Table 1.
Top 20 journals and their impact factors with WHO/AFRO researchers as first, senior or corresponding authors
| Journal | TPa | % | 2010 IFa |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tropical Medicine and International Health | 243 | 3.1 | 2.841 |
| American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 227 | 2.9 | 2.446 |
| Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 188 | 2.4 | 2.832 |
| Malaria Journal | 143 | 1.9 | 3.489 |
| AIDS | 141 | 1.8 | 6.348 |
| Acta Tropica | 132 | 1.7 | 2.262 |
| East African Medical Journal | 128 | 1.7 | N/A |
| Bulletin de la Société de Pathologie Exotique | 127 | 1.6 | N/A |
| Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 124 | 1.6 | 4.22 |
| Bulletin of the World Health Organization | 122 | 1.6 | 5.459 |
| South African Medical Journal | 112 | 1.5 | 1.676 |
| Journal of Infectious Diseases | 102 | 1.3 | 6.288 |
| Lancet | 93 | 1.2 | 33.633 |
| International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease | 91 | 1.2 | 2.557 |
| Veterinary Parasitology | 87 | 1.1 | 2.331 |
| Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology | 81 | 1.0 | 1.288 |
| BMC Public Health | 81 | 1.0 | 2.364 |
| Journal of Medical Virology | 80 | 1.0 | 2.895 |
| Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research | 79 | 1.0 | 0.302 |
| Tropical Animal Health and Production | 77 | 1.0 | 1.003 |
aTP, total productivity (total number of articles indexed in SCI between 1991 and 2010); IF, impact factor.