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Table 3 Top 10 most prolific journals (1943–2016) with the total number of papers and IF

From: Global research trends in West Nile virus from 1943 to 2016: a bibliometric analysis

SCR

Journal

Frequency (%)

IFa

1st

Emerging Infectious Diseases

227 (4.8)

6.994

2nd

Journal of Virology

162 (3.4)

4.606

3rd

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

161 (3.4)

2.453

4th

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

157 (3.3)

1.956

5th

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

122 (2.6)

10.588

6th

Virology

120 (2.5)

3.200

7th

Journal of Medical Entomology

111 (2.3)

1.712

8th

Plos One

92 (1.9)

3.057

9th

Journal of General Virology

68 (1.4)

3.192

10th

Journal of The American Mosquito Control Association

61 (1.3)

0.824

  1. Abbreviation: SCR Standard competition ranking, IF Impact factor
  2. aThe impact factor was reported according to the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) journal citation reports (JCR) 2015