Table 5.
Top 20 journals ranked by published articles between 2000 and 2017.
| Journal name | IFa | Rank in JCRb in 2017 | Articles, n (%) | OAJc | OAMJd |
| PLOS ONE | 2.766 | Multidisciplinary sciences (15/64) | 419 (9.4) | Y | Y |
| Medicine | 2.028 | Medicine, general & internal (56/154) | 385 (8.6) | Y | Ye |
| International Journal of Cardiology | 4.034 | Cardiac & cardiovascular systems (41/128) | 72 (1.6) | N | N |
| Journal of the Formosan Medical Association | 2.452 | Medicine, general & internal (42/154) | 52 (1.2) | Y | N |
| Oncotarget | N/Af | N/A | 51 (1.1) | Yg | N |
| Journal of Affective Disorders | 3.786 | Clinical neurology (46/197), psychiatry (37/142), psychiatryh (27/142) | 51 (1.1) | N | N |
| Scientific Reports | 4.122 | Multidisciplinary sciences (12/64) | 49 (1.1) | Y | Y |
| Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety | 2.314 | Public, environmental & occupational health (66/180), pharmacology & pharmacy (145/261) |
47 (1.1) | N | N |
| BMJ Open | 2.413 | Medicine, general & internal (43/154) | 47 (1.1) | Y | Y |
| Journal of the Chinese Medical Association | 1.660 | Medicine, general & internal (72/154) | 39 (0.9) | Y | N |
| Journal of Ethnopharmacology | 3.115 | Plant sciences (38/222); chemistry, medicinal (20/59); integrative & complementary medicine (4/27); pharmacology & pharmacy (87/261) |
36 (0.8) | N | N |
| BMC Health Services Research | 1.843 | Health care sciences & services (53/94) | 34 (0.8) | Y | N |
| European Journal of Internal Medicine | 3.282 | Medicine, general & internal (27/154) | 30 (0.7) | N | N |
| Research in Developmental Disabilities | 1.820 | Education, specialh (8/40), rehabilitationh (19/69) | 30 (0.7) | N | N |
| Health Policy | 2.293 | Health care sciences & services (40/94), health policy & servicesh (22/79) | 29 (0.6) | N | N |
| Osteoporosis International | 3.856 | Endocrinology & metabolism (40/143) | 28 (0.6) | N | N |
| Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine | 2.064 | Integrative & complementary medicine (10/27) | 27 (0.6) | Y | N |
| QJM | 3.204 | Medicine, general & internal (30/154) | 27 (0.6) | N | N |
| Journal of Clinical Psychiatry | 4.247 | Psychiatry (26/142), psychiatryh (19/142), psychology, clinicalh (11/127) | 26 (0.6) | N | N |
| International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | 2.145 | Environmental sciences (116/241); public, environmental & occupational health (73/180); public, environmental & occupational healthh (44/156) | 25 (0.6) | Y | N |
aIF: impact factor.
bJCR: Journal Citation Reports.
cOAJ: open access journal.
dOAMJ: open access mega journal.
eConverted to an OAMJ in 2014.
fN/A: not available.
gNot listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals.
hSocial Sciences Edition.