Table 5.
National and foreign journals most cited in papers published in national journals of Public Health and Epidemiology, SciELO database, 1999–2007
| Journal | Num. of citations | % citations granted |
| Revista de Saúde Pública | 5600 | 30.0 |
| Cadernos de Saúde Pública | 4453 | 23.9 |
| Lancet | 1396 | 7.5 |
| American Journal of Epidemiology | 1119 | 6.0 |
| Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz | 1056 | 5.7 |
| British Medical Journal | 975 | 5.2 |
| American Journal of Public Health | 689 | 3.7 |
| American Journal of Clinical Nutrition | 586 | 3.1 |
| Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical | 521 | 2.8 |
| Japanese Journal of Medical Science-Social Medicine | 484 | 2.6 |
| JAMA | 451 | 2.4 |
| Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical | 392 | 2.1 |
| American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 369 | 2.0 |
| Boletin de la Oficina Sanitaria Panamericana | 298 | 1.6 |
| Ciencia & Saúde Coletiva | 273 | 1.5 |
| TOTAL | 18662 | 100.0 |