TABLE 4.
Top ten most active journals that published articles on HA for the treatment of osteoarthritis.
| Rank | Journal | Articles counts | Country | JCR | IF | Total citations | Average Number of citations | H-index |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Osteoarthritis and Cartilage | 152 | England | Q1 | 6.576 | 7502 | 49.36 | 48 |
| 2 | Jornal of Orthopaedic Research | 54 | England | Q1 | 3.494 | 1058 | 19.59 | 20 |
| 3 | BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders | 53 | England | Q2 | 2.362 | 1087 | 20.51 | 17 |
| 4 | American Journal of Sports Medicine | 41 | United States | Q1 | 6.202 | 2857 | 69.68 | 25 |
| 5 | Arthritis Research Therapy | 39 | England | Q2 | 5.156 | 1511 | 38.74 | 23 |
| 6 | Cartilage | 39 | United States | Q4 | 4.634 | 502 | 12.87 | 12 |
| 7 | Plos One | 39 | United States | Q2 | 3.240 | 953 | 24.44 | 19 |
| 8 | Clinical Rheumatology | 35 | England | Q3 | 2.980 | 665 | 19 | 16 |
| 9 | Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy | 34 | Germany | Q1 | 4.342 | 1,400 | 41.18 | 20 |
| 10 | Arthritis And Rheumatism | 30 | United States | - | - | 2,719 | 90.63 | 24 |