TABLE 2.
Distribution of publications in pediatric journals in each of the 5 specialties by journal and by study design.
| Neurology | Immunology | Endocrinology | Gastroenterology | Respirology | Total | |
| Journal | ||||||
| JAMA pediatrics | 95 | 77 | 32 | 28 | 93 | 325 |
| Pediatrics | 730 | 358 | 137 | 190 | 500 | 1915 |
| Archives of disease in childhood fetal and neonatal edition | 76 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 90 | 197 |
| Journal of pediatrics | 491 | 218 | 193 | 200 | 390 | 1492 |
| Pediatric research | 109 | 56 | 24 | 32 | 89 | 310 |
| Total | 1501 | 715 | 394 | 467 | 1162 | |
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| Study design | ||||||
| RCT | 143 | 84 | 26 | 57 | 215 | 525 |
| Clinical trials | 19 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 73 |
| Systematic reviews | 52 | 25 | 10 | 19 | 45 | 151 |
| Case reports | 243 | 153 | 86 | 59 | 125 | 666 |
| Cohort | 833 | 307 | 194 | 258 | 578 | 1893 |
| Cross-sectional | 88 | 66 | 39 | 18 | 62 | 273 |
| Case-control | 66 | 37 | 17 | 31 | 57 | 208 |
| Comparative | 57 | 31 | 13 | 13 | 59 | 173 |
The bold values are simply the totals of the rows/columns.