Impact Factor
1.46
Journal Citation Impact
Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.
Citation rate
0.26
10 total citations
h5-index
6
h5 depth signal
Cited share
18.4%
7 of 38
Total citations
10
Citation footprint
Metric signal
0.45
External metric anchor
Self-citation
0.0%
0 self-citations
Citations Trend
Monthly Publications Cadence
Citing Geographic Demographics
United States
46
United Kingdom
44
Denmark
25
Australia
20
China
15
Citing Fields of Research
Linguistics & Language Studies
81
Patient Care
75
Health Education & Remote Healthcare
56
Psychiatry & Psychology
36
Communication Studies
25
Publishing Activity & Reach
Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.
All-time article footprint
550
Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set
38
7 cited publications
Last 12 months
16
5.3 publications/month
Open access share
0.0%
0 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country
United States
46 citing publications
Leading citing field
Linguistics & Language Studies
81 citing publications
Latest tracked publication
19 June 2026
10 recent records available
Coverage & Indexing History
v1n1, 2004-
v1n1, 2004-
Active Coverage
Research Focus & Classification
Indexed Subjects
Linguistics & Language Studies
Patient Care
Folklore Studies
Psychiatry & Psychology
Health Education & Remote Healthcare
Communication Studies
Broad Categories
Health Services
Medicine
Patient Care
Linguistics & Language Studies
Folklore Studies
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Medical Ethics
MeSH Descriptors
Communication
Delivery of Health Care
Ethics
Latest Publications
Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.
01
DOI 10.3138/commed-2024-0026
Open DOI
Toward an interactional approach to health literacy
Health literacy (HL) concerns competencies that are necessary to access, understand, and use health information to solve a health problem. Existing methods for assessing HL (including e-health) are primarily based on self-reported data a...
02
DOI 10.3138/commed-2025-0038
Open DOI
Medical humanities: An alliance or an aberration?
In this forum discussion piece, I first delineate the many contours of the label “medical humanities.” In readily acknowledging its interdisciplinary makeup, I then attempt to cover two ends of the spectrum as signaled in the title—at on...
03
DOI 10.3138/commed-2025-0022
Open DOI
Narrative in bits and pieces: Moving between monologue and dialogue in the non-literary journal of a writer with dementia
There has been a growing emphasis on the use of diaries and journals by caregivers and people living with dementia as ways to document and understand their lived experiences. Non-literary diaries that act as ledgers and inventories of li...
04
DOI 10.3138/commed-2024-0017
Open DOI
Communication and intercultural barriers in Swiss health care involving Spanish-Galician migrants: An exploratory study
This exploratory study examines communication and intercultural barriers faced by Spanish–Galician migrants in Swiss health care across two migration waves (1961 to 1980 and post-2008) and three generations. Drawing on ten semistructured...
05
DOI 10.3138/commed-2025-0014
Open DOI
Making sense of sense-making: The challenge of navigating interactional competence in dementia care
Difficulties with communication present a challenge not just for people living with dementia (PLWD) themselves but also for those who care for them. This challenge is amplified in acute care environments with unfamiliar surroundings and ...
06
DOI 10.3138/commed-2024-0005
Open DOI
Nurses’ perspectives on supporting patient participation in atrial fibrillation (AF) treatment: A study of communication patterns
This qualitative study explores nurses’ perspectives on consultations in the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF). The aim is to discover whether and how nurses support patient participation and how they talk about it. The data consist ...
07
DOI 10.3138/commed-2025-0011
Open DOI
Metaphors and identities in online descriptions of the experience of pain
Becoming seriously and/or chronically ill can challenge and disrupt our sense of who we are in terms of our bodies, minds, and social roles. Although a substantial literature exists on metaphor and illness, the use of metaphor to represe...
08
DOI 10.3138/commed-2025-0013
Open DOI
Anatomy of a conversation: Voices of dual-role medical interpreters
Interpreted communication in the medical domain is inherently complex, but due to the cost of professional interpretation in outpatient settings, qualified bilingual speakers or even untrained interpreters are common in the United States...
09
DOI 10.3138/commed-2024-0021
Open DOI
“ That is somebody's husband ”: Face-saving strategies in doctor–patient interaction in a public health facility in Kenya
This study examines face-work and politeness strategies during interactions between a female doctor and two male patients presenting with sexual and reproductive health issues at a public hospital in Kenya. Grounded in the conceptual fra...
10
DOI 10.3138/commed-2024-0002
Open DOI
Communicating suffering in the context of medically assisted suicide: Psychological challenges and ethical discussion
Typically, one of the necessary conditions for accessing medically assisted suicide (MAS) is the presence of suffering that the patient deems intolerable, which is then communicated to the physician. During the consultation, the physicia...
Bibliographical & Catalog Notes
Title from cover.
Place of publication varies.
Also issued online.
v.1, no. 1 (May 2004)20060630 Notice not published Printed on acid-free paper that meets the full ANSI standard for Permanent Paper