Table 3.
Top 10 frequently occurring academic journals from the periods of 1997-2002, 2003-2007, 2008-2012, and 2013-2017
| Journal | Count | Journal | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scientometrics | 40 | Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews | 162 |
| Haematologica | 36 | Scientometrics | 100 |
| Journal of Documentation | 11 | Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology | 30 |
| Journal of Information Science | 10 | JAMA—Journal of the American Medical Association | 15 |
| Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology | 9 | Annals of Pharmacotherapy | 12 |
| Physical Review D | 7 | British Medical Journal | 12 |
| Annals of Pharmacotherapy | 6 | Journal of Advanced Nursing | 9 |
| Web of Knowledge—A Festschrift in Honor of Eugene Garfield | 6 | American Journal of Gastroenterology | 8 |
| British Medical Journal | 5 | Evidence Based Library And Information Practice | 8 |
| Journal of the American Society for Information Science | 5 | Journal of Information Science | 8 |
| Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews | 493 | Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews | 704 |
| Scientometrics | 221 | PLoS ONE | 669 |
| Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology | 96 | Scientometrics | 396 |
| PLoS ONE | 95 | Medicine | 245 |
| Journal of Informetrics | 66 | Oncotarget | 234 |
| Health Technology Assessment | 43 | International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine | 225 |
| British Medical Journal | 39 | BMJ Open | 191 |
| Collnet Journal of Scientometrics and Information Management | 27 | Tumor Biology | 119 |
| Breast Cancer Research and Treatment | 23 | Scientific Reports | 112 |
| European Urology | 23 | Journal of Informetrics | 98 |