Impact Factor
2.91
Journal Citation Impact
Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.
Citation rate
2.64
133 total citations
h5-index
13
h5 depth signal
Cited share
75.5%
40 of 53
Total citations
133
Citation footprint
Metric signal
1.71
External metric anchor
Self-citation
21.8%
29 self-citations
Citations Trend
Monthly Publications Cadence
Citing Geographic Demographics
Australia
154
United States
22
Iran
19
Canada
14
China
13
Citing Fields of Research
Health Education & Remote Healthcare
166
Patient Care
158
Healthcare Policy
80
Medical Ethics
50
Information & Library Science
23
Publishing Activity & Reach
Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.
All-time article footprint
1,182
Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set
53
40 cited publications
Last 12 months
29
3.2 publications/month
Open access share
58.6%
17 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country
Australia
154 citing publications
Leading citing field
Health Education & Remote Healthcare
166 citing publications
Latest tracked publication
17 October 2026
10 recent records available
Coverage & Indexing History
v24n1, Mar. 1994-
v24n1, Mar. 1994-
v24, 1994
1995-1999
Research Focus & Classification
Indexed Subjects
Health Education & Remote Healthcare
Patient Care
Healthcare Policy
Medical Ethics
Issuing & Sponsoring Bodies
Contributor
Health Information Management Association of Australia
Broad Categories
Medical Informatics
Patient Care
Health Education & Remote Healthcare
Medical Ethics
Healthcare Policy
MeSH Descriptors
Hospital Information Systems
Medical Record Administrators
Medical Records
Latest Publications
Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.
01
DOI 10.1177/18333583261490959
Open DOI
Building patient safety: A normative framework for health information management professionals
Background: The study focused on how health information management (HIM) professionals in Australia contribute to patient safety. Objective: The aim was to develop a normative framework that illustrates how the values, beliefs, attitudes...
02
DOI 10.1177/18333583261489939
Open DOI
The biopsychosocial-spiritual impact upon health information managers from exposure to sensitive information within patient records: A qualitative study
Background: Health Information Managers (HIMs) routinely work with patient records containing detailed accounts of illness, trauma and death. While the biopsychosocial-spiritual (BPSS) impacts of trauma exposure have been widely document...
03
DOI 10.1177/18333583261490625
Open DOI
Diagnosis-related group front-page management, coding patterns and cost structure in diabetic nephropathy
Background: Accurate medical record front-page (discharge summary face sheet) documentation supports diagnosis-related group (DRG) classification and payment review. Evidence on disease-specific management for diabetic nephropathy (DN) r...
04
DOI 10.1177/18333583261483476
Open DOI
Impact of auto-text documentation on ICD-10-AM code assignment in cardiothoracic surgery: An Australian cross-sectional comparative study
Background: Clinical documentation facilitates the delivery of safe, effective, and timely patient care. Failures in communication or inadequate documentation can contribute to poor patient outcomes. Multiple barriers exist to producing ...
05
DOI 10.1177/18333583261487269
Open DOI
The professional knowledge, skills and specialist functions of certified clinical coding auditors
Background: The quality of Australia’s coded clinical data is essential for its reliability in myriad applications throughout the healthcare system, signalling the need for clinical coding auditing. Internal clinical coding auditors audi...
06
DOI 10.1177/18333583261481088
Open DOI
From data entry to digital transformation: Allied health perspectives on standardised electronic medical records data
Background: Electronic medical records (EMRs) currently rely on standardised data fields to support secondary data use for clinical care, performance monitoring, and system-level reporting. However, utilisation of standardised data captu...
07
DOI 10.1177/18333583261486244
Open DOI
Staff utilisation of an electronic medical record during nursing handover
Background: Electronic medical records (EMRs) are widely implemented to improve information access, patient safety and care coordination. However, less is known about how EMRs are used in routine clinical processes such as nursing handov...
08
DOI 10.1177/18333583261476770
Open DOI
Clinical coders’ work engagement under China’s healthcare payment reform: A cross-sectional study
Background: The accuracy of clinical coding, which is essential for supporting managerial and policy decisions such as funding formulas, is closely tied to the work engagement of clinical coders. Objective: This paper aimed to evaluate t...
09
DOI 10.1177/18333583261483160
Open DOI
A health informatics in-depth evaluation study of the rural, across-distance implementation of a health information system: Implementing in the wild
Background: This study involved the across-distance implementation of a Patient Administration System (PAS) in rural Australia, led by three health information managers (HIMs). The setting was a vast, rural health district with 10 widely...
10
DOI 10.1177/18333583261483154
Open DOI
Healthcare facility health information system status in Somalia: Evidence from the 2022–2023 Harmonised Health Facility Assessment
Background: Health information systems (HISs) support facility reporting, data-quality monitoring, planning, and decision-making. In Somalia, routine HIS performance is constrained by paper-based workflows, limited trained data personnel...
Bibliographical & Catalog Notes
Title from cover.
Some issues available only online.
Some vols. for 1994- include separately numbered section called: International health records newsletter.
Also issued online.