Table 9.
Citation analysis and impact factor of top ten productive journals on FGM/C publications (1930 – 2015)
| SCRa | Journal | Frequency (%) N = 1035 | TC | C/A | h-index | IF | Total IFb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | BMJ Clinical Research Ed | 39 (3.77) | 85 | 2.179 | 5 | 19.967 | 778.71 |
| 1st | Lancet | 39 (3.77) | 432 | 11.077 | 9 | 44.002 | 1716.08 |
| 3rd | International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics | 33 (3.19) | 493 | 14.939 | 14 | 1.674 | 55.24 |
| 4th | Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology | 18 (1.74) | 133 | 7.389 | 7 | 0.611 | 11.00 |
| 5th | African Journal of Reproductive Health | 14 (1.35) | 70 | 5.000 | 5 | 0.91 | 12.74 |
| 6th | Journal of Sexual Medicine | 13 (1.26) | 111 | 8.538 | 6 | 3.151 | 40.96 |
| 7th | BMC Public Health | 12 (1.16) | 61 | 5.083 | 4 | 2.209 | 26.51 |
| 7th | BMJ Online | 12 (1.16) | 22 | 1.833 | 3 | 2.562 | 30.74 |
| 9th | African Journal of Urology | 11 (1.06) | 21 | 1.909 | 2 | N/A | 0.00 |
| 10th | Tropical Doctor | 10 (0.97) | 121 | 12.100 | 5 | 0.347 | 3.47 |
| Total | 201 (19.42) | 2675.46 |
FGM/C female genital mutilation/cutting
Abbreviations: SCR standard competition ranking, TC total number of citations, C/A number of citations per article calculated by dividing the total number of citations retrieved for each year by the total number of publications in that year, h-index Hirsch index, HCA highly cited articles (those with ≥ 20 citations), IFimpact factor
a SCR, Standard competition ranking, Equal countries were given the same ranking number, and then a gap is left in the ranking numbers
bTotal impact factor was obtained by multiplying the number of articles published by a certain journal with the IF of that journal