Table 1.
Selected journals with their respective numbers of articles analyzed and impact factors.
| Journal | N | IF*) |
| PLoS group | ||
| PLoS Biology | 18 | 12.472 |
| PLoS Medicine | 5 | 15.617 |
| PLoS Computational Biology | 19 | 5.515 |
| PLoS Genetics | 29 | 9.543 |
| PLoS Pathogens | 22 | 9.079 |
| PLoS One | 190 | 4.411 |
| PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases | 13 | 4.752 |
| Biomed Central | ||
| BMC Medicinea | 1 | 5.750 |
| BMC Biologya | 4 | 5.203 |
| BMC Genomicsa | 37 | 4.206 |
| BMC Plant Biologya | 9 | 4.085 |
| BMC Medical Genomicsa | 9 | 3.766 |
| BMC Evolutionary Biologya | 22 | 3.702 |
| BMC Musculoskeletal Disordersb | 11 | 1.941 |
| BMC Pediatricsb | 5 | 1.904 |
| BMC Health Services Researchb | 18 | 1.721 |
| BMC Family Practiceb | 6 | 1.467 |
| BMC Ophthalmologyb | 2 | 1.375 |
| BMC Medical Educationb | 3 | 1.201 |
*
Impact factor (IF) according to JCR Science Edition 2010. a Higher cited group from BMC. b Lower cited group from BMC.