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Table 5 Most influential journals in Epidemiology

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 Epidemiology

357243

8162

211

43,77

1990

131

4,975

6,067

11

8

49

1

1921

2

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention

207614

6073

147

34,19

1991

1

4,324

4,647

2

1

0

5

1991

3

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

168450

4502

167

37,42

1990

43

5,478

5,898

17

16

2

7

1955

4

Statistics in Medicine

148692

6505

140

22,86

1990

9

2,037

2,828

0

0

6

10

1982

5

International Journal of Epidemiology

140691

4335

134

32,45

1990

19

9,197

8,000

3

0

3

11

1972

6

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

99343

3939

117

25,22

1990

44

3,294

3,667

2

2

3

15

1947

7

Epidemiology

93837

3124

126

30,04

1991

2

6,178

6,894

1

1

0

16

1990

8

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

86969

4588

100

18,96

1990

11

3,938

4,423

5

3

0

18

1980

9

Cancer Causes & Control

83834

3003

112

27,92

1990

1

2,961

3,434

1

1

0

21

1990

10

Epidemiology and Infection

73121

4117

85

17,76

1990

104

2,491

2,671

0

0

0

25

1901

11

European Journal of Epidemiology

46372

2896

71

16,01

1990

6

5,147

4,245

1

1

0

43

1985

12

Annals of Epidemiology

43089

2002

83

21,52

1996

6

2,145

2,895

0

0

0

48

1990

13

Genetic Epidemiology

38300

2040

77

18,77

1990

7

2,951

3,489

1

1

1

54

1984

14

Epidemiologic Reviews

34630

456

93

75,94

1990

12

7,333

12,344

4

3

5

60

1979

15

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

33089

1726

66

19,17

1990

18

1,944

2,491

0

0

0

64

1973

16

Neuroepidemiology

24773

1314

62

18,85

1990

9

2,476

2,863

0

0

0

73

1982

17

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

21249

1228

59

17,3

1994

8

2,811

2,796

0

0

0

84

1987

18

Journal of Urban Health-Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine

18231

1274

54

14,31

1998

75

1,943

2,517

0

0

0

99

1925

19

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

11801

490

44

24,08

1999

8

2,957

3,155

2

2

0

131

1992

20

BMC Medical Research Methodology

8936

979

39

9,13

2007

7

2,168

3,024

0

0

0

153

2001

  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