Table 1. The 12 journals with most highly cited publications.
| Rank | Journals | Documents | Citations | Mean citations | IF2022 | IF5-year | Category rank | Category quartile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) | 14 | 12,796 | 914 | 120.7 | 81.4 | 3 | Q1 |
| 2 | Lancet | 8 | 5,738 | 717 | 168.9 | 118.1 | 1 | Q1 |
| 3 | New England Journal of Medicine | 8 | 5,981 | 748 | 158.5 | 115.7 | 2 | Q1 |
| 4 | Intensive Care Medicine | 7 | 3,484 | 498 | 38.9 | 27 | 2 | Q1 |
| 5 | Pediatrics | 7 | 1,902 | 272 | 8 | 8.2 | 5 | Q1 |
| 6 | Circulation | 6 | 2,137 | 356 | 37.8 | 33.2 | 1 | Q1 |
| 7 | Journal of Pediatric Surgery | 6 | 1,474 | 246 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 58 | Q2 |
| 8 | American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine | 5 | 1,947 | 389 | 24.7 | 21.9 | 3 | Q1 |
| 9 | Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 4 | 1,384 | 346 | 6 | 5.9 | 13 | Q1 |
| 10 | Critical Care Medicine | 3 | 1,019 | 340 | 8.8 | 8.4 | 6 | Q1 |
| 11 | Annals of Thoracic Surgery | 3 | 670 | 223 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 24 | Q1 |
| 12 | Journal of Pediatrics | 3 | 847 | 282 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 12 | Q1 |
The highest ranking of the journals that belong to more than one category and homologous category quartile in the WoS system were shown. IF5-year, the average impact factor for the last 5 editions.