Innovation and The Israel Journal of Health Policy Research

Abstract

The Israel Journal of Health Policy Research (IJHPR) is a peer-reviewed, on-line, open access journal, sponsored by Israel’s National Institute for Health Policy Research. We believe that it is both an innovative platform and a platform for innovation. Within just 2 years of its launch in 2012, the IJHPR was accepted into the prestigious Web of Science – primarily because of its innovative positioning as a journal that is simultaneously national and international. This positioning has contributed to annual growth of over 20% in both submissions and publications and to the IJHPR being ranked among the top half of public health journals, just 6 years after its launch date.The IJHPR has also served as a platform for numerous innovations, including: Sharing with the international community information about Israeli innovations in public health, health policy, health care delivery, and more.Enhancing the impact of empirical studies by Israeli scholars via commentaries by leading scholars from abroad – including 18 commentaries from scholars based at Harvard and one commentary by a Nobel laureate in economics.Developing a new genre of articles for Israel, namely, broad policy analyses focused on major challenges facing Israeli health care.Creating dynamic, constantly growing, article collections in such fields as digital health, pharmaceutical policy and health care equity, to highlight areas of excellence as well as important issues in Israeli health care and health policy.Disseminating to a wide audience the essence of major Israeli health policy workshops and conferences.We feel that the IJHPR has significant potential to contribute more, and in new ways, in the years ahead. We look forward to your suggestions for innovative enhancements of the IJHPR.

Sharing reflections and expressing appreciation upon completing a decade as co-editor of the IJHPR

“…I am also proud that we have been extremely successful in recruiting scores of leading scholars from outside of Israel to write commentaries about the original research articles written by our Israeli authors [ 2 ]. These scholars, many of them from world-class institutions, have contributed greatly to the realization of one of the journal’s core aims: helping Israel learn from other countries and helping other countries learn from Israel.…”

Opportunities for diversifying and enriching our article mix

“…The aim of these intellectual interactions is to contribute to the development of health policy in Israel and around the world." True to its mission, the journal is regularly drawing submissions from a wide variety of disciplines and a very broad range of Israeli universities, hospitals, health plans, and government agencies, as well as from leading institutions abroad 2 [2].…”

“…As indicated in the journal’s mission statement, “(The) Israel Journal of Health Policy Research seeks to promote intensive intellectual interactions among scholars and practitioners from Israel and other countries regarding all aspects of health policy, health services research, (and) public health … in Israel. The aim of these intellectual interactions is to contribute to the development of health policy in Israel and around the world.” True to its mission, the journal is regularly drawing submissions from a wide variety of disciplines and a very broad range of Israeli universities, hospitals, health plans, and government agencies, as well as from leading institutions abroad 2 [ 2 ].…”