Table 4.
A composite measure of ranking core-journals (based on weighted score)
| Rank | Journal name | IF-2019 | CiteScore 2019 | Avg-IS 2019 | Freq. Publs | Weighted score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Lancet (0140–6736, Elsevier) | 60.392 | 73.4 | 66.90 | 195 | 13,045.50 |
| 2 | Nature (0028–0836, Springer) | 42.778 | 51.0 | 46.89 | 127 | 5955.03 |
| 3 | BMJ Clinical Res. Ed. (0959–8146, BMJ Group) | 30.223 | 6.5 | 18.36 | 266 | 4883.76 |
| 4 | Journal of the Am. Med. Asso.(0098–7484, AMA) | 45.540 | 26.3 | 35.92 | 122 | 4382.24 |
| 5 | The British Med. Journal (0959–8138, BMJ Group) | 30.223 | 6.5 | 18.36 | 201 | 3690.36 |
| 6 | Lancet Infectious Diseases (1473–3099, Esevier) | 24.446 | 32.4 | 28.42 | 117 | 3325.14 |
| 7 | Clinical Infectious Diseases (1058–4838, OUP) | 8.310 | 12.5 | 10.41 | 100 | 1041.00 |
| 8 | Journal of Infection (0163–4453, Elsevier) | 4.842 | 8.0 | 6.42 | 118 | 757.56 |
| 9 | Journal of Med. Virology (0146–6615, Wiley-BW) | 2.021 | 4.0 | 3.01 | 243 | 731.43 |
| 10 | Travel Med. & Infec.Disease (1477–8939, Elsevier) | 4.589 | 4.7 | 4.64 | 100 | 464.00 |
| 11 | Infection Control & Hosp. Epi. (0899-823X, CUP) | 2.930 | 4.5 | 3.72 | 107 | 398.04 |
Frequency based ranking of the above journals has been changed substantially