Table 1.
Characteristics of all 12 tropical medicine journals that are referenced by the Institute of Scientific Information (ISI)
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Impact factor in 2002*
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No of members of editorial and advisory board
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No (%) of members of editorial and advisory board stratified by ranking of countries of current affiliation on human development index
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Journal | High | Medium | Low | Location of head office | ||
| American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2.063 | 17† | 15 (88.2) | 2 (11.8) | 0 (0) | Ohio, United States |
| Tropical Medicine and International Health | 1.796 | 29† | 24 (82.8) | 3 (10.3) | 2 (6.9) | London, United Kingdom |
| Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 1.742 | 23† | 23 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | London, United Kingdom |
| Acta Tropica | 1.332 | 27† | 22 (81.5) | 4 (14.8) | 1 (3.7) | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Leprosy Review | 1.017 | 11† | 11 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | Colchester, United Kingdom |
| Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology | 0.978 | 47‡ | 38 (80.9) | 5 (10.6) | 4 (8.5) | Liverpool, United Kingdom |
| International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases | 0.963 | 21† | 11 (52.3) | 9 (42.9) | 1 (4.8) | Baton Rouge, United States |
| Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz | 0.635 | 68‡ | 33 (48.5) | 35 (51.5) | 0 (0) | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Annals of Tropical Paediatrics | 0.429 | 23‡ | 12 (52.2) | 7 (30.4) | 4 (17.4) | Liverpool, United Kingdom |
| Journal of Tropical Pediatrics | 0.413 | 7§ | 4 (57.1) | 3 (42.9) | 0 (0) | Oxford, United Kingdom |
| Tropical Doctor | 0.330 | 19‡ | 9 (47.3) | 7 (36.8) | 3 (15.8) | London, United Kingdom |
| Bulletin de la Societé de Pathologie Exotique | 0.236 | 23† | 21 (91.3) | 1 (4.3) | 1 (4.3) | Paris, France |
| Total | 315 | 223 (70.8) | 76 (24.1) | 16 (5.1) | ||
*
Source ISI Web of Science.
†
Editorial boards.
‡
Editorial and advisory boards.
§
Editors and associate regional editors.