Background
Methods
Questionnaire construction
Please tick up to ten journals in total that you read or consult on a regular basis to inform your clinical practice. If necessary add any that are not listed. From those you have ticked please rank the top three journals (i.e. 1,2 or 3). | |
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Journal | Tick up to 10 Rank top 3 |
Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica | |
Acta Oto-Laryngologica | |
American Journal of Surgical Pathology | |
American Journal of Transplantation | |
Annals of Surgery | |
Annals of Surgical Oncology | |
Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England | |
Annals of Thoracic Surgery | |
Archives of Surgery | |
British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery | |
British Journal of Plastic Surgery | |
British Journal of Surgery | |
British Journal of Urology | |
BMJ | |
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research | |
Clinical Otolaryngology | |
European Journal of Pediatric Surgery | |
International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery | |
Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery – British Volume | |
Journal of Endovascular Therapy | |
Journal of Internal Medicine | |
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry | |
Journal of Neurosurgery | |
Journal of Pediatric Surgery | |
Journal of the American College of Surgeons | |
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine | |
Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | |
Journal of Urology | |
Journal of Vascular Surgery | |
Lancet | |
Lasers in Surgery and Medicine | |
Liver Transplantation | |
Neurosurgery | |
Obesity Neurosurgery | |
Shock | |
Surgery | |
Transplant International | |
Transplantation | |
Transplantation Proceedings |
Questionnaire analysis
Results
Sub-specialties % | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Largest | |||||||||
Journals read | All | General surgery | Otolaryng ology | Urology | Vascular surgery | NHS (England) surgery publications 1990–99 | JIF 2001 | 24 listed journals ranked by JIF | 139 surgery journals from SCI's ranking by JIF |
BMJ (UK)
| 77.9 | 81.1 | 77.8 | 80.5 | 87.3 | 263 | 6.6 | 3 | - |
Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (UK)
|
61.0
|
77.1
|
48.9
|
48.0
|
72.5
|
838
|
0.5
|
21
|
103
|
British Journal of Surgery (UK)
| 48.0 | 97.2 | 1.5 | 14.6 | 93.1 | 1510 | 3.5 | 4 | 5 |
Lancet (UK)
|
30.8
|
48.0
|
11.9
|
23.6
|
49.0
|
211
|
13.3
|
1
|
-
|
Annals of Surgery
| 24.7 | 47.2 | 5.9 | 10.6 | 29.4 | 18 | 6.7 | 2 | 1 |
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine (UK)
|
18.6
|
21.2
|
29.6
|
15.4
|
14.7
|
308
|
0.7
|
19
|
-
|
Surgery
| 16.7 | 31.6 | 3.7 | 7.3 | 23.5 | 37 | 2.6 | 8 | 14 |
BJU International (British Journal of Urology) (UK)
|
14.6
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
98.4
|
2.0
|
458
|
1.4
|
12
|
-
|
Clinical Otolaryngology (UK)
| 14.3 | 0.0 | 97.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 123 | 0.7 | 19 | - |
Journal of Urology
|
12.3
|
1.1
|
0.0
|
87.0
|
0.0
|
54
|
3.2
|
5
|
-
|
British Journal of Plastic Surgery (UK)
| 10.7 | 1.7 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 372 | 0.8 | 17 | 67 |
Journal of Vascular Surgery
|
8.3
|
9.3
|
0.0
|
0.8
|
76.5
|
76
|
3.1
|
6
|
7
|
Archives of Surgery
| 8.1 | 18.6 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 10.8 | 19 | 2.8 | 7 | 11 |
Journal of Laryngology and Otology (UK)
|
8.0
|
0.0
|
58.5
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
323
|
0.5
|
21
|
-
|
Journal of the American College of Surgeons
| 7.2 | 15.8 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 4.9 | 17 | 2.4 | 9 | 16 |
Acta Oto-Laryngologica
|
6.3
|
0.0
|
42.2
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
80
|
0.8
|
17
|
-
|
European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery (UK) | 6.1 | 8.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 56.9 | 0 | 1.5 | 11 | 40 |
European Journal of Surgical Oncology (UK)
|
5.0
|
12.7
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
2.0
|
2
|
1.3
|
14
|
45
|
Colorectal Disease (UK) | 4.6 | 11.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | - |
Laryngoscope
|
4.0
|
0.0
|
28.1
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
18
|
1.4
|
12
|
-
|
Archives of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery | 2.2 | 0.0 | 15.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25 | 1.1 | 16 | 52 |
Journal of Endovascular Therapy (Journal of Endovascular Surgery)
|
2.2
|
1.7
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
20.6
|
8
|
2.1
|
10
|
26
|
Otology & Neurotology (American Journal of Otology) | 1.4 | 0.0 | 10.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 56 | 1.2 | 15 | - |
Phlebology (UK)
|
1.4
|
2.8
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
12.7
|
64
|
0.5
|
21
|
114
|
Sub-specialties % | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Journals ranked | All | Cardio thoracic surgery | General surgery | Neuro surgery | Oral & Maxillo facial surgery | Otolaryngology | Paediatric surgery | Plastic surgery | Trauma & Ortho paedic surgery | Urology | Vascular surgery |
British Journal of Surgery (UK)
| 40 | 2 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 79 |
BMJ (UK)
|
36
|
39
|
37
|
15
|
38
|
44
|
29
|
30
|
17
|
50
|
32
|
Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (UK)
| 24 | 11 | 38 | 13 | 15 | 22 | 27 | 28 | 13 | 15 | 26 |
BJU International (British Journal of Urology) (UK)
|
13
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
15
|
0
|
1
|
94
|
1
|
Clinical Otolaryngology (UK)
| 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 90 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Journal of Urology
|
10
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
8
|
0
|
0
|
81
|
0
|
British Journal of Plastic Surgery (UK)
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Journal of Laryngology and Otology (UK)
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
47
|
2
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery – British Volume (UK)
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 0 | 1 |
British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (UK)
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
89
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery (UK) | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
Journal of Vascular Surgery
|
5
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
49
|
Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
| 4 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|
4
|
89
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Journal of Neurosurgery
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
83
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Neurosurgery
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (UK)
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
55
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European) (UK)
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
20
|
14
|
0
|
0
|
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
|
2
|
30
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
British Journal of Neurosurgery (UK) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
23
|
0
|
0
|
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry (UK)
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
European Journal of Pediatric Surgery
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
21
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|