Table 5.
Most influential journals in Epidemiology
| R | Journal name | TC | TP | H | TC/TP | Year | Volume | IF | IF5 | T50 | T200 | T200* | GR | First year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Journal of Epidemiology | 357243 | 8162 | 211 | 43,77 | 1990 | 131 | 4,975 | 6,067 | 11 | 8 | 49 | 1 | 1921 |
| 2 | Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention | 207614 | 6073 | 147 | 34,19 | 1991 | 1 | 4,324 | 4,647 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1991 |
| 3 | Journal of Clinical Epidemiology | 168450 | 4502 | 167 | 37,42 | 1990 | 43 | 5,478 | 5,898 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 1955 |
| 4 | Statistics in Medicine | 148692 | 6505 | 140 | 22,86 | 1990 | 9 | 2,037 | 2,828 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 1982 |
| 5 | International Journal of Epidemiology | 140691 | 4335 | 134 | 32,45 | 1990 | 19 | 9,197 | 8,000 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 1972 |
| 6 | Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health | 99343 | 3939 | 117 | 25,22 | 1990 | 44 | 3,294 | 3,667 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 1947 |
| 7 | Epidemiology | 93837 | 3124 | 126 | 30,04 | 1991 | 2 | 6,178 | 6,894 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1990 |
| 8 | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 86969 | 4588 | 100 | 18,96 | 1990 | 11 | 3,938 | 4,423 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 1980 |
| 9 | Cancer Causes & Control | 83834 | 3003 | 112 | 27,92 | 1990 | 1 | 2,961 | 3,434 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1990 |
| 10 | Epidemiology and Infection | 73121 | 4117 | 85 | 17,76 | 1990 | 104 | 2,491 | 2,671 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1901 |
| 11 | European Journal of Epidemiology | 46372 | 2896 | 71 | 16,01 | 1990 | 6 | 5,147 | 4,245 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 1985 |
| 12 | Annals of Epidemiology | 43089 | 2002 | 83 | 21,52 | 1996 | 6 | 2,145 | 2,895 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 1990 |
| 13 | Genetic Epidemiology | 38300 | 2040 | 77 | 18,77 | 1990 | 7 | 2,951 | 3,489 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 1984 |
| 14 | Epidemiologic Reviews | 34630 | 456 | 93 | 75,94 | 1990 | 12 | 7,333 | 12,344 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 60 | 1979 |
| 15 | Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology | 33089 | 1726 | 66 | 19,17 | 1990 | 18 | 1,944 | 2,491 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 1973 |
| 16 | Neuroepidemiology | 24773 | 1314 | 62 | 18,85 | 1990 | 9 | 2,476 | 2,863 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 1982 |
| 17 | Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology | 21249 | 1228 | 59 | 17,3 | 1994 | 8 | 2,811 | 2,796 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 1987 |
| 18 | Journal of Urban Health-Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine | 18231 | 1274 | 54 | 14,31 | 1998 | 75 | 1,943 | 2,517 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 1925 |
| 19 | Statistical Methods in Medical Research | 11801 | 490 | 44 | 24,08 | 1999 | 8 | 2,957 | 3,155 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 131 | 1992 |
| 20 | BMC Medical Research Methodology | 8936 | 979 | 39 | 9,13 | 2007 | 7 | 2,168 | 3,024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 2001 |
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