Table 1. Articles published on 13 radiation oncology journalsa.
| Rank | Journal | ISSN | 2012 IF | ML (%)b | TW (%) | HK (%) | China (%)c | World |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Int J Radiat Oncol | 0360-3016 | 4.524 | 172 (40.38) | 164 (38.50) | 90 (21.13) | 426 (2.26) | 18,884 |
| 2 | Radiother Oncol | 0167-8140 | 4.52 | 61 (54.95) | 25 (22.52) | 25 (22.52) | 111 (2.02) | 5,484 |
| 3 | Strahlenther und Onkol | 0179-7158 | 4.163 | 6 (50.00) | 6 (50.00) | 0 (0) | 12 (0.33) | 3,662 |
| 4 | Semin Radiat Oncol | 1053-4296 | 3.971 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 [100] | 1 (0.12) | 847 |
| 5 | Radiat Oncol | 1748-717X | 2.107 | 73 (70.87) | 28 (27.18) | 2 (1.94) | 103 (11.17) | 922 |
| 6 | Int J Radiat Biol | 0955-3002 | 1.895 | 64 (65.31) | 31 (31.63) | 3 (3.06) | 98 (2.53) | 3,872 |
| 7 | Radiol Oncol | 1318-2099 | 1.602 | 14 (93.33) | 1 (6.67) | 0 (0) | 15 (9.20) | 163 |
| 8 | Cancer Radiother | 1278-3218 | 1.477 | 6 [100] | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 6 (0.34) | 1,749 |
| 9 | Z Med Phys | 0939-3889 | 1.407 | 3 [100] | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (0.71) | 421 |
| 10 | Brachytherapy | 1538-4721 | 1.22 | 2 [100] | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (0.32) | 627 |
| 11 | J Med Imag Radia Oncol | 1754-9477 | 0.981 | 14 [70] | 0 (0) | 6 [30] | 20 (3.59) | 557 |
| 12 | J Appl Clin Med Phys | 1526-9914 | 0.959 | 12 (57.14) | 4 (19.05) | 5 (23.81) | 21 (2.51) | 836 |
| 13 | Front Radiat Ther Oncol | 0071-9076 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 678 | |
| Total | 427 (52.20) | 259 (31.66) | 132 (16.14) | 818 (2.11) | 38,702 |
a, IF, impact factor; ML, Mainland; TW, Taiwan; HK, Hong Kong. b, “%” in ML (TW, or HK) category is the proportion of articles published in Mainland (Taiwan, or Hong Kong) compared with Greater China; c, “%” in China category is the proportion of articles published in Greater China compared with the world.