Table 5.
EBMH (mental health) journal-specific content of high-quality, clinically relevant articles
| Journal title | Number articles in 2000 in journal | Number abstracted (% included in EBMH) | NNR for abstracted article | Number abstracted or listed (% included in EBMH)* | NNR for abstracted or listed** |
| Archives of General Psychiatry | 161 | 12 (12.5) | 20.1 | 14 (8.2) | 11.5 |
| Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews*** | 444 | 6 (6.3) | 74.0 | 27 (15.9) | 16.4 |
| American Journal of Psychiatry | 508 | 5 (5.2) | 101.6 | 9 (5.3) | 56.4 |
| British Journal of Psychiatry | 335 | 5 (5.2) | 67.0 | 8 (4.7) | 41.9 |
| JAMA | 1930 | 5 (5.2) | 386.0 | 9 (5.3) | 214.4 |
| Lancet | 3858 | 5 (5.2) | 771.6 | 7 (4.1) | 551.1 |
| International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry | 169 | 5 (5.2) | 33.8 | 8 (4.7) | 21.1 |
| Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | 300 | 4 (4.2) | 75.0 | 4 (2.4) | 75.0 |
| Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology*** | 122 | 4 (4.2) | 30.5 | 7 (4.1) | 17.4 |
| BMJ | 3428 | 3 (3.1) | 1142.7 | 4 (2.4) | 857.0 |
| Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology | 162 | 3 (3.1) | 54.0 | 3 (1.7) | 54.0 |
| Schizophrenia Bulletin | 80 | 3 (3.1) | 26.7 | 4 (2.4) | 20.0 |
| Annals of Internal Medicine | 602 | 2 (2.1) | 301.5 | 2 (1.2) | 301.5 |
| Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines*** | 99 | 2 (2.1) | 49.5 | 3 (1.7) | 33.0 |
| Archives of Internal Medicine | 620 | 2 (2.1) | 310 | 3 (1.7) | 206.7 |
| Journal of Clinical Epidemiology | 173 | 2 (2.1) | 86.5 | 2 (1.2) | 86.5 |
| Journal of Family Practice | 263 | 2 (2.1) | 131.5 | 2 (1.2) | 131.5 |
| New England Journal of Medicine | 1530 | 2 (2.1) | 765.0 | 2 (1.2) | 765.0 |
| Psychosomatic Medicine | 106 | 2 (2.1) | 53.0 | 3 (1.7) | 35.3 |
| Acta Psychiatric Scandinavica | 255 | 1 (1.0) | 255 | 2 (1.2) | 127.5 |
| Addiction | 295 | 1 (1.0) | 295 | 4 (2.4) | 73.8 |
| Age and Ageing | 181 | 1 (1.0) | 181 | 1 (0.6) | 181 |
| American Journal of Public Health | 363 | 1 (1.0) | 363 | 1 (0.6) | 363 |
| Archives of Family Medicine (no longer published) | 230 | 1 (1.0) | 230 | 1 (0.6) | 230 |
| Behaviour Therapy | 44 | 1 (1.0) | 44 | 3 (1.7) | 14.7 |
| British Journal of General Practice | 453 | 1 (1.0) | 453 | 1 (0.6) | 453 |
| British Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry | N.A. | 1 (1.0) | N.A. | 1 (0.6) | N.A. |
| Canadian Journal of Psychiatry | 179 | 1 (1.0) | 179 | 1 (0.6) | 179 |
| Child Development | 141 | 1 (1.0) | 141 | 2 (1.2) | 70.5 |
| CMAJ (formerly Canadian Medical Association Journal) | 1007 | 1 (1.0) | 1007 | 1 (0.6) | 1007 |
| Image Journal of Nursing Scholarship | 94 | 1 (1.0) | 94 | 1 (0.6) | 94 |
| Journal of Advanced Nursing | 611 | 1 (1.0) | 611 | 1 (0.6) | 611 |
| Journal of Affective Disorders | 154 | 1 (1.0) | 154 | 1 (0.6) | 154 |
| Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry | 83 | 1 (1.0) | 83 | 2 (1.2) | 41.5 |
| Medical Care | 162 | 1 (1.0) | 162 | 1 (0.6) | 162 |
| Pain | 269 | 1 (1.0) | 269 | 1 (0.6) | 269 |
| Pediatrics | 811 | 1 (1.0) | 811 | 2 (1.2) | 405.5 |
| Psychiatric Services | 356 | 1 (1.0) | 356 | 3 (1.7) | 118.7 |
| Psychology and Aging | 55 | 1 (1.0) | 55 | 1 (0.6) | 55 |
| Research in Nursing Health | 55 | 1 (1.0) | 55 | 1 (0.6) | 55 |
| Social Science and Medicine | 302 | 1 (1.0) | 302 | 1 (0.6) | 302 |
| American Journal of Medicine | 435 | 0 (0) | Infinity | 2 (1.2) | 217.5 |
| AHCOR/AHRQ Reports*** | N.A. | 0 (0) | Infinity | 3 (1.7) | N.A. |
| Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | 337 | 0 (0) | Infinity | 1 (0.6) | 337 |
| Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry | 214 | 0 (0) | Infinity | 1 (0.6) | 214 |
| Journal of Clinical Nursing | 107 | 0 (0) | Infinity | 1 (0.6) | 107 |
| Journal of Psychosomatic Research | 118 | 0 (0) | Infinity | 2 (1.2) | 59 |
| Neurology | 1334 | 0 (0) | Infinity | 1 (0.6) | 1334 |
| Psychosomatic Medicine | 106 | 0 (0) | Infinity | 1 (0.6) | 106 |
| Total | 96 | 170 | |||
| Correlation with SCI Impact Factors-correlation coefficient (P-value) | N.A. | 0.386 (0.02) | N.A. | 0.381 (0.01) | N.A. |
*Articles abstracted are those that pass methodological criteria and are deemed to be the most important by practicing mental health professionals. The other articles listed are articles with the same high-quality methods but are considered to be slightly less important clinically by mental health professionals; **The number of articles needed to read (NNR) is a measure of the ratio of number of relevant articles (abstracted or combined abstracted or B-listed) divided into the total number of articles for each journal title; ***SCI Impact Factor not available for analysis; N.A. Not applicable or not available. Data are for 2000. Note that the AHRQ/AHCPR reports were not considered journal titles and read as such for this report.