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Health Policy and Planning Template

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About the Health Policy and Planning format

Health Policy and Planning is a peer-reviewed journal published by Oxford University Press, covering Global Maternal and Child Health, Healthcare Systems and Reforms, Global Health Care Issues.

PublisherOxford University Press
Reference styleAuthor–year (OUP)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Health Policy and Planning, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

Formats any DOI in the closest standard style — Health Policy and Planning has no published style definition, so this is an approximation. No sign-up.

Publishes research inGlobal Maternal and Child Health Healthcare Systems and Reforms Global Health Care Issues Healthcare Policy and Management Child Nutrition and Water Access
ISSN0268-1080
Citation impact (2-yr)3.29
h-index158
i10-index2,360
Total citations149,098
Article processing charge$2,696
Open accessYes
Top institutions publishing hereLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Journal websiteacademic.oup.com
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Papers published in Health Policy and Planning per year

134
2014
140
2015
189
2016
211
2017
118
2018
173
2019
180
2020
159
2021
111
2022
105
2023
143
2024
102
2025

Citation impact of Health Policy and Planning by publication year

7K
2014
4.1K
2015
8.8K
2016
8.3K
2017
3K
2018
5.8K
2019
5K
2020
3.3K
2021
1.8K
2022
1K
2023
869
2024
143
2025

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

Most-cited papers in Health Policy and Planning

Constructing socio-economic status indices: how to use principal components analysis

Seema Vyas, L. Kumaranayake · 30 Aug 2006

Theoretically, measures of household wealth can be reflected by income, consumption or expenditure information. However, the collection of accurate income and consumption data requires extensive resources for household surveys. Given the increasingly routine application of principal components analysis (PCA) using asset data in creating socio-economic status (SES) indices, we review how PCA-based indices are constructed,…

3,309 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Reforming the health sector in developing countries: the central role of policy analysis

Gill Walt, Lucy Gilson · 1 Jan 1994

Policy analysis is an established discipline in the industrialized world, yet its application to developing countries has been limited. The health sector in particular appears to have been neglected. This is surprising because there is a well recognized crisis in health systems, and prescriptions abound of what health policy reforms countries should introduce. However, little…

1,423 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Stakeholder analysis: a review

Ruairı́ Brugha · 1 Sep 2000

The growing popularity of stakeholder analysis reflects an increasing recognition of how the characteristics of stakeholders--individuals, groups and organizations--influence decision-making processes. This paper reviews the origins and uses of stakeholder analysis, as described in the policy, health care management and development literature. Its roots are in the political and policy sciences, and in management theory…

1,045 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Measuring social capital within health surveys: key issues

Trudy Harpham · 1 Mar 2002

With growing recognition of the social determinants of health, social capital is an increasingly important concept in international health research. Although there is relatively little experience of measuring social capital, particularly in developing countries, there are now a number of studies that allow the identification of some key issues that need to be considered when…

1,016 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Overcoming barriers to health service access: influencing the demand side

Tim Ensor · 1 Feb 2004

Evidence suggests that demand-side barriers may be as important as supply factors in deterring patients from obtaining treatment. Yet relatively little attention is given, either by policy makers or researchers, to ways of minimizing their effect. These barriers are likely to be more important for the poor and other vulnerable groups, where the costs of…

Health Policy and Planning template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Health Policy and Planning format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Health Policy and Planning template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official Oxford University Press format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Health Policy and Planning use?
Health Policy and Planning uses Author–year (OUP) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Health Policy and Planning, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Health Policy and Planning?
No. DocuGuru generates the oup-authoring-template LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a Oxford University Press-ready Health Policy and Planning document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the Health Policy and Planning template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Health Policy and Planning format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
Who publishes Health Policy and Planning?
Health Policy and Planning is a multidisciplinary journal published by Oxford University Press. DocuGuru's Health Policy and Planning template matches Oxford University Press's official submission format.
Can I export a submission-ready Health Policy and Planning PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Health Policy and Planning template (the oup-authoring-template class) that is ready to submit to Oxford University Press, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
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