Table 3.
Percentage surgeons ranking selected journals 1, 2 or 3 in importance with regard to their clinical work (all journals ranked by at least 20% of surgeons in one or more sub-specialty).
| Sub-specialties % | |||||||||||
| Journals ranked | All | Cardio thoracic surgery | General surgery | Neuro surgery | Oral & Maxillo facial surgery | Otolaryngology | Paediatric surgery | Plastic surgery | Trauma & Ortho paedic surgery | Urology | Vascular surgery |
| British Journal of Surgery (UK) | 40 | 2 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 79 |
| BMJ (UK) | 36 | 39 | 37 | 15 | 38 | 44 | 29 | 30 | 17 | 50 | 32 |
| Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (UK) | 24 | 11 | 38 | 13 | 15 | 22 | 27 | 28 | 13 | 15 | 26 |
| BJU International (British Journal of Urology) (UK) | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 1 |
| Clinical Otolaryngology (UK) | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 90 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Journal of Urology | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 0 |
| British Journal of Plastic Surgery (UK) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Journal of Laryngology and Otology (UK) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery – British Volume (UK) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 0 | 1 |
| British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (UK) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery (UK) | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
| Journal of Vascular Surgery | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 4 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Annals of Thoracic Surgery | 4 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Journal of Neurosurgery | 3 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Neurosurgery | 3 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (UK) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Journal of Pediatric Surgery | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European) (UK) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| British Journal of Neurosurgery (UK) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry (UK) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| European Journal of Pediatric Surgery | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Journal titles in italics were included in the original questionnaire.