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. 2016 Aug 22;12(1):46. doi: 10.1186/s12992-016-0186-4

Table 7.

Most influential journals in Medicine

R Journal name TC TP H TC/TP Year Volume IF IF5 T50 T200 T200* GR First year
1 American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 178865 7809 120 22,9 1990 42 2,736 2,947 9 1 1 6 1921
2 Journal of General Internal Medicine 114351 4688 120 24,39 1990 5 3,423 3,744 14 3 3 13 1986
3 Academic Medicine 92662 7000 98 13,24 1990 65 3,468 3,654 12 1 1 17 1926
4 Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 84422 4933 83 17,11 1990 84 1,931 2,453 1 0 0 20 1908
5 Psychiatric Services 74932 4731 91 15,84 1995 46 1,987 2,807 6 0 0 24 1950
6 Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 71194 3586 95 19,85 1991 6 2,737 3,240 2 0 0 27 1986
7 Tropical Medicine & International Health 56435 3196 74 17,66 1996 1 2,302 2,953 0 0 0 35 1996
8 Nicotine & Tobacco Research 28496 1975 61 14,43 2003 5 2,805 3,125 2 0 0 69 1999
9 Palliative Medicine 25715 1711 63 15,03 1995 9 2,845 3,565 0 0 0 71 1987
10 Journal of Womens Health 20943 1932 49 10,84 1997 6 1,896 1,989 1 0 0 85 1992
11 Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics 18094 2429 45 7,45 1990 13 1,248 1,471 1 1 1 101 1978
12 Annals of Human Biology 15402 1414 44 10,89 1990 17 1,148 1,515 0 0 0 111 1974
13 Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 13335 1785 44 7,47 1999 5 1,580 1,534 0 0 0 118 1995
14 Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 13124 1248 41 10,52 2003 3 2,531 2,635 0 0 0 124 2001
15 Journal of Public Health Dentistry 11983 1012 46 11,84 1990 50 1,644 1,653 0 0 0 130 1941
16 Journal of Palliative Medicine 11142 1586 39 7,03 2005 8 2,063 2,446 0 0 0 138 1987
17 European Journal of Cancer Care 9674 1056 40 9,16 1999 8 1,762 1,813 0 0 0 147 1992
18 Journal of Medical Screening 9179 675 41 13,6 1998 5 2,722 2,234 0 0 0 150 1994
19 Implementation Science 8777 883 39 9,94 2006 1 3,470 4,098 1 0 0 155 2006
20 Medical Anthropology Quarterly 8041 608 40 13,23 1990 4 0,607 1,117 0 0 0 159 1987

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