Table 2.
Top 10 journals in which documents in the field of infectious diseases were mostly published from Arab countries
| SCR a | Journal | Frequency N = 2408 (%) | IF b |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses | 202 (8.39) | 0.753 |
| 2nd | Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique | 138 (5.73) | NA |
| 3nd | Journal of Infectious Diseases | 127 (5.27) | 5.848 |
| 4th | International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease | 115 (4.78) | 2.610 |
| 5th | Journal of Infection in Developing Countries | 98 (4.07) | 0.996 |
| 6th | Emerging Infectious Diseases | 80 (3.32) | 5.993 |
| 7th | Journal of Infection | 77 (3.20) | 4.073 |
| 8th | Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease | 73 (3.03) | 2.260 |
| 9th | Infection and Immunity | 69 (2.87) | 4.074 |
| 10th | International Journal of Antimicrobial agents | 67 (2.78) | 4.415 |
| 10th | International Journal of Infectious Diseases | 67 (2.78) | 2.357 |
Abbreviations: SCR Standard Competition Ranking, NA not available, IF impact factor.
aIf equal journals have the same ranking number, then a gap is left in the ranking numbers.
bThe impact factor was reported according to the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) journal citation reports (JCR) 2012.