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Table 1 Journals ranked by Impact Factor (IF) in 2003

From: Time trends in the impact factor of Public Health journals

Title

IAC

IF(2003)

mean

p-value

ANNU. REV. PUBL. HEALTH

0.225

5.179

3.158

0.010

CANCER. EPIDEMI. BIOMAR

0.214

4.720

3.475

0.001

AM. J. EPIDEMIOL

0.099

4.486

3.788

0.000

EPIDEMIOLOGY

0.250

4.220

3.093

0.000

AM. J. PUBLIC. HEALTH

0.076

3.363

3.057

0.010

EPIDEMIOL. REV

-0.175

3.306

3.203

0.076

INT. J. EPIDEMIOL

0.125

3.289

1.820

0.001

AM. J. PREV. MED

0.232

3.256

1.440

0.000

TOBACC. CONTROL

0.509

3.164

2.052

0.181

MED. CARE

0.105

3.152

2.379

0.004

ENVIRON. HEALTH. PERSP

0.220

3.038

2.192

0.000

DRUG. SAFETY

0.238

2.971

2.059

0.000

CANCER. CAUSE. CONTROL

0.087

2.726

2.623

0.061

B. WORLD. HEALTH. ORGAN

0.115

2.442

1.838

0.001

ANN. EPIDEMIOL

0.141

2.345

1.995

0.001

J. EPIDEMIOL. COMMUN. H

0.075

2.332

1.679

0.003

PSYCHIATR. SERV

0.138

2.274

1.658

0.004

GENET. EPIDEMIOL

0.018

2.265

1.681

0.544

J. CLIN. EPIDEMIOL

0.065

2.227

1.872

0.001

TROP. MED. INT. HEALTH

0.181

2.156

1.477

0.003

TR. ROY. SOC. TROP. MED. H

0.064

2.114

1.553

0.001

AM. J. TROP. MED. HYG

0.019

2.105

1.950

0.058

QUAL. LIFE. RES

-0.171

2.000

2.089

0.149

INFECT. CONT. HOSP. EP

0.081

1.951

2.074

0.035

PREV. MED

0.013

1.889

1.540

0.568

J. MED. SCREEN

-0.033

1.867

1.815

0.696

OCCUP. ENVIRON. MED

0.100

1.847

1.755

0.013

SCAN. J. WORK. ENV. HEA

0.075

1.816

1.433

0.001

NEUROEPIDEMIOLOGY

0.095

1.762

1.411

0.001

J. ADOLESCENT. HEALTH

0.082

1.674

1.361

0.000

PAEDIATR. PERINAT. EP

0.132

1.673

1.176

0.005

J. WOMEN. HEALTH. GEN. B

0.388

1.561

0.928

0.007

AM. J. IND. MED

0.049

1.542

1.256

0.001

EPIDEMIOL. INFECT

0.023

1.509

1.594

0.199

J. OCCUP. ENVIRON. MED

0.081

1.472

1.349

0.121

QUAL. HEALTH. CARE

0.056

1.466

1.232

0.221

J. AEROSOL. MED

0.056

1.459

0.818

0.006

ENVIRON. RES

0.058

1.452

1.390

0.068

INT. ARCH. OCC. ENV. HEA

0.026

1.388

1.086

0.072

ANN. OCCUP. HYG

0.070

1.357

1.041

0.002

J. URBAN. HEALTH

0.316

1.286

0.723

0.002

EUR. J. PUBLIC. HEALTH

0.002

1.281

1.044

0.983

J. EXPO. ANAL. ENV. EPID

0.124

1.263

1.033

0.001

PALLIATIVE. MED

-0.103

1.185

1.627

0.060

PUBLIC. HEALTH. REP

0.025

1.139

1.012

0.192

STAT. MED

0.030

1.134

1.238

0.094

PATIENT. EDUC. COUNS

0.103

1.130

0.774

0.001

COMUNITY. DENT. ORAL

0.069

1.100

0.976

0.002

INT. J. HYG. ENVIR. HEAL

0.302

1.085

0.822

0.142

J. OCCUP. HEALTH

-0.040

1.047

1.049

0.445

SCAN. J. PUBLIC. HEALT

0.207

1.018

0.714

0.044

ANN. TROP. MED. PARASIT

0.052

1.010

0.837

0.000

J. PUBLIC. HEALTH. DENT

-0.010

1.000

0.787

0.568

J. PUBLIC. HEALTH. MED

0.032

0.973

0.805

0.014

EUR. J. EPIDEMIOL

0.022

0.972

0.676

0.080

AVIAT. SPACE. ENVIR. MD

0.075

0.946

0.681

0.007

FLUORIDE

0.034

0.907

0.560

0.018

ANN. HUM. BIOL

0.026

0.885

0.787

0.001

ARCH. ENVIRON. HEALTH

-0.054

0.878

1.391

0.028

J. SCHOOL. HEALTH

0.039

0.868

0.688

0.185

ANN. AGR. ENV. MED

0.216

0.827

0.590

0.065

HEALTH. PHYS

0.012

0.777

0.865

0.385

J. ENVIRON. SCI. HEAL. B

-0.034

0.758

0.718

0.131

INT. J. TECHNOL. ASSESS

0.013

0.754

0.922

0.686

SOZ. PREVENTIV. MED

0.170

0.750

0.525

0.013

PUBLIC. HEALTH

0.025

0.697

0.522

0.010

OCCUP. MED. OXFORD

0.041

0.693

0.464

0.010

BIOMED. ENVIRON. SCI

-0.036

0.609

0.557

0.596

AIHAJ

0.180

0.601

0.449

0.166

INT. J. ENVIRON. HEAL. R

0.094

0.588

0.419

0.088

ENVIRON. GEOCHEM. HLTH

0.027

0.565

0.369

0.082

INDOOR. BUILT. ENVIRON

0.085

0.525

0.496

0.542

TOXICOL. IND. HEALTH

0.106

0.508

1.051

0.206

REV. EPIDEMIOL. SANTE

0.024

0.485

0.401

0.003

IND. HEALTH

0.015

0.474

0.497

0.262

TROP. DOCT

0.022

0.347

0.326

0.089

J. ENVIRON. HEALTH

0.021

0.341

0.228

0.007

J. PUBLIC. HEALTH. POL

-0.023

0.314

0.615

0.675

WILD. ENVIRON. MED

-0.019

0.280

0.339

0.822

B. SOC. PATHOL. EXOT

-0.092

0.183

0.262

0.154

  1. IAC = index of annual change