Table 4 Journals and impact factors related to the articles in the sample

PLOS ONE

18

15.1 %

3.54

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation

11

9.2 %

NA

Malaria Journal

10

8.4 %

3.49

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

9

7.6 %

4.39

PLOS Medicine

4

3.4 %

14.0

Health Policy and Planning

4

3.4 %

3.00

Tropical Medicine and International Health

4

3.4 %

2.30

AIDS

3

2.5 %

6.56

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

3

2.5 %

5.11

Value in Health

3

2.5 %

2.89

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

3

2.5 %

2.74

4.959

Maximum impact factor for the full sample

39.207 (Lancet)

Minimum impact factor for the full sample

0.191 (Malawi Medical Journal)