Table 3.
Top 10 journals in which documents about osteoporosis were published from the 21 Arab countries
| SCR | Journal | Number of documents N = 426 (100%) | IF a |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Saudi Medical Journal | 30 (7.04) | 0.619 |
| 2nd | Journal of Clinical Densitometry | 26 (6.10) | 1.713 |
| 3rd | Osteoporosis International | 17 (3.99) | 4.039 |
| 4th | Bone | 16 (3.76) | 3.823 |
| 5th | Annals of Saudi Medicine | 14 (3.29) | 1.123 |
| 6th | Clinical Rheumatology | 12 (2.82) | 2.037 |
| 7th | Rheumatology International | 10 (2.35) | 2.214 |
| 8th | Maturitas | 9 (2.11) | 2.844 |
| 9th | Archives of Medical Science | 7 (1.64) | 1.067 |
| 10th | Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism | 6 (1.41) | 2.219 |
Abbreviations: SCR Standard Competition Ranking, IF impact factor.
aThe impact factor was reported according to Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) journal citation reports (JCR) 2012.