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International Journal for Equity in Health is a peer-reviewed journal published by BMC (BioMed Central), covering Healthcare Systems and Reforms, Global Maternal and Child Health, Health disparities and outcomes. Over its lifetime it has published 3,354 papers, which have received 117,816 citations.

PublisherBMC (BioMed Central)
Reference styleNumbered (Vancouver)
Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
1. Smith A, Jones B, Lee C. A representative article title. International Journal for Equity in Health. 2023;12(3):45–58.

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Publishes research inHealthcare Systems and Reforms Global Maternal and Child Health Health disparities and outcomes Migration, Health and Trauma Global Health Care Issues
ISSN1475-9276
Citation impact (2-yr)4.72
h-index136
i10-index2,213
Article processing charge$2,563
Open accessYes — indexed in DOAJ
Top institutions publishing hereLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Journal websiteequityhealthj.biomedcentral.com
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Papers published in International Journal for Equity in Health per year

129
2014
157
2015
205
2016
217
2017
188
2018
210
2019
221
2020
264
2021
191
2022
278
2023
275
2024
386
2025

Citation impact of International Journal for Equity in Health by publication year

6.7K
2014
6.4K
2015
10.2K
2016
11.1K
2017
8.8K
2018
9.7K
2019
9.4K
2020
9.4K
2021
4.5K
2022
4.5K
2023
2.4K
2024
1.4K
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in International Journal for Equity in Health

Patient-centred access to health care: conceptualising access at the interface of health systems and populations

Jean‐Frédéric Lévesque, Mark Harris, Grant Russell · 1 Jan 2013

BACKGROUND: Access is central to the performance of health care systems around the world. However, access to health care remains a complex notion as exemplified in the variety of interpretations of the concept across authors. The aim of this paper is to suggest a conceptualisation of access to health care describing broad dimensions and determinants…

3,488 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Why cultural safety rather than cultural competency is required to achieve health equity: a literature review and recommended definition

Elana Curtis, Rhys Jones, David Tipene‐Leach et al. · 14 Nov 2019

BACKGROUND: Eliminating indigenous and ethnic health inequities requires addressing the determinants of health inequities which includes institutionalised racism, and ensuring a health care system that delivers appropriate and equitable care. There is growing recognition of the importance of cultural competency and cultural safety at both individual health practitioner and organisational levels to achieve equitable health…

1,184 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
The burden of non communicable diseases in developing countries

Abdesslam Boutayeb, Saber Boutayeb · 14 Jan 2005

BACKGROUND: By the dawn of the third millennium, non communicable diseases are sweeping the entire globe, with an increasing trend in developing countries where, the transition imposes more constraints to deal with the double burden of infective and non-infective diseases in a poor environment characterised by ill-health systems. By 2020, it is predicted that these…

Health equity and COVID-19: global perspectives

Efrat Shadmi, Yingyao Chen, Inês Dourado et al. · 26 Jun 2020

The COVID-19 is disproportionally affecting the poor, minorities and a broad range of vulnerable populations, due to its inequitable spread in areas of dense population and limited mitigation capacity due to high prevalence of chronic conditions or poor access to high quality public health and medical care. Moreover, the collateral effects of the pandemic due…

Social capital and health: Does egalitarianism matter? A literature review

M. Kamrul Islam, Juan Merlo, Ichiro Kawachi et al. · 5 Apr 2006

The aim of the paper is to critically review the notion of social capital and review empirical literature on the association between social capital and health across countries. The methodology used for the review includes a systematic search on electronic databases for peer-reviewed published literature. We categorize studies according to level of analysis (single and…

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