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COVID-19 and impact on peer review
Aims and scope
Health Research Policy and Systems covers all aspects of the organisation and use of health research – including agenda setting, building health research capacity, and how research as a whole benefits decision makers, practitioners in health and related fields, and society at large.
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All Health Systems Global members receive a 20% discount on Health Research Policy and Systems Article Processing Charges (APCs). To claim the discount, please contact the Secretariat at info@healthsystemsglobal.org to obtain the BMC journals' discount code.
Articles
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Support mechanisms for research generation and application for postgraduate students in four universities in Uganda
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Inclusive planning: African policy inventory and South African mobility case study on the exclusion of persons with disabilities
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Development, characteristics and impact of quality improvement casebooks: a scoping review
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COVID-19: protocol for observational studies utilizing near real-time electronic Australian general practice data to promote effective care and best-practice policy—a design thinking approach
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The utilisation of health research in policy-making: concepts, examples and methods of assessment
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The role of NGOs in global health research for development
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The application of systems thinking in health: why use systems thinking?
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Human resource management interventions to improve health workers' performance in low and middle income countries: a realist review
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The 10 largest public and philanthropic funders of health research in the world: what they fund and how they distribute their funds
Featured article
Health Research Policy and Systems (2018) 16:4
The authors aim to identify the top priority issues that impede the conduct, reporting and use of economic evaluation as well as potential solutions as an input for future research topics by the international Decision Support Initiative and other movements.
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Call for papers
We are delighted to announce a Call for Papers for our new thematic series on "The role of the health research system during the COVID-19 epidemic: experiences, challenges and future vision". This will focus on the role of health research systems in the control and management of COVID-19, so that the experiences of countries can be shared with each other and the lessons learned are accessible to all. More details can be found here.
Editors-in-Chief
Fadi El-Jardali, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Tari Turner, Monash University, Australia
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Published in collaboration with the World Health Organization
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Annual Journal Metrics
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Speed
99 days to first decision for reviewed manuscripts only
48 days to first decision for all manuscripts
173 days from submission to acceptance
41 days from acceptance to publicationCitation Impact
3.318 - 2-year Impact Factor
3.351 - 5-year Impact Factor
1.540 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
1.269 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)Usage
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