12 months 105 8.8 publications/month
Open access share 58.1% 61 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country Canada 325 citing publications
Leading citing field Patient Care 662 citing publications
Latest tracked publication 16 October 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE
v6n1, 2001-
PubMed
v6n1, 2001-
Index medicus
Active Coverage

Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

Patient Care Education & Pedagogy

Broad Categories

Education Public Health Patient Care Education & Pedagogy

MeSH Descriptors

Education, Dental Education, Medical Education, Nursing Physical Therapy Specialty

Latest Publications

Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.

01
Jack Amiry, James Galloway, Helen Oram
Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) remain central to the assessment of clinical competence, yet the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into assessment design, delivery, and scoring raises a fundamental question: ...
03
M. Gartmeier, N. McIntyre, J. Fritsche et al.
Clinical ward rounds are complex, high‑stakes encounters in which physicians must integrate clinical reasoning, team coordination, and patient‑centred communication. While ward rounds are routinely described as occasions on which physici...
06
Jaime Alonso Caravaca-Morera, Marco A. de Carvalho Filho, Francisco Olmos-Vega
Professional identity formation (PIF) has become a central tenet of medical education, yet its dominant assumptions leave a constitutive question underexamined: under what conditions can diverse configurations of knowledge, body, affect,...

Bibliographical & Catalog Notes

Also issued online.