AUTHOR=Dugerdil Adeline , Babington-Ashaye Awa , Bochud Murielle , Chan Margaret , Chiolero Arnaud , Gerber-Grote Andreas , Künzli Nino , Paradis Gilles , Puhan Milo Alan , Suggs L. Suzanne , Van der Horst Klazine , Escher Gérard , Flahault Antoine 

TITLE=A New Model for Ranking Schools of Public Health: The Public Health Academic Ranking

JOURNAL=International Journal of Public Health

VOLUME=69

YEAR=2024

URL=https://www.ssph-journal.org/journals/international-journal-of-public-health/articles/10.3389/ijph.2024.1606684

DOI=10.3389/ijph.2024.1606684

ISSN=1661-8564

ABSTRACT=<p><bold>Objectives:</bold> As there is no ranking designed for schools of Public Health, the aim of this project was to create one.</p><p><bold>Methods:</bold> To design the Public Health Academic Ranking (PHAR), we used the InCites Benchmarking and Analytics™ software and the Web Of Science™ Core Collection database. We collected bibliometric data on 26 schools of Public Health from each continent, between August and September 2022. We included 11 research indicators/scores, covering four criteria (productivity, quality, accessibility for readers, international collaboration), for the period 2017–2021. For the Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), a network gathering faculties across different universities, a specific methodology was used, with member-specific research queries.</p><p><bold>Results:</bold> The five top schools of the PHAR were: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Public Health Foundation of India, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, SSPH+, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.</p><p><bold>Conclusion:</bold> The PHAR allows worldwide bibliometric ordering of schools of Public Health. As this is a pilot project, the results must be taken with caution. This article aims to critically discuss its methodology and future improvements.</p>