Table 4.
EBN (general practice nursing) journal-specific content of high-quality, clinically relevant articles
| Journal title | Number articles in 2000 in journal | Number abstracted (% included in EBN) | NNR for abstracted article | Number abstracted or listed (% included in EBN)* | NNR for abstracted or listed** |
| Qualitative Health Research | 60 | 10 (10.4) | 6.0 | 14 (4.6) | 4.7 |
| Cochrane Database of Systematic Review*** | 444 | 8 (8.3) | 55.5 | 33 (10.9) | 13.5 |
| Pediatrics | 811 | 8 (8.3) | 101.4 | 19 (6.3) | 42.7 |
| JAMA | 1930 | 7 (7.3) | 275.7 | 16 (5.3) | 120.6 |
| Lancet | 3858 | 6 (6.3) | 643.0 | 12 (4.0) | 321.5 |
| BMJ | 3428 | 5 (5.2) | 685.6 | 16 (5.3) | 214.3 |
| Journal of Advanced Nursing | 611 | 5 (5.2) | 122.2 | 14 (4.6) | 43.6 |
| American Journal of Medicine | 434 | 3 (3.1) | 144.7 | 6 (2.0) | 72.3 |
| Critical Care Medicine | 977 | 3 (3.1) | 325.7 | 3 (1.0) | 325.7 |
| Health Psychology*** | 79 | 3 (3.1) | 26.3 | 5 (1.6) | 15.8 |
| Stroke | 609 | 3 (3.1) | 203.0 | 5 (1.6) | 121.8 |
| Archives of Internal Medicine | 620 | 2 (2.1) | 310 | 16 (5.3) | 38.8 |
| Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine | 273 | 2 (2.1) | 136.5 | 5 (1.6) | 57.4 |
| CMAJ (formerly Canadian Medical Association Journal) | 1007 | 2 (2.1) | 503.5 | 3 (1.0) | 335.7 |
| Health Education and Behavior*** | 67 | 2 (2.1) | 33.5 | 2 (0.7) | 33.5 |
| Journal of Pediatrics | 137 | 2 (2.1) | 68.5 | 6 (2.0) | 22.8 |
| Social Science and Medicine | 302 | 2 (2.1) | 151 | 5 (1.6) | 60.4 |
| Age and Ageing | 767 | 1 (1.0) | 767 | 2 (0.7) | 383.5 |
| Annals of Internal Medicine | 602 | 1 (1.0) | 602 | 6 (2.0) | 100.3 |
| Annals of Surgery | 301 | 1 (1.0) | 301 | 1 (0.3) | 301 |
| ANS Advances in Nursing Sciences | 25 | 1 (1.0) | 25 | 3 (1.0) | 8.3 |
| Applied Nursing Research | 40 | 1 (1.0) | 40 | 2 (0.7) | 20 |
| Archives of Disease in Childhood Neonatal and Fetal Edition | 157 | 1 (1.0) | 157 | 3 (1.0) | 52.3 |
| Archives of General Psychiatry | 161 | 1 (1.0) | 161 | 4 (1.3) | 40.3 |
| Birth | 105 | 1 (1.0) | 105 | 1 (0.3) | 105 |
| British Journal of General Practice | 453 | 1 (1.0) | 453 | 4 (1.3) | 113.3 |
| British Journal of Surgery | 402 | 1 (1.0) | 402 | 2 (0.7) | 201 |
| Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology | 145 | 1 (1.0) | 145 | 1 (0.3) | 145 |
| Canadian Journal of Infection Control | 31 | 1 (1.0) | 31 | 1 (0.3) | 31 |
| Image Journal of Nursing Scholarship | 94 | 1 (1.0) | 94 | 2 (0.7) | 47 |
| Journal of the American Geriatric Society | 384 | 1 (1.0) | 384 | 4 (1.3) | 96 |
| Journal of Clinical Epidemiology | 173 | 1 (1.0) | 173 | 5 (1.6) | 57.7 |
| Journal of Clinical Nursing | 107 | 1 (1.0) | 107 | 3 (1.0) | 35.7 |
| Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology | 122 | 1 (1.0) | 122 | 5 (1.6) | 24.4 |
| Journal of Manipulative and Physical Therapy | 117 | 1 (1.0) | 117 | 1 (0.3) | 117 |
| Midwifery | 68 | 1 (1.0) | 68 | 3 (1.0) | 22.7 |
| New England Journal of Medicine | 1530 | 1 (1.0) | 1530 | 4 (1.3) | 382.5 |
| Pain | 269 | 1 (1.0) | 269 | 1 (0.3) | 269 |
| Psychosomatic Medicine | 106 | 1 (1.0) | 106 | 1 (0.3) | 106 |
| Western Journal of Nursing Research | 99 | 1 (1.0) | 99 | 1 (0.3) | 99 |
| Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica | 255 | 0 (0) | Infinity | 1 (0.3) | 255 |
| Addiction | 295 | 0 (0) | Infinity | 1 (0.3) | 295 |
| American Journal of Cardiology | 850 | 0 (0) | Infinity | 1 (0.3) | 850 |
| American Journal of Epidemiology | 362 | 0 (0) | Infinity | 11 (3.6) | 32.9 |
| American Journal of Gastroenterology | 923 | 0 (0) | Infinity | 1 (0.3) | 923 |
| American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology | 704 | 0 (0) | Infinity | 2 (0.7) | 352 |
| American Journal of Public Health | 363 | 0 (0) | Infinity | 4 (1.3) | 90.8 |
| American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine | 783 | 0 (0) | Infinity | 1 (0.3) | 783 |
| Archives of Diseases in Childhood | 392 | 0 (0) | Infinity | 2 (0.7) | 196 |
| British Journal of Psychiatry | 335 | 0 (0) | Infinity | 2 (0.7) | 177.5 |
| Canadian Journal of Nursing Research | 35 | 0 (0) | Infinity | 1 (0.3) | 35 |
| Canadian Journal of Psychiatry | 179 | 0 (0) | Infinity | 1 (0.3) | 179 |
| Cancer | 786 | 0 (0) | Infinity | 1 (0.3) | 786 |
| Cancer Nursing | 61 | 0 (0) | Infinity | 1 (0.3) | 61 |
| Chest | 882 | 0 (0) | Infinity | 1 (0.3) | 882 |
| Child Development | 141 | 0 (0) | Infinity | 1 (0.3) | 141 |
| Gut | 446 | 0 (0) | Infinity | 1 (0.3) | 446 |
| Heart and Lung | 59 | 0 (0) | Infinity | 1 (0.3) | 59 |
| International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry | 169 | 0 (0) | Infinity | 1 (0.3) | 169 |
| Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | 300 | 0 (0) | Infinity | 1 (0.3) | 300 |
| Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry | 99 | 0 (0) | Infinity | 1 (0.3) | 99 |
| Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health | 205 | 0 (0) | Infinity | 3 (1.0) | 68.3 |
| Journal of Family Practice | 263 | 0 (0) | Infinity | 7 (2.3) | 37.6 |
| Journal of General Internal Medicine | 155 | 0 (0) | Infinity | 1 (0.3) | 155 |
| Journal of Pediatric Nursing | 68 | 0 (0) | Infinity | 2 (0.7) | 34 |
| Journal of Pediatric and Oncology Nursing | 32 | 0 (0) | Infinity | 1 (0.3) | 32 |
| Medical Journal of Australia | 598 | 0 (0) | Infinity | 1 (0.3) | 598 |
| Nursing Research | 51 | 0 (0) | Infinity | 3 (1.0) | 17 |
| Obstetrics and Gynecology | 478 | 0 (0) | Infinity | 3 (1.0) | 159.3 |
| Patient Education and Counseling | 94 | 0 (0) | Infinity | 3 (1.0) | 31.3 |
| Schizophrenia Bulletin | 80 | 0 (0) | Infinity | 2 (0.7) | 40 |
| Spine | 604 | 0 (0) | Infinity | 2 (0.7) | 302 |
| Thorax | 336 | 0 (0) | Infinity | 1 (0.3) | 336 |
| Total | 96 | 305 | |||
| Correlation with SCI Impact Factors-correlation coefficient (P-value) | N.A. | 0.096 (0.57) | N.A. | 0.256 (0.038) | N.A. |
*Articles abstracted are those that pass methodological criteria and are deemed to be the most important by practicing nurses. The other articles listed are articles with the same high-quality methods but are considered to be slightly less important clinically by practicing nurses; **The number of articles needed to read (NNR) is a measure of the ratio of number of relevant articles (abstracted or combined abstracted or listed) divided into the total number of articles for each journal title; ***SCI Impact Factor not available for analysis; N.A. Not applicable or available. Data are for 2000. Note that the AHRQ/AHCPR reports were not considered journal titles and read as such for this report.