Table 1.
Most influential journals in Public Health Research
| R | Journal name | TC | TP | H | TC/TP | Year | Volume | IF | IF5 | T50 | T200 | T200* | GR | First year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Journal of Public Health | 302196 | 9203 | 198 | 32,84 | 1991 | 81 | 4,229 | 4,997 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1911 |
| 2 | Social Science & Medicine | 281663 | 9656 | 163 | 29,17 | 1990 | 31 | 2,558 | 3,568 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1967 |
| 3 | Bulletin of The World Health Organization | 80812 | 2597 | 110 | 31,12 | 1990 | 68 | 5,112 | 6,372 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 1948 |
| 4 | BMC Public Health | 60880 | 7434 | 64 | 8,19 | 2001 | 1 | 2,321 | 2,781 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2001 |
| 5 | Public Health Nutrition | 46882 | 2988 | 84 | 15,69 | 1999 | 2 | 2,483 | 2,798 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 1998 |
| 6 | Drug Safety | 46562 | 2005 | 87 | 23,22 | 1990 | 5 | 2,620 | 3,424 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 1986 |
| 7 | Annual Review of Public Health | 39592 | 595 | 104 | 66,54 | 1991 | 12 | 6,627 | 7,984 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 51 | 1980 |
| 8 | Public Health Reports | 34617 | 2064 | 67 | 13,29 | 1990 | 105 | 1,644 | 1,791 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 61 | 2001 |
| 9 | Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health | 22531 | 2219 | 54 | 10,15 | 1996 | 20 | 1,897 | 1,835 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 1977 |
| 10 | Canadian Journal of Public Health-Revue Canadienne de Sante Publique | 20835 | 2515 | 44 | 8,28 | 1990 | 81 | 1,094 | 1,325 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 88 | 1997 |
| 11 | European Journal of Public Health | 20399 | 1851 | 51 | 11,02 | 1997 | 7 | 2,459 | 2,743 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 1991 |
| 12 | Public Health | 20393 | 2488 | 48 | 8,2 | 1990 | 104 | 1,475 | 1,514 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 1888 |
| 13 | Revista de Saude Publica | 18366 | 2810 | 41 | 6,54 | 1990 | 24 | 1,219 | 1,587 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 1967 |
| 14 | Scandinavian Journal of Public Health | 17440 | 1568 | 50 | 11,12 | 1999 | 27 | 3,125 | 2,570 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 1973 |
| 15 | Journal of American College Health | 15664 | 1011 | 57 | 15,49 | 1994 | 43 | 1,397 | 2,223 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 109 | 1978 |
| 16 | Journal of Safety Research | 13917 | 1070 | 47 | 13,01 | 1990 | 21 | 1,303 | 1,940 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 1982 |
| 17 | Public Health Nursing | 11167 | 1373 | 37 | 8,13 | 1990 | 7 | 0,886 | 1,131 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 137 | 1984 |
| 18 | Maternal and Child Health Journal | 9992 | 1434 | 36 | 6,97 | 2004 | 8 | 2,015 | 2,318 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 1997 |
| 19 | Salud Publica de Mexico | 8805 | 2008 | 30 | 4,38 | 1993 | 35 | 1,034 | 1,221 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154 | 1997 |
| 20 | Ethnicity & Disease | 7952 | 1285 | 32 | 6,19 | 2004 | 14 | 0,921 | 1,233 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160 | 2003 |
Abbreviations: TC Total citations, TP Total papers, H Hirsch index, TC/TP Average citations per paper, IF Impact factor, IF5 5-year impact factor, T50 Number of papers among the 50 most cited of the category, T200 and T200* Number of papers among the 200 most cited in all fields of health between 1990–2014 and before 1990, GR Global ranking considering all the journals