TABLE 4.

Top 10 journals by citations.

Rank	Journal	Citations,a n (%)	Publications,b n (%)	Average references, n
1	British Medical Journal	874 (12.02)	4 (1.69)	218.5
2	Journal of Advanced Nursing	735 (10.11)	39 (16.46)	18.85
3	Journal of Clinical Nursing	573 (7.88)	32 (13.50)	17.91
4	Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing	280 (3.85)	20 (8.44)	14
5	Nurses Education Today	280 (3.85)	11 (4.64)	25.45
6	Journal of the American Academy of Nurses Practitioners	133 (1.83)	10 (4.22)	13.3
7	BMC Health Services Research	127 (1.75)	8 (3.38)	15.88
8	Family Practice	111 (1.53)	6 (2.53)	18.5
9	International Journal of Nursing Studies	103 (1.42)	20 (8.44)	5.15
10	Journal for Nurses Practitioners	100 (1.38)	22 (9.28)	4.55

^aN = 7,270.

^bN = 237.