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Table 1 The 50 journals with the highest number of leishmaniasis articles published during the 1945-2010 period

From: Bibliometric analysis of leishmaniasis research in Medline (1945-2010)

Journal

N. of docs

%

Impact factor 2010

Journal category (ranking)

Language

Transactions of the Royal Society of TropicalMedicine and Hygiene

1.018

4.9

2.832

Public. Environmental & Occupational Health (30 of 142)

Eng

Tropical Medicine (4 of 19)

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

679

3.3

2.446

Public. Environmental & Occupational Health (38 of 142)

Eng

Tropical Medicine (5 of 19)

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

599

2.9

2.875

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (189 of 236)

Eng

Parasitology (6 of 32)

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

438

2.1

2.058

Parasitology (13 of 32)

Eng

Tropical Medicine (7 of 19)

Experimental Parasitology

428

2.1

1.869

Parasitology (14 of 32)

Multi

Journal of immunology (Baltimore. Md. : 1950)

427

2.1

5.747

Immunology (20 of 134)

Eng

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

426

2.1

1.579

Parasitology (20 of 32)

Eng

Public. Environmental & Occupational Health (86 of 142)

Tropical Medicine (8 of 19)

Infection and Immunity

423

2.0

4.098

Immunology (33 of 134)

Eng

Infectious Diseases (11 of 58)

Meditsinskaia Parazitologiia i Parazitarnye Bolezni

352

1.7

NI

-

Rus

The Journal of Biological Chemistry

295

1.4

5.328

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (50 of 286)

Eng

Acta Tropica

291

1.4

2.262

Parasitology (10 of 32)

Eng

Tropical Medicine (6 of 19)

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

277

1.3

0.580

Tropical Medicine (14 of 19)

Mul

Parasitology Research

216

1.0

1.812

Parasitology (15 of 32)

Eng

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

211

1.0

4.672

Microbiology (18 of 107)

Eng

Pharmacology & Pharmacy (26 of 252)

The Journal of Parasitology

203

1.0

1.208

Parasitology (21 of 32)

Eng

Parasitology

201

1.0

2.522

Parasitology (7 of 32)

Eng

International Journal of Dermatology

195

0.9

1.265

Dermatology (36 of 55)

Eng

The Journal of Infectious Diseases

188

0.9

6.288

Immunology (19 of 134)

Eng

Infectious Diseases (5 of 58)

Microbiology (12 of 112)

Veterinary Parasitology

187

0.9

2.331

Parasitology (9 of 32)

Eng

Veterinary Sciences (9 to 145)

Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology

181

0.9

NI

-

Eng

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo

176

0.8

0.934

Tropical Medicine (12 of 19)

Multi

European Journal of Immunology

166

0.8

4.942

Immunology (22 of 134)

Eng

Vaccine

152

0.7

3.572

Immunology (43 of 134)

Eng

Medicine. Research & Experimental (25 of 106)

International Journal for Parasitology

149

0.7

3.822

Parasitology (4 of 32)

Eng

Clinical Infectious Diseases

142

0.7

8.186

Immunology (11 of 134)

Eng

Infectious Diseases (2 of 58)

Microbiology (9 of 112)

Parasite Immunology

138

0.7

2.328

Immunology (8 of 134)

Eng

Parasitology (8 of 32)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

129

0.6

9.971

Multidisciplinary Sciences (3 of 59)

Eng

The Journal of Experimental Medicine

126

0.6

14.776

Immunology (2 of 134)

Eng

Medicine. Research & Experimental (5 of 106)

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

122

0.6

3.134

Immunology (56 of 134)

Eng

Bulletin de la Société de Pathologie Exotique et de ses Filiales (a)

122

0.6

NI

-

Fre

Lancet

121

0.6

33.633

Medicine. General & Internal (2 of 153)

Eng

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

116

0.6

4.220

Microbiology (20 of 112)

Eng

Indian Journal of Medical Research

112

0.5

1.826

Immunology (106 of 134)

Eng

Medicine. General & Internal (44 of 153)

Medicine. Research & Experimental (56 of 106)

Tropical Medicine & International Health

109

0.5

2.967

Public. Environmental & Occupational Health (29 to 142)

Eng

Tropical Medicine (3 of 19)

The Journal of Protozoology (3)QUÉ ES ESTO

105

0.5

NI

-

Eng

East African Medical Journal

95

0.5

NI

-

Eng

Journal of Medical Entomology

94

0.5

1.925

Entomology (12 of 83)

Eng

Veterinary Sciences (15 of 145)

Parassitologia

91

0.4

NI

-

Ita

Nucleic Acids Research

90

0.4

3.836

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (30 of 286)

Eng

Journal of Communicable Diseases

84

0.4

NI

-

Eng

Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée (c)

83

0.4

NI

-

Fre

Trends in Parasitology

82

0.4

4.906

Parasitology (2 of 32)

Eng

Microbes and Infection

82

0.4

2.726

Immunology (70 of 134)

Eng

Microbiology (42 of 107)

Virology (16 of 33)

Cadernos de Saúde Pública

80

0.4

0.987

Public. Environmental & Occupational Health (107 of 142)

Por

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

80

0.4

4.752

Parasitology (3 of 32)

Eng

Tropical Medicine (1 of 19)

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

79

0.4

5.527

Chemistry. Medicinal (3 of 54)

Eng

Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry

76

0.4

2.906

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (134 of 286)

Eng

Chemistry. Medicinal (15 of 54)

Chemistry. Organic (16 of 56)

The Biochemical Journal

75

0.4

5.016

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (134 of 286)

Eng

Médecine Tropicale : Revue du Corps de Santé Colonial

75

0.4

NI

-

Fre

Science (New York. N.Y.)

75

0.4

31.377

Multidisciplinary Sciences (2 of 59)

Eng

  1. Their impact factors for the year 2010. Journal category with ranking from the Journal Citation Report and language of publication.
  2. NI: Not included in 2010 JCR Science Edition. Docs: documents.
  3. Eng, English; Fre, French; Ita, Italian; Multi, Multi-language; Por, Portuguese; Spa, Spanish; Rus, Russian.
  4. (a) Publication end year 1989.
  5. (b) Publication end year 1992.
  6. (c) Publication end year 1993.