Impact Factor
2.18
Journal Citation Impact
Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.
Citation rate
0.45
322 total citations
h5-index
18
h5 depth signal
Cited share
17.3%
128 of 742
Total citations
322
Citation footprint
Metric signal
0.39
External metric anchor
Self-citation
5.0%
16 self-citations
Citations Trend
Monthly Publications Cadence
Citing Geographic Demographics
United Kingdom
1,634
Canada
801
Australia
527
United States
265
New Zealand
47
Citing Fields of Research
Health Education & Remote Healthcare
963
Healthcare Policy
805
Patient Care
583
Information & Library Science
492
Medical Ethics
485
Publishing Activity & Reach
Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.
All-time article footprint
3,355
Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set
742
128 cited publications
Last 12 months
359
59.8 publications/month
Open access share
100.0%
359 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country
United Kingdom
1,634 citing publications
Leading citing field
Health Education & Remote Healthcare
963 citing publications
Latest tracked publication
3 August 2026
10 recent records available
Coverage & Indexing History
v6n1, 2021-
v1n1, 2017-
Active Coverage
Research Focus & Classification
Indexed Subjects
Health Education & Remote Healthcare
Healthcare Policy
Information & Library Science
Medical Ethics
Patient Care
Statistical Methods
Issuing & Sponsoring Bodies
issuing body
Swansea University
Broad Categories
Public Health
Vital Statistics
Medical Ethics
Healthcare Policy
Health Education & Remote Healthcare
Psychiatry & Psychology
Knowledge Representation & Reasoning
Substance Abuse
Patient Care
MeSH Descriptors
Data Science
Population Characteristics
Latest Publications
Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.
01
DOI 10.23889/ijpds.v11i4.3787
Open DOI
Linking Food Consumption to Deprivation: A Study Leveraging Shopping Data
Introduction & BackgroundFood insecurity is a prevalent issue in the UK and goes beyond a simple lack of food in quantity, but instead is deeply associated with the affordability of healthy food choices. Healthier food items cost more th...
02
DOI 10.23889/ijpds.v11i4.3791
Open DOI
Developing a Geo-intelligent Housing Submarket Classification Framework for England and Wales
Introduction & BackgroundAmid escalating housing affordability pressures, housing shortages, and widening spatial inequalities, with 1.33 million households on social housing waiting lists in England in 2024 (UK Government, 2025), there ...
03
DOI 10.23889/ijpds.v11i4.3785
Open DOI
Enriching Longitudinal Population Study Data with Neighbourhood Mobility Indicators at the UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration
Introduction & BackgroundUK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration (UK LLC) is the national Trusted Research Environment (TRE) for data linkage in longitudinal research. UK LLC currently brings together data from >24 Longitudinal Population ...
04
DOI 10.23889/ijpds.v11i4.3793
Open DOI
Consumer Cognitive Effort and the Unintended Consequences of Digital Technologies
Introduction & BackgroundAs consumers, we increasingly encounter analytics-driven marketing and AI whenever we shop for goods or services. From getting groceries and choosing what movie to watch to selecting investment opportunities, the...
05
DOI 10.23889/ijpds.v11i4.3795
Open DOI
An Interactive Visual System to Interpret Pedestrian Crossing Intention Predictions
Introduction & BackgroundPedestrian Intention Prediction (PIP) models help autonomous vehicles (AV) anticipate crossing behaviour by drawing on rich behavioural signals and scene information. Understanding how these inputs shape model de...
06
DOI 10.23889/ijpds.v11i4.3792
Open DOI
Measuring diet quality based on Healthy Purchase Index (HPI) generated from food purchase data
Introduction & BackgroundLarge scale food purchase data obtained from the use of loyalty cards offers a novel way to measure household diet quality. A revised Healthy Purchase Index (rHPI) calculated based on the nutritional content of f...
07
DOI 10.23889/ijpds.v11i4.3777
Open DOI
The use of Online Consumer reviews in the Surveillance and Detection of Infectious Gastrointestinal Disease Outbreaks
Introduction & BackgroundGastrointestinal (GI) infections are an important cause of morbidity in England, with over 17 million cases estimated annually, leading to 1 million healthcare consultations and ~90,000 confirmed laboratory diagn...
08
DOI 10.23889/ijpds.v11i4.3797
Open DOI
From Shopping Baskets to Diabetes: Causal Inference Using Retail Transaction Data
Introduction & BackgroundMore than 3 million people in England are diagnosed with diabetes, with prevalence rising steadily and placing substantial burden on health services. Sugar consumption is an established modifiable risk factor, ye...
09
DOI 10.23889/ijpds.v11i4.3782
Open DOI
Evaluating the Impact of Cultural Events Using Machine Learning and Digital Footfall: a Case Study of Bradford City of Culture 2025
Introduction & BackgroundCultural events are hugely important, yet the UK’s arts, culture and heritage sector struggles to evidence its social, civic and economic value due to fragmented, inconsistent and insufficiently granular data. Th...
10
DOI 10.23889/ijpds.v11i4.3783
Open DOI
Mapping differences between the Index of Multiple Deprivation and the Priority Places for Food Index to better understand areas of need
Introduction & BackgroundLiving conditions vary widely across England, and several indices have been developed to quantify spatial inequalities and support evidence-based decision-making. The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) is an est...
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