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. 2015 Apr 1;4(1):e2. doi: 10.2196/med20.3628

Table 2.

Major Web 2.0 publishing journals (journals publishing more than six articles).

Journal Articles,
n=1347
n (%)
Impact factor MeSH termsb
Studies in Health Technology and Informaticsa 53 (3.93) N/A Biomedical Technology; Medical Informatics
Journal of Medical Internet Researcha 36 (2.67) 3.768 Information Services; Internet; Medical Informatics; Research
Nucleic Acids Researcha 35 (2.60) 8.278 Nucleic Acids
Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networkinga 33 (2.45) N/A Behavior; Computer Communication Networks/utilization; Multimedia/utilization; Psychology, Social; User-Computer Interface
AMIA. Annual Symposium proceedings / AMIA Symposium. AMIA Symposiuma 24 (1.78) N/A Medical Informatics Applications; Medical Informatics Computing
BMC Bioinformaticsa 21 (1.56) 3.024 Computational Biology
Medical Reference Services Quarterlya 21 (1.56) N/A Information Services; Information Systems; Libraries, Medical; Library Services
Medical Teachera 20 (1.48) 1.824 Education, Medical
Nurse Educatora 19 (1.41) 0.562 Education, Nursing
PLoS Onea 17 (1.26) 3.73 Medicine; Science
Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)a 16 (1.19) 5.323 Computational Biology; Genome
Health Information and Libraries Journala 11 (0.82) N/A Libraries, Medical; Medical Informatics
Genome Biologya 10 (0.74) 10.288 Biology; Genetics; Genome
Journal of Medical Systemsa 10 (0.74) 1.783 Computers; Delivery of Health Care; Information Systems
BMJ (Clinical research ed.)a 9 (0.67) 17.215 Medicine
Journal of Digital Imaginga 9 (0.67) 1.1 Computer Systems ; Radiographic Image Enhancement; Radiology Information Systems
Journal of Health Communicationa 9 (0.67) N/A Communication; Health Education; Health Promotion; Health Services; Health
Cyberpsychology & Behavior: the impact of the Internet, multimedia and virtual reality on behavior and societya 8 (0.59) N/A Behavior; Computer Communication Networks/utilization; Multimedia/utilization; Psychology, Social; User-Computer Interface
Health Communicationa 8 (0.59) N/A Communication; Health
Naturea 8 (0.59) 38.597 Science
The Journal of Medical Practice Management : MPMa 8 (0.59) N/A Practice Management, Medical
Vaccinea 8 (0.59) 3.492 Vaccines
American Journal of Pharmaceutical Educationa 7 (0.52) N/A Education; Pharmacy
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Societya 7 (0.52) N/A Biomedical Engineering
Journal of Dental Educationa 7 (0.52) 0.989 Education, Dental
Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLAa 7 (0.52) N/A Information Services; Libraries, Medical; Library Science
Medical Educationa 7 (0.52) 3.546 Education, Medical
Caring: National Association for Home Care magazine 6 (0.45) N/A Health Services for the Aged; Home Care Services; Long-Term Care
Database: the journal of biological databases and curation 6 (0.45) 4.2 Computational Biology
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 6 (0.45) 3.571 Medical Informatics Applications; Medical Informatics
Nursing education perspectives 6 (0.45) N/A Education, Nursing; Nursing
PLoS computational biology 6 (0.45) 4.867 Computational Biology
Science (New York, N.Y.) 6 (0.45) 31.027 Science
The Journal of Adolescent Health: Official Publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 6 (0.45) 2.966 Adolescent Medicine
The Journal of Nursing Education 6 (0.45) 1.133 Education, Nursing
Tobacco Control 6 (0.45) 4.111 Smoking/prevention & control; Tobacco Use; Disorder/prevention & control; Tobacco

aCore journals according to Bradford’s law of scattering.

bMeSH terms used in the catalog of the National Library of Medicine to describe the journal.