Impact Factor
3.25
Journal Citation Impact
Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.
Citation rate
1.98
898 total citations
h5-index
30
h5 depth signal
Cited share
62.8%
306 of 487
Total citations
898
Citation footprint
Metric signal
2.40
External metric anchor
Self-citation
3.1%
28 self-citations
Citations Trend
Monthly Publications Cadence
Citing Geographic Demographics
United States
474
United Kingdom
333
Canada
299
Australia
235
Turkey
204
Citing Fields of Research
Patient Care
853
Medical Ethics
503
Health Education & Remote Healthcare
345
Healthcare Policy
267
Psychiatry & Psychology
183
Publishing Activity & Reach
Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.
All-time article footprint
4,883
Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set
487
306 cited publications
Last 12 months
334
27.8 publications/month
Open access share
38.6%
129 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country
United States
474 citing publications
Leading citing field
Patient Care
853 citing publications
Latest tracked publication
15 October 2026
10 recent records available
Coverage & Indexing History
v1n1,Sept. 1995-
v1n1,Sept. 1995-
Active Coverage
Research Focus & Classification
Indexed Subjects
Patient Care
Medical Ethics
Health Education & Remote Healthcare
Healthcare Policy
Psychiatry
Psychiatry & Psychology
Broad Categories
Health Services Research
Patient Care
Medical Ethics
Musculoskeletal Disorders
Palliative Care
Obstetrics/Gynecology
Health Education & Remote Healthcare
MeSH Descriptors
Clinical Medicine
Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care
Latest Publications
Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.
01
DOI 10.1111/jep.70670
Open DOI
A Critical Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guidelines for Asthma Nursing Based on the AGREE II Instrument
Background: Asthma is a prevalent chronic respiratory disease affecting approximately 300 million people globally. While numerous CPGs (CPGs) have been released to improve patient quality of life, the methodological quality specifically ...
02
DOI 10.1111/jep.70659
Open DOI
Design Principles for Incident Reporting Systems in General Practice: Recurring Recommendations, Rarely Compared—Evidence Mapping and a Proof‐of‐Concept Deployment in Italy
Rationale: A small set of design principles—anonymity, simplicity, voluntary participation, timely feedback and a non‐punitive culture—is recommended for incident reporting systems in primary care with a consistency that is itself notabl...
03
DOI 10.1111/jep.70668
Open DOI
Defining Core Evidence‐Based Practice Knowledge for Health Professionals: A Delphi Consensus Study
Rationale, Aims and Objectives: A clearly defined content domain is needed to assess whether health professionals possess the conceptual knowledge required for Evidence‐Based Practice (EBP). Existing competency frameworks and assessment ...
04
DOI 10.1111/jep.70677
Open DOI
Exercise Discontinuation in Chronic Low Back Pain: Why Protocol Reporting Matters
05
DOI 10.1111/jep.70673
Open DOI
When Visibility Outpaces Expertise: Preserving Trustworthy Medical Authority in the Age of AI and Digital Amplification
Contemporary medicine has unprecedented capacity to generate and disseminate information through social media, digital platforms and artificial intelligence. Visibility, communicative fluency and engagement‐driven amplification may incre...
06
DOI 10.1111/jep.70612
Open DOI
Clinical Decision Support for Adult Enteral Nutrition: Literature Overview and Preliminary Hospital‐Based Evaluation
Rationale: Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) are increasingly used to enhance medical decision‐making, including nutrition support. Objective: This study aimed to narratively review CDSS tools for enteral nutrition (EN) and to pre...
07
DOI 10.1111/jep.70657
Open DOI
Beyond the Average Patient: The Ergodicity Problem in Evidence‐Based Medicine and a Proposal for Individual‐Dynamic Medicine
Rationale: Evidence‐based medicine (EBM) replaced authority with appraisal and has reduced harm. Its own methodologists have documented a persistent gap between what its methods conclude and what its practice does: average effects that a...
08
DOI 10.1111/jep.70671
Open DOI
Shared Decision‐Making in Diabetes Mellitus: Turkish Adaptation and Initial Psychometric Evaluation of the CollaboRATE‐5 Scale
Rationale: Shared decision‐making is a core component of diabetes care and is recommended in current guidelines, yet no brief validated Turkish instrument is available for assessing it in routine practice. Aims and Objectives: To adapt t...
09
DOI 10.1111/jep.70666
Open DOI
Metapersonal Care as Philosophical Health
Rationale: This paper addresses the aims of the present journal concerning health philosophy and person‐centred healthcare. Person‐centred care corrected the reduction of patients to bodies and pathologies, yet its interpretation and app...
10
DOI 10.1111/jep.70674
Open DOI
The Inverted Sign: Rule‐In, Rule‐Out, and the Epistemology of the Red Flag
Rationale, Aims and Objectives: A validated rule‐out instrument can turn the collective absence of warning findings into an explicit warrant for stopping a specified diagnostic inquiry. This paper characterises that inversion in clinical...
Bibliographical & Catalog Notes
Title from cover.
Print issues ceased with v. 16, no. 6 (2010)
Vol. 1 complete in two issues.
Also issued online.
Vol. 1, no. 1 (SEP 1995)19970707 Notice published Printed on acid-free paper that meets the full ANSI standard for Permanent Paper