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. 2024 Apr;45(4):387–396. doi: 10.15537/smj.2024.45.4.20230968

Table 3.

- Top 10 target Arab medical research journals for researchers in Arab countries (ranked in descending order by number of publications, out of a total of 43 journals).

Rank Journal names Publication sources Total publications (n) * Publications from Arab countries (n) % Of publications from Arab countries Times cited (n) JIF quartile Journal IF 5 year IF Citation impact §
1 Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences Saudi Arabia 2,900 1,852 63.86 26,068 Q2 4.05 4.25 8.99
2 Current Pharmaceutical Design United Arab Emirates 2,671 237 8.87 27,484 Q3 3.31 3.55 10.29
3 Current Medicinal Chemistry United Arab Emirates 2,066 89 4.31 26,343 Q2 4.74 5.05 12.75
4 Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry United Arab Emirates 1,320 179 13.56 9,090 Q3 2.47 2.84 6.89
5 Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal Saudi Arabia 1,047 713 68.10 12,069 Q2 4.56 5.09 11.53
6 Saudi Medical Journal Saudi Arabia 988 772 78.14 4,515 Q4 1.42 2.12 4.57
7 Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry United Arab Emirates 854 81 9.48 8,429 Q2 3.74 4.06 9.87
8 Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology United Arab Emirates 846 95 11.23 5,812 Q3 2.83 2.78 6.87
9 Current Drug Targets United Arab Emirates 837 40 4.78 8,746 Q3 2.94 3.60 10.45
10 Endocrine, Metabolic & Immune Disorders - Drug Targets United Arab Emirates 793 129 16.27 4,108 Q4 2.39 2.47 5.18

Note: Arab countries that have at least one medical research journal: Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Lebanon, Jordan, Tunisia, Iraq, Morocco, Kuwait, Algeria, Bahrain, and Libya; Arab countries that do not have any medical research journals indexed in Web of Science: Sudan, Oman, Palestine, Syria, Djibouti, Comoros, Yemen, Mauritania, and Somalia.

*

Publications from all world countries (including Arab countries).

The number of publications from Arab world researchers divided by the total number of publications from the same journal.

Journal impact factor source: Journal Citation Reports (2021).

§

Citation impact is times cited divided by publications number from the same journal.

JIF: journal impact factor, Q: quartile, IF: impact factor