Table 2.

Journals Publishing the Largest Number of Partisan Editorials and Related Articles Without Primary Data Between 2002 and 2008

Journala	Articles	Scientific society	Impact factor	Self-cites
Climacteric	37	IMSb	2.275	39/207
Maturitas	20	EMASc	2.023	100/615
Gynecological endocrinology	19	ISGEd	1.169	34/277
Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde	15	DGGGe /OEGGGf	0.502	103/117

^aNineteen journals published the 110 partisan articles that we analyzed, but the 15 journals not shown here had each published only 1–3 such articles

^bIMS: International Menopause Society

^cEMAS: European Menopause and Andropause Society

^dISGE: International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology

^eDGGG: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe (German Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics)

^fOEGGG: Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe (Austrian Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics)—no web site was identified for OEGGG