Table 3 Distribution of the types of original public health research from India
Type of public health research | No. (%) of original research public health papers | Total impact factor of original research public health papers in each type | % quality-adjusted output for all original research public health papers†|
|---|---|---|---|
Epidemiology | 72 (48.6) | 59.6 | 38.9 |
   Population epidemiology | 69 (46.6) | 56.5 | 36.9 |
   Biostatistics / Methods | 3 (2.0) | 3.0 | 2.0 |
Environment / Social | 31 (20.9) | 29.3 | 19.1 |
   Environmental sciences | 14 (9.5) | 16.7 | 10.9 |
   Social aspects | 17 (11.5) | 12.7 | 8.3 |
Health Systems / Policy | 45 (30.4) | 64.4 | 42.0 |
   Health services | 42 (28.4) | 63.3 | 41.3 |
Health economics* | 8 (5.4) | 5.7 | 3.7 |
Training / human resources* | 5 (3.4) | 0.6 | 0.4 |
   Health policy | 3 (2.0) | 1.1 | 0.7 |
Total | 148 (100) | 153.3 | 100 |