Table 6.

Top 20 government departments with the most published articles in PubMed (1946-2021) in the justice health field along with their respective country, number of articles, prisoner population (average 2000-2020), article rate per 1000 prisoners, and publication rate.

Crude rank	Government	Country	Articles, n (%)	Prisoner populationa	Article rate per 1000b	Publication rate rank
1	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	United States	268 (1.2)	2,156,813	0.124	7
2	Justice Health NSWc	Australia	35 (0.2)	11,889d	2.94	2
3	New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene	United States	33 (0.2)	91,000d	0.36	5
4	Health Protection Agency	United Kingdom	30 (0.1)	79,564	0.377	4
5	Chinese Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	China	28 (0.1)	1,633,561	0.017	10
6	National Center for Injury Prevention and Control	United States	23 (0.1)	2,156,813	0.011	11
7	National Center for Infectious Diseases	United States	21 (0.1)	2,156,813	0.010	12
8	National Development and Research Institutes	United States	20 (0.1)	2,156,813	0.009	13
9	World Health Organization	World	18 (0.1)	11,500,000e	0.002	16
10	Public Health England	United Kingdom	18 (0.1)	79,564	0.226	6
11	National Institute of Health	United States	18 (0.1)	2,156,813	0.008	14
12	National Cancer Institute	United States	17 (0.1)	2,156,813	0.008	14
13	Public Health Service	Netherlands	16 (0.1)	14,470	1.106	4
14	South African Medical Research Council	South Africa	16 (0.1)	164,629	0.097	8
15	Ministry of Social Affairs and Health	Finland	16 (0.1)	3233	0.008	14
16	Ministry of Public Health	Thailand	13 (0.1)	251,695	0.008	14
17	Norwegian Institute of Public Health	Norway	12 (0.1)	3289	3.649	1
18	National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism	United States	11 (0.1)	2,156,813	0.005	15
19	California Department of Health Care Services	United States	11 (0.1)	117,000d	0.09	9
20	Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health	Australia	10 (0)	6466d	1.55	3

^aAverage prisoner population 2000 to 2020 (Source: World Prison Brief [14]).

^bRate per 1000 prisoners.

^cNSW: New South Wales.

^dBased on available state incarcerated population data.

^eWorld prisoner population used (Source: World Prison Brief [14]).