Table 4.
List of the top 25 medical research journals in which researchers from Arab countries publish, ranked in descending order by number of papers published with at least one author affiliated with an institution from the Arab countries
| Rank | Name of journal | Number of papers | Quartile | IF* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Saudi Medical Journal |
1412 |
4 |
0.709 |
| 2 |
Life Science Journal - Acta Zhengzhou University Overseas Edition |
903 |
4 |
0.165 |
| 3 |
Annals of Saudi Medicine |
580 |
4 |
0.558 |
| 4 |
African Journal of Biotechnology |
444 |
4 |
0.573 |
| 5 |
Parasitology Research |
431 |
2 |
2.329 |
| 6 |
Biomed Research International |
361 |
2 |
2.476 |
| 7 |
Medical Principles and Practice |
332 |
2 |
1.469 |
| 8 |
Natural Product Research |
328 |
3 |
1.828 |
| 9 |
African Journal of Microbiology Research |
327 |
4 |
0.539 |
| 10 |
Medicinal Chemistry Research |
312 |
4 |
1.277 |
| 11 |
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules |
308 |
1 |
3.671 |
| 12 |
Kuwait Medical Journal |
307 |
4 |
0.089 |
| 13 |
Neurosciences |
302 |
4 |
0.552 |
| 14 |
Archives de Pediatrie |
299 |
4 |
0.372 |
| 15 |
Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences |
292 |
2 |
2.564 |
| 16 |
Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention |
246 |
3 |
2.514 |
| 17 |
Natural Product Communications |
243 |
4 |
0.773 |
| 18 |
International Journal of Pharmaceutics |
236 |
1 |
3.061 |
| 19 |
Journal of Infection in Developing Countries |
235 |
4 |
1.353 |
| 20 |
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews |
227 |
1 |
6.264 |
| 21 |
Bioresource Technology |
225 |
1 |
5.651 |
| 22 |
Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences |
224 |
3 |
0.696 |
| 23 |
Annales de Biologie Clinique |
224 |
4 |
0.225 |
| 24 |
Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal |
214 |
3 |
2.302 |
| 25 | World Journal of Gastroenterology | 208 | 2 | 3.365 |
IF – 2015 impact factor