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Table 1 Top ten active journals in publishing documents on vaccine hesitancy (1990–2019)

From: Bibliometric analysis of global scientific literature on vaccine hesitancy in peer-reviewed journals (1990–2019)

Ranka

Journal

Frequency

%

N = 2791

SJR

Rank

Country

1

Vaccine

369

13.2

1.759

Q1

Netherlands

2

Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

129

4.6

0.989

Q2

USA

3

Pediatrics

66

2.4

2.996

Q1

USA

4

BMC Public Health

52

1.9

1.338

Q1

UK

5

Plos One

50

1.8

1.1

Q1

USA

6

American Journal of Public Health

23

0.8

2.51

Q1

USA

6

Expert Review of Vaccines

23

0.8

1.603

Q1

UK

8

American Journal of Infection Control

22

0.8

1.07

Q1

USA

9

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

21

0.8

1.54

Q1

USA

10

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

20

0.7

2.68

Q1

Netherlands

  1. Q Quartile, with Q1 being the best in quality and Q4 being the least in quality
  2. SJR Scientific Journal Rank. The higher the SJR the stronger the journal
  3. aIn ranking, two equally active journals were given similar rank and one position in the ranking system was skipped