Table 2.
The journals most widely read by different groups of respondent paediatricians
| All paediatricians (n = 993) | Tertiary (n = 279) | DGH-based (n = 412) | Community-based (n = 294) | ||||
| Journals read a | All | academic (n = 175) | non-academic (n = 807) | All | All | All, without NCCGs (n = 193) | bNCCGs (n = 101) |
| Archives of Disease in Childhood (UK) | 96 | 97 | 96 | 95 | 99 | 97 | 92 |
| BMJ (UK) | 84 | 80 | 85 | 81 | 85 | 88 | 87 |
| Lancet (UK) | 45 | 71 | 39 | 62 | 50 | 22 | 13 |
| Pediatrics (USA) | 44 | 51 | 42 | 47 | 56 | 25 | 14 |
| Journal of Pediatrics (USA) | 43 | 55 | 40 | 53 | 54 | 24 | 7 |
| New England Journal of Medicine (USA) | 37 | 61 | 31 | 56 | 43 | 10 | 6 |
| Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology (UK) | 32 | 22 | 34 | 16 | 26 | 69 | 33 |
| Current Opinion in Pediatrics (USA) | 26 | 23 | 26 | 16 | 41 | 19 | 8 |
| Pediatric Clinics of North America (USA) | 21 | 17 | 21 | 13 | 33 | 13 | 7 |
| Child Care, Health & Development (UK) | 9 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 24 |
| JAMA c | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
The table contains details of all journals read by at least 20% of paediatricians in one or more of the listed categories to inform their clinical practice.
aJournal names in italics indicate those included in the list on the original questionnaire;
bNCCGs, non-consultant career grades. NCCGs have been included separately for the Community-based paediatricians as they formed a large minority of the group (34%) whereas the numbers in the two hospital based groups were too small for separate analysis and have been included in the figures for all tertiary and all DGH-based paediatricians.
C JAMA is included to provide a complete picture for the seven journals viewed as containing the 'best evidence' for paediatricians.