Table 2.
Top ten active journals in publishing health–related research articles on fragile states
| Rank | Journal | Frequency | % (N = 2299) | Subject area | Journal rank | Country of the journal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pan African medical journal | 104 | 4.5 | Medicine (miscellaneous) | Q3 | Kenya |
| 2 | BMC public health | 93 | 4.0 | Medicine (Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health) | Q1 | UK |
| 3 | BMC Pregnancy and childbirth | 71 | 3.1 | Medicine (Obstetrics and Gynecology) | Q1 | UK |
| 4 | BMC infectious diseases | 67 | 2.9 | Medicine (Infectious Diseases) | Q1 | UK |
| 5 | Journal of the Pakistan medical association | 64 | 2.8 | Medicine (miscellaneous) | Q3 | Pakistan |
| 6 | Plos neglected tropical diseases | 57 | 2.5 | Medicine (Infectious Diseases Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health) | Q1 | USA |
| 7 | Ethiopian journal of health sciences | 53 | 2.3 | Medicine (miscellaneous) | Q3 | Ethiopia |
| 8 | BMC health services research | 48 | 2.1 | Medicine (Health Policy) | Q1 | UK |
| 9 | BMJ open | 46 | 2.0 | Medicine (miscellaneous) | Q1 | UK |
| 10 | African health sciences | 39 | 1.7 | Medicine (miscellaneous) | Q2 | Uganda |
Q = quartile. Q1 is the highest and Q4 is the lowest rank. The rank was obtained from Scimago Journal Rank (https://www.scimagojr.com/)