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. 2022 Aug;10(15):816. doi: 10.21037/atm-22-463

Table 2. Journals of the 100 most-cited articles.

Journal Document numbers Total citations Citation per document Impact factor (year 2020)
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 14 20,168 1,440.6 91.245
JNCI-JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE 9 11,443 1,271.4 13.506
LANCET 9 9,265 1,029.4 79.321
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER 9 6,605 733.9 7.396
LANCET ONCOLOGY 5 5,255 1,051 41.316
VACCINE 5 3,956 791.2 3.641
JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY 5 3,135 627 5.103
CELL 3 6,070 2,023.3 41.582
NATURE 3 2,875 958.3 49.962
JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 3 2,587 862.3 56.272
BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER 3 2,426 808.7 7.64
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 3 1,776 592 11.205
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY 2 2,790 1,395 44.544
NATURE REVIEWS CANCER 2 1,712 856 60.716
EMBO JOURNAL 2 1,682 841 11.598
JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES 2 1,471 735.5 5.226
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY 2 1,114 557 5.948
JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 1 6,426 6,426 7.996
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY 1 2,509 2,509 2.493
SCIENCE 1 2,304 2,304 47.728
CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY BIOMARKERS & PREVENTION 1 1,465 1,465 4.254
BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-REVIEWS ON CANCER 1 1,270 1,270 10.68
LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES 1 1,032 1,032 25.071
JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY 1 986 986 3.891
OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY 1 870 870 7.661
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 1 861 861 11.205
CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS 1 843 843 26.132
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY 1 696 696 4.897
CLINICAL SCIENCE 1 694 694 6.124
MMWR RECOMMENDATIONS AND REPORTS 1 621 621 55.857
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL VIROLOGY 1 604 604 3.168
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE 1 592 592 4.018
CANCER 1 560 560 6.86
VIRUS RESEARCH 1 553 553 3.303
EPIDEMIOLOGIC REVIEWS 1 529 529 6.222
JAMA PEDIATRICS 1 525 525 16.193