Table 4.
List of the top 10 journals publishing research on microbiota and cancer from 2001 to 2020
| Ranking | Journal | Frequency | % | IFa |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Scientific Reports | 40 | 1.94 | 3.998 |
| 2nd | International Journal of Molecular Sciences | 33 | 1.60 | 4.556 |
| 3rd | PloS ONE | 33 | 1.60 | 2.740 |
| 4th | Frontiers in Microbiology | 27 | 1.31 | 4.235 |
| 5th | Cancers | 23 | 1.12 | 6.126 |
| 6th | Frontiers in Oncology | 20 | 0.97 | 4.848 |
| 7th | Journal of Functional Foods | 19 | 0.92 | 3.701 |
| 8th | Gut | 18 | 0.87 | 19.819 |
| 9th | Gut Microbes | 18 | 0.87 | 7.740 |
| 10th | Nutrition and Cancer | 17 | 0.82 | 2.363 |
SCR standard competition ranking; IF impact factor
aImpact factors based on the 2019 Journal Citation Reports 2019 from Clarivate Analytics