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Table 4 Most influential journals in Health Promotion and Health Behavior

From: Influential journals in health research: a bibliometric study

R

Journal name

TC

TP

H

TC/TP

Year

Volume

IF

IF5

T50

T200

T200*

GR

First year

1

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

115942

3947

133

29,37

1990

6

4,281

5,092

13

5

5

12

1985

2

Preventive Medicine

111066

4186

122

26,53

1990

19

2,932

3,917

4

3

3

14

1972

3

Journal of Adolescent Health

78449

3676

96

21,34

1990

11

2,748

3,753

2

0

0

23

1980

4

Patient Education and Counseling

59813

3611

83

16,56

1990

15

2,598

3,158

2

0

0

33

1978

5

Medical Education

50964

3253

79

15,67

1990

24

3,617

3,963

0

0

0

37

1966

6

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

45820

728

107

62,94

1990

31

2,951

4,457

8

4

4

44

1960

7

Supportive Care in Cancer

39781

3384

62

11,76

1993

1

2,495

2,845

0

0

0

50

1993

8

AIDS Care-Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

39017

2795

66

13,96

1992

4

2,194

2,454

1

1

1

53

1989

9

American Journal of Community Psychology

33534

1259

84

26,64

1990

18

1,968

2,888

1

1

0

63

1973

10

Tobacco Control

32078

1641

74

19,55

1998

7

5,150

4,532

1

0

0

66

1992

11

Health Education Research

31136

1594

73

19,53

1991

6

1,944

2,508

0

0

0

67

1986

12

Qualitative Health Research

28115

1864

58

15,08

1995

5

1,441

-

1

1

0

70

1991

13

Psychology & Health

24761

1407

57

17,6

1992

7

2,255

2,107

5

1

1

74

1987

14

Medical Teacher

24402

3370

52

7,24

1990

12

2,045

2,170

1

1

1

75

1979

15

Sociology of Health & Illness

23121

1134

65

20,39

1990

12

2,014

2,62

0

0

0

77

1979

16

AIDS and Behavior

22636

1863

55

12,15

2003

7

3,312

3,977

0

0

0

81

1997

17

American Journal of Health Promotion

21372

1072

63

19,94

1995

9

1,762

2,389

4

2

2

83

1986

18

AIDS Education and Prevention

20901

1123

57

18,61

1992

4

1,505

2,298

0

0

0

86

1989

19

Journal of School Health

20436

1887

56

10,83

1990

60

1,659

2,132

0

0

0

90

1930

20

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

20210

1622

49

12,46

1996

10

3,576

3,255

0

0

0

93

1987

  1. Abbreviations: TC Total citations, TP Total papers, H Hirsch index, TC/TP Average citations per paper, IF Impact factor, IF5 5-year impact factor, T50 Number of papers among the 50 most cited of the category, T200 and T200* Number of papers among the 200 most cited in all fields of health between 1990–2014 and before 1990, GR Global ranking considering all the journals