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Table 7 Most influential journals in Medicine

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 Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

178865

7809

120

22,9

1990

42

2,736

2,947

9

1

1

6

1921

2

Journal of General Internal Medicine

114351

4688

120

24,39

1990

5

3,423

3,744

14

3

3

13

1986

3

Academic Medicine

92662

7000

98

13,24

1990

65

3,468

3,654

12

1

1

17

1926

4

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

84422

4933

83

17,11

1990

84

1,931

2,453

1

0

0

20

1908

5

Psychiatric Services

74932

4731

91

15,84

1995

46

1,987

2,807

6

0

0

24

1950

6

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

71194

3586

95

19,85

1991

6

2,737

3,240

2

0

0

27

1986

7

Tropical Medicine & International Health

56435

3196

74

17,66

1996

1

2,302

2,953

0

0

0

35

1996

8

Nicotine & Tobacco Research

28496

1975

61

14,43

2003

5

2,805

3,125

2

0

0

69

1999

9

Palliative Medicine

25715

1711

63

15,03

1995

9

2,845

3,565

0

0

0

71

1987

10

Journal of Womens Health

20943

1932

49

10,84

1997

6

1,896

1,989

1

0

0

85

1992

11

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

18094

2429

45

7,45

1990

13

1,248

1,471

1

1

1

101

1978

12

Annals of Human Biology

15402

1414

44

10,89

1990

17

1,148

1,515

0

0

0

111

1974

13

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

13335

1785

44

7,47

1999

5

1,580

1,534

0

0

0

118

1995

14

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

13124

1248

41

10,52

2003

3

2,531

2,635

0

0

0

124

2001

15

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

11983

1012

46

11,84

1990

50

1,644

1,653

0

0

0

130

1941

16

Journal of Palliative Medicine

11142

1586

39

7,03

2005

8

2,063

2,446

0

0

0

138

1987

17

European Journal of Cancer Care

9674

1056

40

9,16

1999

8

1,762

1,813

0

0

0

147

1992

18

Journal of Medical Screening

9179

675

41

13,6

1998

5

2,722

2,234

0

0

0

150

1994

19

Implementation Science

8777

883

39

9,94

2006

1

3,470

4,098

1

0

0

155

2006

20

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

8041

608

40

13,23

1990

4

0,607

1,117

0

0

0

159

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