Table 3.
Impact Factors of a Selection of a Spectrum of Medical Journals (2003)*
| Journal | Impact Factor |
|---|---|
| Very-high-impact journals | |
| Cell | 26.6 |
| Journal of the American Medical Association | 21.5 |
| Lancet | 18.3 |
| Nature | 31.0 |
| Nature Genetics | 25.7 |
| Nature Medicine | 30.6 |
| New England Journal of Medicine | 34.8 |
| Science | 29.8 |
| High-impact journals | |
| Annals of Internal Medicine | 12.4 |
| Circulation | 11.2 |
| Circulation Research | 10.1 |
| FASEB Journal | 7.2 |
| Gastroenterology | 12.7 |
| Journal of Biological Chemistry | 6.5 |
| Journal of Clinical Investigation | 14.3 |
| Molecular Pharmacology | 5.7 |
| Trends in Pharmacology Science | 13.7 |
| Subspecialty journals | |
| Annals of Surgery | 5.9 |
| American Journal of Cardiology | 3.1 |
| Anesthesia & Analgesia | 2.2 |
| Anesthesiology | 3.5 |
| British Journal of Anaesthesia | 2.4 |
| Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia | 1.2 |
| Journal of Clinical Anesthesiology | 1.0 |
| Hypertension | 5.6 |
| Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 7.6 |
| Journal of Cardiovascular & Vascular Anesthesia | 0.8 |
| Journal of Pediatrics | 2.9 |
| Journal of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery | 3.3 |
| Pain | 4.6 |
| Pediatrics | 3.8 |
| Stroke | 5.2 |
| Journal of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery | 3.3 |
*
See the Web of Science for impact factors, available at: http://isi9.isiknowledge.com/portal.cgi?DestApp=JCR&Func=Frame. Accessed September 18, 2005.