Top Peer Reviewed Journals – Clinical Medicine Presented to Iowa State University Presented by Thomson Reuters Clinical Medicine The subject discipline for Clinical Medicine is made of 48 narrow subject categories from the Web of Science. The 48 categories that make up Clinical Medicine are: 1. Allergy 25. Medicine, Research & Experimental 2. Andrology 26. Neuroimaging 3. Anesthesiology 27. Nutrition & Dietetics 4. Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems 28. Obstetrics & Gynecology 5. Clinical Neurology 29. Oncology 6. Critical Care Medicine 30. Ophthalmology 7. Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine 31. Orthopedics 8. Dermatology 32. Otorhinolaryngology 9. Emergency Medicine 33. Pathology 10. Endocrinology & Metabolism 34. Pediatrics 11. Engineering, Biomedical 35. Peripheral Vascular Disease 12. Gastroenterology & Hepatology 36. Pharmacology & Pharmacy 13. Geriatrics & Gerontology 37. Physiology 14. Health Care Sciences & Services 38. Public, Environmental & Occupational Health 15. Hematology 39. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Med. Imaging 16. Immunology 40. Rehabilitation 17. Infectious Diseases 41. Reproductive Biology 18. Integrative & Complementary Med. 42. Respiratory System 19. Materials Science, Biomaterials 43. Rheumatology 20. Medical Informatics 44. Sport Sciences 21. Medical Laboratory Technology 45. Surgery 22. Medicine, General & Internal 46. Transplantation 23. Medicine, Legal 47. Tropical Medicine 24. Medicine, Miscellaneous 48. Urology & Nephrology The chart below provides an ordered view of the top peer reviewed journals within the 1st quartile for Clinical Medicine based on Impact Factors (IF), three year averages and their quartile ranking. Journal 2009 IF 2010 IF 2011 IF Average IF CA-A CANCER JOURNAL FOR CLINICIANS 87.92 94.33 101.78 94.68 NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 47.05 53.48 53.29 51.27 NATURE REVIEWS CANCER 29.53 37.18 37.54 34.75 LANCET 30.75 33.63 38.27 34.22 JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN 28.89 30.01 30.02 29.64 MEDICAL ASSOCIATION NATURE MEDICINE 27.13 25.43 22.46 25.01 Cell Stem Cell 23.56 25.94 25.42 24.97 LANCET NEUROLOGY 18.12 21.65 23.46 21.08 JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY 17.79 18.97 18.37 18.38 LANCET ONCOLOGY 14.47 17.76 22.58 18.27 Annual Review of Pathology-Mechanisms of 13.5 18.77 20 17.42 Disease ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE 16.22 16.72 16.73 16.56 LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES 15.58 16.14 17.39 16.37 PLOS MEDICINE 13.05 15.61 16.26 14.97 CIRCULATION 14.81 14.43 14.73 14.66 JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE 14.5 14.77 13.85 14.37 JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION 15.38 14.15 13.06 14.20 JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL CANCER 14.06 14.69 13.75 14.17 INSTITUTE BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 13.66 13.47 14.09 13.74 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE 12.64 14.29 14.15 13.69 OF CARDIOLOGY GASTROENTEROLOGY 12.89 12.03 11.67 12.20 ANNUAL REVIEW OF MEDICINE 9.94 12.45 13.1 11.83 Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology 10.78 11.96 11.37 HEPATOLOGY 10.84 10.88 11.66 11.13 EPIDEMIOLOGIC REVIEWS 17.5 8.23 7.58 11.10 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY 10.68 10.19 11.08 10.65 AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE 9.81 10.63 11.46 10.63 TRENDS IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE 11.04 10.3 10.35 10.56 BLOOD 10.55 10.55 9.89 10.33 BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA- 11.68 9.88 9.38 10.31 REVIEWS ON CANCER EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL 9.8 10.05 10.47 10.11 GUT 9.35 10.61 10.11 10.02 EMBO Molecular Medicine 8.83 10.33 9.58 Nature Reviews Endocrinology 9.19 9.97 9.58 Nature Reviews Neurology 6.51 12.46 9.49 CIRCULATION RESEARCH 9.21 9.5 9.48 9.40 EJC SUPPLEMENTS 9.38 9.38 Pain Physician 7.79 10.72 9.26 PROGRESS IN RETINAL AND EYE 7.75 10.34 9.45 9.18 RESEARCH CANCER AND METASTASIS REVIEWS 9.34 7.14 10.57 9.02 LEUKEMIA 8.29 8.96 9.56 8.94 JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY 7.81 9.33 9.26 8.80 ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES 8.11 9.08 8.72 8.64 DIABETES 8.5 8.88 8.28 8.55 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF 7.68 8.28 9.66 8.54 NEPHROLOGY CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES 8.19 8.18 9.15 8.51 HUMAN REPRODUCTION UPDATE 7.04 8.75 9.23 8.34 EUROPEAN UROLOGY 7.66 8.84 8.49 8.33 Nature Clinical Practice Oncology 8.07 8.67 8 8.25 CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 7.27 9.01 8.21 8.16 JOURNAL Nature Reviews Cardiology 7.46 8.83 8.15 WHO Technical Report Series 8 8.00 ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM 7.33 8.43 7.86 7.87 CANCER RESEARCH 7.54 8.23 7.85 7.87 STEM CELLS 7.74 7.87 7.78 7.80 ANNALS OF SURGERY 7.9 7.47 7.49 7.62 CURRENT PROBLEMS IN CANCER 7.54 7.54 Nature Reviews Rheumatology 6.44 8.38 7.41 Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinology & 6.68 7.71 7.54 7.31 Metabolism DIABETES CARE 6.71 7.14 8.08 7.31 CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH 6.74 7.33 7.74 7.27 Nature Clinical Practice Neurology 6.36 7.7 7.63 7.23 EXPERT REVIEWS IN MOLECULAR 7.14 7.14 MEDICINE SEMINARS IN CANCER BIOLOGY 6.91 7.75 6.47 7.04 CLINICAL CHEMISTRY 6.26 6.88 7.9 7.01 ONCOGENE 7.13 7.41 6.37 6.97 ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND 7.23 7.21 6.36 6.93 VASCULAR BIOLOGY THORAX 7.04 6.52 6.84 6.80 DIABETOLOGIA 6.55 6.97 6.81 6.78 MOLECULAR THERAPY 6.23 7.14 6.87 6.75 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF 6.01 6.88 7.28 6.72 GASTROENTEROLOGY JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 6.46 7.27 6.31 6.68 JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE 6.42 7.02 6.38 6.61 EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES 6.79 6.85 6.16 6.60 HYPERTENSION 6.61 6.9 6.2 6.57 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL 6.3 6.6 6.66 6.52 NUTRITION BASIC RESEARCH IN CARDIOLOGY 5.97 6.12 7.34 6.48 Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular 5.9 6.44 7.04 6.46 Medicine CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY & 6.96 6.37 6.04 6.46 THERAPEUTICS Haematologica-The Hematology Journal 6.41 6.53 6.42 6.45 SLEEP MEDICINE REVIEWS 5.96 6.33 6.93 6.41 JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS 5.75 7.03 6.36 6.38 JACC-Cardiovascular Interventions 5.86 6.8 6.33 Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & 4.55 8.1 6.33 Hepatology CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE 6.37 6.25 6.33 6.32 KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL 6.19 6.1 6.6 6.30 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF 6.43 6.05 6.39 6.29 TRANSPLANTATION CURRENT OPINION IN LIPIDOLOGY 6.13 6.63 6.08 6.28 JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY 6.2 6.49 5.96 6.22 & METABOLISM ANNALS OF ONCOLOGY 5.64 6.45 6.42 6.17 STROKE 7.04 5.75 5.72 6.17 Nature Clinical Practice Rheumatology 5.53 7.11 5.84 6.16 Eurosurveillance 6.15 6.15 ANGIOGENESIS 6.18 6.06 6.12 CANCER TREATMENT REVIEWS 5.29 6.81 6.05 6.05 BLOOD REVIEWS 7.18 5.61 5.35 6.05 CHEST 6.36 6.51 5.25 6.04 JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE 5.54 6.27 6.31 6.04 DERMATOLOGY RADIOLOGY 6.34 6.06 5.72 6.04 Obesity Reviews 5.08 5.86 7.03 5.99 CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH 5.8 6.05 6.06 5.97 Stem Cell Reviews 5.08 6.77 5.93 Nature Reviews Nephrology 4.75 7.09 5.92 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 5.65 6.18 5.91 5.91 SEMINARS IN LIVER DISEASE 5.17 5.28 7.05 5.83 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF 5.26 5.75 6.41 5.81 EPIDEMIOLOGY JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE 5.94 5.93 5.48 5.78 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF 3.46 6.8 7.07 5.78 CARDIOLOGY EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL 5.52 5.92 5.89 5.78 GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY 6.71 5.64 4.92 5.76 Advances in Cancer Research 4.45 6.08 6.73 5.75 Nanomedicine 5.98 6.2 5.05 5.74 JOURNAL OF THROMBOSIS AND 6.06 5.43 5.73 5.74 HAEMOSTASIS Nanomedicine-Nanotechnology Biology and 5.44 4.88 6.69 5.67 Medicine CELL TRANSPLANTATION 5.12 6.2 5.66 Seminars in Immunopathology 5.47 5.21 6.27 5.65 EPIDEMIOLOGY 5.51 5.86 5.56 5.64 ENDOSCOPY 5.54 6.09 5.21 5.61 Alzheimers & Dementia 4.55 5.9 6.37 5.61 Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 5.82 5.93 5.07 5.61 Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 5.64 5.28 5.62 5.51 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY 5.58 5.74 5.21 5.51 Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology 4.93 5.52 6.08 5.51 NEOPLASIA 5.02 5.47 5.94 5.48 JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging 5.52 5.43 5.48 MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS 4.97 5.71 5.69 5.46 BREAST CANCER RESEARCH 5.32 5.78 5.24 5.45 ONCOLOGIST 6.7 5.82 3.81 5.44 JOURNAL OF MAMMARY GLAND 4.07 5.44 6.74 5.42 BIOLOGY AND NEOPLASIA ANESTHESIOLOGY 5.35 5.48 5.35 5.39 NEURO-ONCOLOGY 4.98 5.48 5.72 5.39 AGE 5.83 6.28 3.94 5.35 Circulation-Cardiovascular Imaging 4.75 5.94 5.35 OPHTHALMOLOGY 5.49 5.01 5.45 5.32 CARCINOGENESIS 4.79 5.4 5.7 5.30 Cancer Prevention Research 6 4.97 4.9 5.29 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF KIDNEY 5.15 5.24 5.43 5.27 DISEASES AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 5.67 5.22 4.89 5.26 BMC Medicine 3.98 5.75 6.03 5.25 Circulation-Cardiovascular Interventions 4.36 6.05 5.21 JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR AND 4.96 5.49 5.16 5.20 CELLULAR CARDIOLOGY CARDIOVASCULAR DRUG REVIEWS 5.2 5.20 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews- 5.18 5.18 Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE 5.16 4.99 5.39 5.18 PEDIATRICS 4.68 5.39 5.43 5.17 CRITICAL REVIEWS IN CLINICAL 4.48 5.74 5.25 5.16 LABORATORY SCIENCES MOLECULAR CANCER THERAPEUTICS 4.95 5.22 5.22 5.13 BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH 5.3 5.45 4.64 5.13 ORGANIZATION CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROLOGY 5.43 5.02 4.93 5.13 HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT 6.91 4.19 4.25 5.12 CANCER 5.41 5.13 4.77 5.10 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER 4.72 4.92 5.44 5.03 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 4.46 5.11 5.43 5.00 JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE- 5 5.19 4.66 4.95 JMM Clinical Journal of the American Society of 4.84 4.76 5.22 4.94 Nephrology ATHEROSCLEROSIS SUPPLEMENTS 4.94 4.94 CURRENT OPINION IN INFECTIOUS 4.72 5.16 4.93 4.94 DISEASES CURRENT MOLECULAR MEDICINE 5.09 5.21 4.47 4.92 BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA- 4.13 5.21 5.38 4.91 MOLECULAR BASIS OF DISEASE MOLECULAR MEDICINE 5.02 5.9 3.75 4.89 Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology 3.4 4.8 6.46 4.89 CURRENT OPINION IN HEMATOLOGY 5.19 4.95 4.52 4.89 Circulation-Cardiovascular Quality and 4.84 4.9 4.87 Outcomes EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER 4.12 4.94 5.53 4.86 EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR 4.53 5.03 4.99 4.85 MEDICINE AND MOLECULAR IMAGING BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY 4.59 4.94 4.94 4.82 CLINICAL PHARMACOKINETICS 4.56 4.51 5.39 4.82 SEMINARS IN ARTHRITIS AND 4.72