Table 1.
Top 10 cardiovascular journals with the least proportion of articles content that remains poorly cited at 5 years after publication#
| Journal Name | 1997 Impact Factor* | 2007 Impact Factor* | Poorly cited | Well cited | Total | % Poorly cited articles trofrom 1997–07 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIRCULATION RESEARCH | 8.4 | 9.7 | 32 | 3067 | 3099 | 1% |
| STROKE | 4.3 | 6.3 | 217 | 4260 | 4477 | 5% |
| JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY | 6.7 | 11.1 | 262 | 4921 | 5183 | 5% |
| HYPERTENSION | 4.9 | 7.2 | 241 | 3199 | 3440 | 7% |
| PROGRESS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES | 3.2 | 2.8 | 7 | 46 | 53 | 13% |
| CARDIOVASCULAR DIABETOLOGY | Not Reported† | Not Reported† | 9 | 55 | 64 | 14% |
| CIRCULATION | 9.8 | 12.8 | 1502 | 9144 | 10646 | 14% |
| JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR CARDIOLOGY | 3.3 | 5.2 | 285 | 1668 | 1953 | 15% |
| EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL | 2.1 | 7.9 | 361 | 2052 | 2413 | 15% |
| ATHEROSCLEROSIS | 2.9 | 4.3 | 475 | 2658 | 3133 | 15% |
| JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION | 2.8 | 4.4 | 401 | 1991 | 2392 | 17% |
#
Only cardiovascular journals with at least 20 published articles in a given year were included in this analysis.
*
Note the journal Impact Factor is derived from Journal Citation Reports for 1997 and 2007 published by Thompson Reuters. The Impact Factor is calculated using the Web of Science citation database and not based on the citation of articles in Scopus citation database used in this study.
†
Impact Factor not reported in Journal Citation Reports.