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Table 6 Top 15 most productive journals and their citation indicatiors, pneumonia research 2001–2015)

From: A snapshot of pneumonia research activity and collaboration patterns (2001–2015): a global bibliometric analysis

Top 15 journals

N. of docs

%

CR

Impact factor 2015

Journal category (ranking)

PLOS ONE

494

2.18

15.12

3.057

Multidisciplinary Sciences (11 of 63)

Clinical Infectious Diseases

412

1.81

63.96

8.736

Immunology (9 of 151)

Infectious Diseases (2 of 83)

Microbiology (10 of 123)

Chest

397

1.75

55.95

6.136

Respiratory System (6 of 58)

Critical Care Medicine (5 of 33)

Journal of Immunology

354

1.56

49.10

4.985

Immunology (32 of 151)

American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

323

1.42

34.96

4.721

Physiology (8 of 83)

Respiratory System (8 of 58)

Critical Care Medicine

291

1.28

55.15

7.422

Critical Care Medicine (4 of 33)

European Respiratory Journal

283

1.25

42.49

8.332

Respiratory System (3 of 58)

Infection and Immunity

256

1.13

37.77

3.603

Immunology (56 of 151)

Infectious Diseases (20 of 83)

American Journal of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine

256

1.13

88.46

13.118

Critical Care Medicine (2 of 33)

Respiratory System (2 of 58)

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

251

1.11

32.77

4.082

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (74 of 289)

Cell Biology (64 of 187)

Respiratory System (10 of 58)

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

213

0.94

27.84

4.415

Microbiology (22 of 123)

Pharmacology & Pharmacy (34 of 255)

Intensive Care Medicine

212

0.93

42.65

10.125

Critical Care Medicine (3 of 33)

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

209

0.92

29.54

3.631

Microbiology (36 of 123)

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

196

0.86

28.09

2.587

Immunology (84 of 151)

Infectious Diseases (38 of 83)

Pediatrics (22 of 120)

Vaccine

190

0.84

22.98

3.413

Immunology (60 of 151)

Medicine. Research & Experimental (36 of 124)

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