Table 6.
Journals in which the 100 most-cited studies were published.
| Journal | Abbreviated name | Articles included in top 100 cited | Total citations | Average citation/article | Impact factor (2021) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archives of Internal Medicine | Arch. Intern. Med. | 2 | 736 | 368 | NA |
| Annals of Internal Medicine | Ann. Intern. Med. | 3 | 661 | 220 | 21.316 |
| Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | Arch. Phys. Med. Rehabil. | 2 | 332 | 166 | 3.097 |
| Anesthesia and Analgesia | Anesth. Analg. | 1 | 187 | 187 | 4.307 |
| Arthritis and Rheumatism | Arthritis Rheum. | 1 | 171 | 171 | NA |
| American Journal of Medicine | Am. J. Med. | 1 | 161 | 161 | 4.528 |
| Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine | Altern. Ther. Health Med. | 1 | 122 | 122 | 0.939 |
| Acupuncture in Medicine | Acupunct. Med. | 1 | 93 | 93 | 2.127 |
| Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic & Clinical | Auton. Neurosci-Basic Clin. | 1 | 67 | 67 | 2.2 |
| British Journal of Sports Medicine | Br. J. Sports Med. | 1 | 198 | 198 | 12.021 |
| British Medical Journal | BMJ | 2 | 310 | 155 | 30.22 |
| BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders | BMC Musculoskelet. Disord. | 1 | 186 | 186 | 1.878 |
| British Journal of Anaesthesia | Br. J. Anaesth. | 1 | 160 | 160 | 6.881 |
| Bioelectromagnetics | Bioelectromagnetics | 1 | 139 | 139 | 2.277 |
| BMC Medicine | BMC Med. | 1 | 115 | 115 | 6.783 |
| British Dental Journal | Br. Dent. J. | 1 | 88 | 88 | 1.306 |
| Bulletin of the World Health Organization | Bull. World Health Organ. | 1 | 81 | 81 | 6.962 |
| BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine | BMC Complement. Altern. Med. | 1 | 68 | 68 | 2.831 |
| Controlled Clinical Trials | Control Clin. Trials | 1 | 425 | 425 | NA |
| Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews | Cochrane Database Syst. Rev. | 20 | 2,360 | 118 | 7.893 |
| Clinical Journal of Pain | Clin. J. Pain | 1 | 66 | 66 | 2.891 |
| Cephalalgia | Cephalalgia | 1 | 133 | 133 | 4.867 |
| Complementary Therapies in Medicine | Complement. Ther. Med. | 2 | 192 | 96 | 2.064 |
| Journal of Internal Medicine | J. Intern. Med. | 2 | 397 | 199 | 6.874 |
| Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine | J. R. Soc. Med. | 1 | 202 | 202 | 5.239 |
| Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine | J. Altern. Complement Med. | 3 | 344 | 115 | 2.105 |
| Journal of Clinical Oncology | J. Clin. Oncol. | 1 | 163 | 163 | 32.959 |
| Journal of Pain | J. Pain | 1 | 146 | 146 | 4.62 |
| JAMA Internal Medicine | JAMA Intern. Med. | 1 | 140 | 140 | 18.654 |
| Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy | J. Orthop. Sports Phys. Ther. | 2 | 202 | 101 | 3.839 |
| Journal of Affective Disorders | J. Affect. Disord. | 2 | 180 | 90 | 3.891 |
| Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine | J. Am. Board Fam. Med. | 1 | 109 | 109 | 2.663 |
| The Journal of Family Practice | J. Fam. Pract. | 1 | 100 | 100 | 0.693 |
| journal of Neurology | J. Neurol. | 1 | 84 | 84 | 3.958 |
| Journal of Pediatric Hematology Oncology | J. Pediatr. Hematol. Oncol. | 1 | 104 | 104 | 1.016 |
| Pain | Pain | 6 | 866 | 144 | 5.481 |
| PLoS one | PLoS One | 5 | 735 | 147 | 2.742 |
| SPINE | SPINE | 5 | 616 | 123 | 2.646 |
| European Journal of Pain | Eur. J. Pain | 3 | 444 | 148 | 3.49 |
| Rheumatology | RHEUMATOLOGY | 5 | 574 | 115 | 5.605 |
| Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine | Evid.-based Complement Altern. Med. | 1 | 145 | 145 | 1.812 |
| Stroke | Stroke | 2 | 225 | 113 | 7.194 |
| International Journal of Epidemiology | Int. J. Epidemiol. | 1 | 106 | 106 | 7.708 |
| International Journal of Obesity | Int. J. Obes. | 1 | 89 | 89 | NA |
| Osteoarthritis and Cartilage | Osteoarthritis Cartilage | 1 | 82 | 82 | 4.79 |
| Pediatrics | Pediatrics | 1 | 80 | 80 | 5.359 |
| Forsch Komplementarmed | Forsch. Komplement.med | 1 | 73 | 73 | NA |
| Sleep Medicine | Sleep Med. | 1 | 71 | 71 | 3.035 |
| World Journal of Gastroenterology | World J. Gastroenterol | 1 | 66 | 66 | 3.669 |
| Medicine (Baltimore) | Medicine (Baltimore) | 1 | 65 | 65 | 1.552 |