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Table 4 Top ten active journals on AMS research

From: Bibliometric analysis of peer-reviewed literature on antimicrobial stewardship from 1990 to 2019

Ranka

Journal

Frequency

%

N = 4402

Citations per document

Country

Journal Rank

1st

Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology

245

5.6

16.2

UK

Q1

2nd

Journal Of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

176

4.0

24.5

USA

Q1

3rd

Clinical Infectious Diseases

134

3.0

70.7

UK

Q1

4th

American Journal Of Infection Control

123

2.8

12.6

USA

Q1

5th

Plos One

75

1.7

15.5

USA

Q1

6th

International Journal Of Antimicrobial Agents

68

1.5

17.7

Netherlands

Q1

7th

American Journal Of Health System Pharmacy

67

1.5

13.7

USA

Q1

7th

Antimicrobial Resistance And Infection Control

67

1.5

10.4

UK

Q1

9th

Journal Of Hospital Infection

63

1.4

12.5

UK

Q1

10th

Clinical Microbiology And Infection

61

1.4

26.2

UK

Q1

10th

Open Forum Infectious Diseases

61

1.4

5.5

USA

Q1

  1. AMS antimicrobial stewardship
  2. aIn ranking, two equally active journals were given similar ranks and one position in the rank was skipped
  3. Q1 = first quartile = highest rank. The information regarding journal ranking was obtained from Scimajo Journal Rank