Table 1.
Top 20 most prolific journals publishing papers on telomere length in children.
| Rank | Journals | Number of Articles (%) a | Categories (Rank) | IF (JCR) b |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Blood | 65 (7.7) | Hematology (1/13) | 16.601 |
| 2nd | PLoS One | 34 (4.0) | Multidisciplinary Sciences (24/69) | 2.776 |
| 3rd | Psychoneuroendocrinology | 17 (2.0) | Endocrinology and Metabolism; Psychiatry; Neurosciences (36/145;36/146;76/267) | 4.013 |
| 4th | British Journal of Haematology | 12 (1.4) | Hematology (13/73) | 5.206 |
| 5th | Experimental Gerontology | 11 (1.3) | Geriatrics and Gerontology (24/53) | 3.080 |
| 6th | Experimental Hematology | 10 (1.2) | Medicine, Research and Experimental; Hematology (74/136;44/73) | 2.462 |
| 6th | Hematological Oncology | 10 (1.2) | Oncology; Hematology (92/230;24/73) | 3.439 |
| 6th | Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA | 10 (1.2) | Multidisciplinary Sciences (7/69) | 9.580 |
| 9th | Biological Psychiatry | 9 (1.1) | Psychiatry; Neurosciences (7/146;12/267) | 11.501 |
| 9th | Bone Marrow Transplantation | 9 (1.1) | Immunology; Transplantation; Oncology; Hematology (46/158;4/25;60/230;16/73) |
4.674 |
| 9th | Scientific Reports | 9 (1.1) | Multidisciplinary Sciences (15/69) | 4.011 |
| 12th | Mechanisms of Ageing and Development | 8 (1.0) | Cell Biology; Geriatrics and Gerontology (91/193;18/53) | 3.603 |
| 13th | Pediatric Blood & Cancer | 7 (0.8) | Oncology; Hematology; Pediatrics (151/230;43/73;29/125) | 2.486 |
| 14th | Aging Cell | 6 (0.7) | Cell Biology, Geriatrics and Gerontology (31/193;3/53) | 7.346 |
| 14th | American Journal of Human Biology | 6 (0.7) | Biology (55/87) | 1.438 |
| 14th | Cancer Research | 6 (0.7) | Oncology (21/230) | 8.378 |
| 14th | Development and Psychopathology | 6 (0.7) | Psychology, Developmental (14/76) | 3.593 |
| 14th | Journal of Affective Disorders | 6 (0.7) | Clinical Neurology; Psychiatry (44/199; 32/146) | 4.084 |
| 14th | Leukemia | 6 (0.7) | Oncology; Hematology (14/230;4/73) | 9.944 |
| 20th | American Journal of Human Genetics | 5 (0.6) | Genetics and Heredity (9/174) | 9.924 |
Abbreviations: IF (JCR), impact factor (Journal Citations Reports); Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. a Percentage calculated out of the retrieved 840 documents. b Impact factor obtained from the Journal Citation Reports (2018).